PM Netanyahu Comments on NYT Article by Marwan Barghouti
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (18 April 2017), at Maimouna
festivities in Dimona, made the following remarks:

"I read, on Sunday, the article in the New York Times that presents
arch-terrorist Marwan Barghouti as a 'parliamentarian and leader'. The paper
recanted after we pointed it out to them. Calling Barghouti a 'political
leader' is like calling Assad a 'pediatrician.' They are murderers and
terrorists. We will never lose our sense of clarity because we are on the
side of justice and they are on the side that is neither just nor moral.

This moral clarity, the readiness to defend our country, the readiness to
fight those who would destroy us, is one of our greatest strengths,
alongside love of Israel.

Love of Israel is expressed in this abundance, this beauty and this heat. We
will continue to develop our country and we will continue to safeguard it.

I would like to wish you all a happy holiday. Enjoy!"