Israel foiled Iran nuclear deal, will also keep Iran out of Syria, PM asserts

Israel is determined “to prevent Iran from establishing a military presence in Syria and will not relent…just as we did not relent in bringing about the cancellation of the bad nuclear agreement with Iran,” Netanyahu stated.

By: World Israel News Staff

At the renaming ceremony for the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center Wednesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Iran that it will not achieve its goal to destroy the Jewish state.

In 2016, shortly after the passing of late Prime Minister Shimon Peres, who had been in charge of the center in the 1950s, Netanyahu announced that he would name the nuclear facility in Dimona after him.

“He was very active in establishing this important project for Israel’s security for generations, and I think that it’s appropriate and right to name the compound after him,” Netanyahu said at the time.

At the ceremony Wednesday, the Israeli leader stressed Israel’s military capabilities, adding that only through strength can peace be achieved and that Peres well understood that reality.

Peres “aspired toward peace but he knew that true peace can be achieved only if our hands strongly grasp defensive weaponry. In the Middle East, and in many parts of the world, there is a simple truth: There is no place for the weak. The weak crumble, are slaughtered and are erased from history while the strong, for good or for ill, survive. The strong are respected, and alliances are made with the strong, and in the end peace is made with the strong,” Netanyahu said.

Citing Israel’s diplomatic success, the prime minister said that the “process of normalization by leading countries in the Arab world with the strong State of Israel is happening before our eyes on a scale that would have been impossible to imagine a few years ago….

“But our enemies know very well what Israel is capable of doing. They are familiar with our policy. Whoever tries to hurt us – we hurt them,” he declared.

Clear and determined policy

“I am not spouting slogans,” he added. “I am describing a persistent, clear and determined policy. This is our policy. It is backed by appropriate deployment, equipment, preparedness and – in the hour of need – appropriate orders.”

In comments aimed specifically at the Islamic Republic, he said, “We are working to prevent Iran from establishing a military presence in Syria. We will not relent in pursuit of this goal just as we did not relent in bringing about the cancellation of the bad nuclear agreement with Iran, a goal which was seen as impossible when I put it on the international agenda for the first time several years ago.

“In the diplomatic sphere, we will continue to apply pressure on the dangerous, extremist regime in Iran. Just yesterday we saw the fruit of this pressure in remarks by the Iranian president who said that many among the Iranian people have lost hope in the future and strength of Iran due to the resumption of economic sanctions.

“In the military sphere, the IDF will continue to take strong and determined action against Iran’s attempts to station forces and advanced weapons systems in Syria. No agreement between Syria and Iran will deter us; neither will any threat deter us.

“Whoever threatens us with destruction puts himself in similar danger, and in any case will not achieve his goal,” Netanyahu affirmed.

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