Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the start of his Sunday morning weekly Cabinet meeting, said his government is “at the start of a significant diplomatic period for the State of Israel.”
“This afternoon I am leaving for Britain in order to meet with British Prime Minister Theresa May and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson,” Netanyahu said, explaining that “in the diplomatic sphere, I intend to emphasize the need for a common front against Iran’s defiant aggression which has raised its head in recent days. This must be done on an ongoing basis, but especially in light of Iran’s defiance against the international order.”
This being the PM’s first meeting with the UK’s new Conservative leaders, Netanyahu also said: “I will discuss with them how to deepen bilateral diplomatic, security, economic and technological ties, including cooperation in the field of cyber.”
Netanyahu also reported that “given the plight of the residents of Jerusalem last week, I called Mayor Nir Barkat, with the concurrence of the Finance Minister and the Jerusalem Affairs Minister, and I asked him to come here and stop the strike so that we might have a proper discussion – with assistance of government ministries – on a solution for Jerusalem’s budgetary problem.”
“Jerusalem is dear to us all and we will try and find a creative and responsible solution in order to move the city forward,” the PM concluded.
