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2023-01-26T18:09:50.516Z


During the visit, Herzog and the organization's Secretary General Stoltenberg talked about various issues happening in the world, including the war in Ukraine, the Iranian threat and the operation that happened last night in Jenin. "The increasing cooperation of the authoritarian countries is more important than ever to protect freedom and democracy," said the Secretary General


President Yitzhak Herzog speaks at the European Union Parliament January 26, 2022 (Reuters)

President Yitzhak Herzog met today (Thursday) with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, the first time that an Israeli president has visited the organization's headquarters and met with the ambassadors of the NATO member states. The two discussed in their meeting the situation in Ukraine, the aid to the Iranian threat and the operation that took place Last night in Jenin.



At the beginning of the meeting, the two officials referred to the war in Ukraine and Iranian involvement in Russia's armaments. Herzog called on NATO to "take the strongest possible position against the Iranian regime" through legal and political economic sanctions and credible military deterrence. "When Iran tightens its grip on European soil, an illusion The distance can no longer hold," he said.

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"The Iranian threat now stands at Europe's doorstep."

Yitzhak Herzog in the European Union Parliament (Photo: Reuters)

NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg said that "Iran provides support to Russia, including drones with which they attack civilian targets in Ukraine. In return, Russia increases its aid to Iran and its cooperation with other authoritarian countries such as China and North Korea. When we see the increasing cooperation of In the authoritarian countries, it is more important than ever to protect freedom and democracy."



Herzog also added in the conversation, "The crisis there goes beyond the borders of Ukraine. The Iranian threat now stands at Europe's doorstep. The radical Iranian regime executes innocent citizens in their own homes, attacks and destabilizes throughout the Middle East, spreads weapons, death and terror in Europe, in Ukraine in particular and around the world. and continues his militant pursuit of nuclear weapons in his quest for regional and global control. In Israel, the danger is clear, present and real, and we have been saying it for decades, and we really hope and expect the international community and NATO to put it into action."

"It is important to protect freedom and democracy."

Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO (Photo: Reuters)

Herzog also referred to last night's operation in Jenin and said that "Hamas, one of the main local metastases of Iran, sows destruction and mayhem. It threatens, kills and seeks any means to harm innocent civilians. Also tonight, a terrorist cell was caught on its way to carry out an attack in Israel. This cell was identified with Hamas and the Islamic Jihad, and we will continue to act and prevent terrorism wherever it is, without compromise, whether or not."

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