Netanyahu stresses that in the battle against the threats from Iran and Islamic extremists, Israel is on the “front with Egypt and Jordan, and with many other Arab nations in the region.”

It was obvious from the start that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the opening of the winter Knesset session would focus on the terrorism raging on the streets.

Netanyahu spoke of the 16 border police units which have been mobilized to deal with the violence and the stiffer penalties his government approved for those arrested throwing rocks, firebombs and firecrackers.
He stressed once again that Israel had no intention of altering the status quo on the Temple Mount.

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