WATCH: Netanyahu issues unity message ahead of national fast day

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the people of Israel to stand united ahead of the fast of the ninth of Av, saying the Jewish nation of old was destroyed due to baseless hatred and that unity will ensure the nation’s eternity.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a special statement ahead of Tisha B’Av, calling for greater national unity and pledging to work toward forming a broad, stable national government.

“Because of baseless hatred we were destroyed; through love of Israel we rose again,”… pic.twitter.com/glyYdNtzRz

— C14 News Israel • Headlines (@c14israel) July 22, 2026

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