SHAFAQNA – RT : Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Israel is the single force fending off a radical Islamic takeover of the Middle East, arguing Tel Aviv is a vital protector of the entire region.
Netanyahu shared this insight with a delegation of Arab journalists and bloggers on a visit to Israel on Tuesday.
“I have told them one thing I believe in: the only force that prevents the collapse of the middle east from within it is Israel,” the prime minister said in a Facebook post quoting his remarks, adding “without Israel, the middle east would collapse under the yoke of the forces of Islamic extremism.”
By being present here, … Israel is preventing the collapse of the middle east and falling into the hands of radical Islam.
Though the PM’s post only said the attending journalists had come from nations that “do not maintain any diplomatic relations with Israel,” a Knesset press release said that the visiting media figures came from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt.
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