We have a debate on the Palestinian issue with some of the countries,
some of them really have an interest in it, especially some
countries in western Europe and the establishment
of the European Union, that decided to label our products.
And my response was, we are freezing dialog on the
Palestinian issue with you because you are disconnected.
There is some sort of shortage, they think that our conflict with the
Palestinians is a territorial conflict. It is not a conflict about territory,
it would have been solved long ago. This is a conflict about our very
existence, about the very existence of the state of Israel in any borders.
A nation state of the Jewish people in any borders.
They do not understand this.
I had a long conversation with President Putin,
I think that today people understand very well my trip
to Moscow a few weeks ago, to insure that our interests
will not collide. We are acting in Syria
from time to time in order to prevent it from becoming
a front against us, a second terror front
against us that Iran is attempting to form in the Golan.
We also operate to prevent lethal weapons delivery, especially
from Syria to Lebanon, and we will continue doing that
and after yesterday’s meeting I tell you that we will
continue doing that. But it was very important
that we will prevent a collision between IDF forces
and Russia’s military forces and this coordination
is vital for this purpose and it is done in good spirit in direct unmediated
communication that exists today between Russia and Israel.
We have decided to put into practice the solidarity
which we promised France and that is the reason for this
morning's decision of the German cabinet to become engaged,
together beside France, in the military conflict with IS
[Islamic State] and al-Nusra and related groups in Syria.
All of this cannot however distract from the point that we still believe
that war in Syria, at the end of day, not be solved with military means
we are still pushing for a political process which was bravely started
just a few weeks ago in Vienna and which after two rounds
agreed a map for the future path.