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Prime Minister Binyamin, on Motzei Shabbos made the following remarks upon leaving on a diplomatic visit to Paris and Brussels:

“I am now leaving for Paris and Brussels. In Paris I will meet with my friend, French President Emmanuel Macron. I will then hold an important meeting in Brussels with European foreign ministers. It has been 22 years since an Israeli Prime Minister has held such a meeting.

�I ascribe great importance to Europe. While I respect Europe, I am not prepared to accept a double standard from it. I hear voices from there condemning President Trump’s historic statement, but I have not heard condemnations of the rockets fired at Israel or the terrible incitement against it.

�I am not prepared to accept this hypocrisy, and as usual at this important forum, I will present Israel’s truth without fear and with head held high.”

(YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem)