(Photo: Asi Efrati GPO)
The second day of the “Negev Summit” in Sde Boker was held in the shadow of the deadly shooting attack recorded last night in Hadera, in which 2 border fighters were killed and 12 others were injured.
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The meeting will be attended by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, along with four foreign ministers of Arab policy: UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayd, Bahrain Foreign Minister Abd al-Latif al-Ziani, Moroccan Foreign Minister, Burita was banned, and Egypt’s foreign minister, Sameh Shachari.
In his opening remarks, Lapid said that “Yesterday, for the second time in the last week, terrorism struck the heart of Israel: both in the heart of the state and in the heart of every Israeli citizen. It was murder for murder, terrorism for terrorism. These terrorists had only one goal: to kill as many people as possible “Shortly afterwards, the Islamic Jihad and Hamas welcomed the attack and said it was a response to the Negev summit.”
“Yesterday, all the ministers condemned as one man the horrific attack. On behalf of the citizens of Israel, I thank you for that,” he added, telling the ministers. “Their goal is to intimidate us, and prevent us from building relationships with our neighbors – they can not succeed. No terrorism is given. We have no intention of letting them run our lives, set our policies. Israel is a strong and proud country and will never succumb to terrorism. “.
He also noted that it was decided to turn the Negev Summit into a permanent forum that will continue in the future. “This meeting between us is something that people thought could not be believed to happen, that could not be predicted to happen. They were wrong. It happened because we believed in it, it happened because it is the vision we set for the future of our region,” he said. “Last night we decided to turn the summit of the Negev into a permanent forum.”
“Together with our closest friend, the United States, we are today opening a door to the peoples of the region, including the Palestinians, to offer them a path to terrorism and destruction and to share with us a future of progress and success,” Lapid added. Scares and deters our common enemies – first and foremost Iran and its affiliates. They have something to fear. “
U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has bolstered Lapid, saying he “” joins the condolences to the families of those killed in yesterday’s attack, and wishes health to the wounded. What we are doing here is the complete opposite of the destruction that the terrorists wanted to promote. “Two 19-year-old policemen were killed – we are here against the violence.”
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