Overview
- Speaking in a 40-signature debate titled “The Collapse of Israel’s International Standing,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected opposition claims of isolation.
- Netanyahu asserted that Israel is the strongest power in the Middle East and dismissed critics as detached from reality.
- He said he has a meeting scheduled with India’s prime minister, will travel to the United States at the end of the month, and maintains regular security-focused talks with Vladimir Putin.
- Netanyahu added that he is about to meet President Trump for the sixth time since Trump entered the White House, saying opponents routinely predict clashes that do not materialize.
- He accused opposition lawmakers of feeding anti-Israel narratives and rebuked them over wartime decisions on Hamas, drawing a challenge from MK Meirav Ben Ari to call elections.