At the start of the conference, Netanyahu thanked Secretary Blinken for the United States' ongoing support of Israel.
He added, "Hamas has shown itself to be an enemy of civilization. The murder of parents in front of their children and children in front of their parents, the burning of people alive, the beheadings and kidnappings, the molesting, the sickening display of celebration of these horrors, prove that Hamas is ISIS, and as ISIS was crushed, so too will Hamas be crushed."
Blinken opened his statements by saying, "I have come before you not only as the United States Secretary of State, but also as a Jew." READ MORE
