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Prime Minister/Defense Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has left Israel for Warsaw, where he will be attending a conference also attended by the United States and other nations, including a number of Muslim nations – Yemen, Jordan, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, Tunisia, Kuwait and Oman. The summit is dubbed the Warsaw Summit on Peace & Security in the Middle East, and it will of course address the Iranian threat.

Prior to departing for Warsaw, Mr. Netanyahu commented, “This is a very important international conference in Warsaw. The focus is Iran. This brings together Israel, the US, and countries in and beyond the region. There will be interesting meetings there.

“Iran threatens us on the 40th anniversary of the revolution. They threatened to destroy Tel Aviv and Haifa, and I said that they would not succeed but if they try then I repeat that this will be the last anniversary of the revolution that they celebrate, this regime.

“We operate very many means and very many elements against the Iranian aggression, against their attempt to arm themselves with nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles. Time and again we have exposed their terrorist actions in Europe. Time and again we have blocked their attempts to entrench in Syria, day after day.

“Our relations with countries in the region, except Syria, are all very good and descriptions to the effect that we have rifts with them are the opposite of reality. The reality is that these relations are becoming tighter. I do not say that they are all open; they are not all open. But part of this is open and how do you say? It is possible to see this above the ground; it is possible to see it in the air.

“I think that the holding of this conference in which Israel, the US, various countries around the world and from the region sit down in one place, in one hall and discuss one topic which, in my opinion, is the most important for our national security, is a very important achievement. I very much appreciate the American initiative, which I have been associated with and party to for many months.”

During his stay in Poland, Mr. Netanyahu plans to meet with US Vice President Mike Pence and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. He is also going to meet with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.

Interestingly, nations including Germany and France are not participating, which many feel signals growing diplomatic tensions between some EU nations and the White House regarding US President Donald Trump deciding to back out of the Iran agreement, which was reached during the administration of his predecessor in 2015, former President Barak Obama.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)