Bibi meets French ambassador at conference

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After their private meeting, Netanyahu opened the conference with a minute of silence in memory of those who were murdered in Paris. The PM then addressed the Jerusalem conference and said:

“First of all, we stand and we do not fall. Even though, our numbers may be occasionally decimated by the barbarians, our countries are strong and we stand.

“We also stand proud. We’re proud of our values, proud of our societies, proud of our freedoms. And we stand shoulder to shoulder, committed to defend our common civilisation.”  

RIGHT: Israeli PM Netanyahu and French Ambassador Maisonnave

“It’s difficult for civilised men and women to recognise that our cities, our airways, sometimes our waterways are prowled by beasts that devour the innocent in their way,” added the prime minister.

“And the forces of civilisation, when they realise the severity of this problem, have no option but to unite very clearly and defeat these beasts.

“The beasts increasingly have a name – it is radical Islam. That is what is doing the killing, the murder, the rape, the burning, the beheadings,” he said.

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Netanyahu concluded by telling the conference: “We must stand together and fight together militant Islam. The people of Israel grieve with you, the people of Israel stand with you. Now and always.”