Binyamin Netanyahu
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At the start of the Cabinet meeting Sunday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu addressed the dual threat Iran and the Palestinian Authority pose to Israel's security. 

"In recent weeks we have seen a stepped-up Iranian effort to intensify terrorist actions in Judea and Samaria," Netanyahu stated.

"None other than the Palestinian Authority ambassador in Tehran said that he was enthused by Iranian ruler Khamenei's instructions to send weapons to the 'West Bank' and he added, and I quote, 'The Zionist regime is an aggressive cancerous growth which, sooner or later, must be eliminated.'"

"Now I emphasize, it was not a Hamas man who said this, it was the Palestinian Authority ambassador in Tehran," Netanyahu noted.

The Iranian Tasnim News Agency reported Wednesday that Khamenei's representative, Hojjatoleslam Ali Shirazi had stated, “If there is a need to have our military power available in the West Bank (Judea-Samaria - ed.), we will provide that support." 

"However," Shirazi added, "that move will not mean our physical presence (in Judea-Samaria)."

Iran's Supreme leader has suggested since July that "armed resistance is the only way to confront the destructive regime” of Israel. 

The Prime Minister then went on to attack the United Nations for its incompetence in dealing with Palestinian incitement against Israel and the double standard the Human Rights Council holds Israel to.  

"Now what is the UN doing in response?" Netanyahu asked. 

"Instead of dealing with this incitement they are giving it an honored place, the same incitement that has led to the recent terrorist attack, and they are also moving forward on a unilateral Palestinian proposal to try and pass a decision in the Security Council, the purpose of which is to bring about a forced settlement that would establish here a second Hamastan and would endanger our security."

"This is the same UN the Human Rights Council of which passed dozens of decisions this year against Israel, one decision on Iran and one decision on Syria."

"We will continue to insist on our truth and we will also continue to vigorously rebuff attempts to force terms on us that would endanger our security and our future," Netanyahu stressed. "We expect national unity on this national issue."