Shafaq News/ The Israeli Prime Minister ,Benjamin Netanyahu boasted of his ability to build relations with Arab and Islamic countries, and revealed that he had established relations with all of these countries except for 3 of them.
He said in a speech at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations held in Jerusalem: "I am developing contacts with Arab and Islamic countries, and I can tell you that the number of Islamic or Arab countries with which we do not have deep ties is two or three, and sometimes we don’t disclose them , "citing his visit to the Sultanate of Oman, and his meeting with the President of the Sudanese sovereign council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan.
Netanyahu talked about the flight of the first Israeli plane over the airspace of Sudan, saying that "a great change." "Israeli tourists, travelers will travel to South America over the air of Sudan, we have reduced their flight time by about three hours. From now on, they will not need to go to Spain then to Africa and South America. Now they can fly directly from Sudan to Brazil and Argentina and they can stop on the way in another country with which we have had diplomatic relations recently, and that is Chad. "
"I am only telling you what is above the surface" regarding the relations between Israel and the Arab countries, he added. Netanyahu asked, "How many public relations do we have with Arab countries?" He replied, "It is about 10%. You see only about 10%," hinting that secret relations are great. "There have been great changes, because Israel has now become a force that must be taken into consideration, and because cooperation with Israel helps to prepare and secure the future of peoples, and to ensure a better future for them, and this is present in everyone's minds," he said.
Netanyahu, referring to the Iranian file, believed that "the greatest threat to the security of the countries of the Middle East and the countries of the world is Iran's attempt to acquire nuclear weapons." Netanyahu confirmed to his country's commitment not to allow Iran to possess these weapons. "We will not allow Iran to establish itself militarily in the yard of our home, in Syria. We are resisting this aggressively. We are taking all necessary measures to prevent this. I believe we succeed. We have taken up arms against an enemy that openly calls for the destruction of Israel," he said.