"In 2013, then-US Secretary of State John Kerry contacted me. He invited me on a secret visit to Afghanistan to see, he said, how the United States has set up a local military force that can stand alone against terrorism," the former prime minister said today (Wednesday). Benjamin Netanyahu and confirmed in his remarks the publication in "Israel Today" this morning.
"The message was clear - the 'Afghanistan model' is the model the United States seeks to apply to the Palestinian cause," he said.
"I politely declined the offer and basically denied the idea," Netanyahu added.
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"We will get the same result if, God forbid, we hand over homeland ropes to the Palestinians. The Palestinians will not establish Singapore. They will establish a terrorist state in Judea and Samaria, a short distance from Ben Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv, Kfar Saba and Netanya," the Likud chairman said.
"We saw the same wrong policy with regard to Iran. The international community reached a dangerous agreement that would have given Iran an internationally qualified arsenal of nuclear bombs destined for our destruction," Netanyahu recalled, adding: "I have attacked policy both in the operational field and in the political and explanatory field. I have come out against the whole world, including many in Israel, and I have spoken in the US Congress against this dangerous agreement. Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Lapid attacked this action."
"In the end, we brought the United States to impose heavy economic sanctions on Iran and to withdraw from the nuclear deal. Were it not for our determined actions, Iran has long had an arsenal of nuclear bombs. The conclusion is clear: the right doctrine is that we must not trust others to keep us safe. Ourselves on our own in the face of any threat, "he said.
"To our dismay, today the Lapid-Abbas-Bennett government is doing the exact opposite - a way that endangers our security and our very existence. They have agreed to a 'no surprises' policy vis-à-vis Iran, a dangerous policy that restricts Israel's operational freedom. "These are the days when she's racing for a bomb."