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Netanyahu: Withdrawing to pre-1967 borders will bring extremists to the suburbs of Tel Aviv

December 15, 2014 at 4:38 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due to meet US Secretary of State John Kerry and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi today in Rome.

Netanyahu said that he would tell Kerry and Renzi that Israel “stands as a solitary island against the waves of Islamic extremism that are washing over the entire Middle East.”

“We also stand against the possibility of a diplomatic assault – i.e. an attempt to compel us, by means of UN decisions, to withdraw to the 1967 lines within two years.”

“This will lead to Islamic extremists to the suburbs of Tel Aviv and to the heart of Jerusalem. We will not allow this. We will strongly and responsibly rebuff this. Let there be no doubt, this will be rejected,” he added.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas had announced that he would soon head to the UN Security Council to call for the creation of a Palestinian State along the 1967 borders within two years, with Jerusalem as its capital.

The Palestinian leadership is set to hold a meeting to discuss the death of Palestinian Minister Ziad Abu Ain and the mechanisms that could be adopted towards Israel.