Housing Minister Yoav Galant said, Thursday, "Our enemies must know: we will know how to use our power to protect our interests on our own."
Speaking at the Tel Aviv Innovation Conference, the retired major general said the upcoming visit of United States President Donald Trump is "an important signal to Russia, of a commitment to stopping the Iranian-Shiite takeover of Syria. The visit is an important message that attests to the centrality of Israel's interests on the agenda of the new American administration."