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Herzog to US Ambassador: "All options are reserved in case diplomacy with Iran fails"
The president told Naydes, upon taking office as Israel's ambassador, that Jerusalem was closely monitoring negotiations with Tehran, and addressed the possibility that he would not succeed. "If the international community does not take decisive action on this issue, Israel will do so.
"Israel will defend itself," Herzog said
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Sunday, 05 December 2021, 15:46 Updated: 16:00
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President Yitzhak Herzog told US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Richard Niles today (Sunday) that "Israel will welcome a comprehensive diplomatic solution that will resolve once and for all the issue of the Iranian nuclear threat. In the event that such a solution is not reached "The international community will not take decisive steps in this matter - Israel will do so. Israel will defend itself."
Herzog made the remarks at the inauguration of Mobile, who today received the charter.
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The US ambassador preceded a ceremony at the president's so that it would not be held in parallel with the approval of the construction in Atarot
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This morning, Walla learned! Because Niles pre-submitted his charter to President Herzog, in order to avoid holding the ceremony at the same time as approving the construction plans for a new Jewish neighborhood in Atarot in East Jerusalem.
Niles, who arrived in Israel late last month, was due to present his charter at an official ceremony at the president's residence tomorrow morning, along with the new ambassadors of Switzerland, the European Union, Rwanda and Italy. The Jerusalem District Planning and Building Committee is also scheduled to convene tomorrow to approve the construction plan for the new Jewish neighborhood in Atarot, which is provoking criticism and protest in the US administration. According to diplomatic sources, in order to avoid embarrassment, the United States Embassy sought to advance the ceremony of the American ambassador and hold it today.
An embassy spokesman said in response to a Walla!
"Ambassador Thomas Neidas is pleased to accept President Herzog's invitation on December 5, 2021. to present his charter as the United States Ambassador to the State of Israel. Holding the ceremony on the last evening of Hanukkah also allows them to light an eighth candle together."
No response has yet been received from the Foreign Ministry and the President's House.
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