Defense Secretary Benny Gantz, speaking yesterday (Friday) at the annual conference of the Israel-American Community Organization IAC in Florida, said that “Israel’s most powerful and important ally since its establishment in 1948 is the United States. Every president and every American administration has always supported Israel and this is still the case today. We are grateful for that. “
“It is no coincidence that I came here after meetings in Washington with the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State, where we discussed our security relations, and the sharing of military information between the states,” Ganz added. “The United States’ security commitment to Israel is very important today. The entire Israeli leadership and I will never take this support for granted, and we will never stop working with our partners in the United States, and appreciating the bipartisan support for Israel.
“In my meetings in Washington, we discussed Iran, which is first and foremost an international and regional challenge, and also a threat to Israel. Iran not only poses a physical threat to Israel but also a concrete threat to our way of life and the common values of Israel and the United States.
“Israel is the only country in the world that Iran seeks to destroy, and it is currently building the means to do so. My role as defense minister is to ensure that this never happens, so I say to the international community led by the United States With nuclear weapons. Only in this way can we bring stability to the Middle East.
“Israel must maintain its security superiority in the region. Only a strong, secure and moral Israel can reach for peace and expand normalization with new and old partners – from Egypt and Jordan, through Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and also with our Palestinian neighbors.”