Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met on Monday with Romanian President Klaus Werner Iohannis, who is currently visiting Israel
Netanyahu told Iohannis that "The stance of Romania against anti-Semitism and also with Israel in European and international forums is much appreciated. It's standing up for the truth, but it's also standing up for our common civilization. You mentioned, Mr. President, correctly, the threats that go out from the Middle East and now cover the entire world – the threat of militant Islam under the Shiite leadership of Iran or the Sunni militant leadership of Daesh. These are threatening the entire world. When you look at the Middle East, there is one country – a beacon of freedom, a beacon of democracy, of human rights that protects not only itself but by so doing protects everyone else, including Europe. It is this basic understanding that we wish to impart to our European friends. I think many of them understand it. I'm sure you do too, Mr. President. But it is the basis of our partnership, common values, a common civilization and a common future."