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Netanyahu says first-ever wartime visit by US leader ‘deeply moving’

18 October 2023 13:49 (UTC +04:00)

“Just as the civilized world united to defeat the Nazis, and united to defeat ISIS, the civilized world must unite to defeat Hamas,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells US President Joe Biden during their joint speech to media, APA reports citing The Times of Israel.

Netanyahu stressed that Israel is united and "will defeat Hamas and remove this terrible threat from our lives. The forces of civilization will prevail — for our sake, for your sake, for peace and security in our region and in the world.”

Netanyahu notes that Biden is the first-ever US president to visit Israel in a time of war, calling it “deeply, deeply moving.”

“It speaks to the depth of your personal commitment to Israel. It speaks to the depth of your personal commitment to the future of the Jewish people and the one and only Jewish state.”

Netanyahu closes by thanking Biden for standing with Israel “today, tomorrow, and always.”