Forward-looking Arab and Muslim leaders know that cooperating with Israel will provide them with ground-breaking Israeli technologies, including in medicine and science, in agriculture and water, in defense and AI and so many other fields.

I believe that in the coming years, the Middle East will look dramatically different. Many of those who wage war on Israel today will be gone tomorrow. Brave peacemakers will take their place.

Nowhere will this be more true than in Iran.

The long-suffering Iranian people will regain their freedom. They will Make Iran Great Again!

And our two ancient peoples, the people of Israel and the people of Iran, will restore a friendship that will benefit the entire world.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The horrors that happened on one dark day, October 7th, those horrors happened countless times during the centuries of my people’s exile among the nations. Jewish blood was cheap. Jews were killed with impunity. We had to beg others to defend us.

The rise of Israel did not mean that the attempts to destroy us would end. It meant that we could fight back against those attempts. That is exactly what Israel has done since October 7th.

Our sons and daughters fought like lions. Our brave soldiers donned their uniforms and rushed into battle. They were armed with the dreams of the 100 generations of Jews who came before them.

The dream of living as a free people in the Land of Israel, our beloved homeland for more than 3000 years. The dreams of living in our own independent state. The dream of having an army to defend ourselves. And the dream of being a light unto the nations — a beacon of progress, ingenuity and innovation for the benefit of all humanity.

On October 7th, the enemies of Israel tried to extinguish that light. Two years later, the resolve of Israel, and the strength of Israel burn brighter than ever.

With God’s help, that strength and that resolve will lead us to a speedy victory and to a brilliant future of prosperity and peace.

Thank you very much.”

(Communicated by the President's Spokesperson)

Friday, 26 September 2025 / 4 Tishrei 5786


President Isaac Herzog:

Prime Minister Netanyahu is spot on in his clear words against the false and libelous accusation of genocide, in his speech today at the UNGA.

We must stand strong: to bring our hostages home ASAP, and to build a future of hope and security for us and the whole region.

https://x.com/isaac_herzog/status/1971591070174834804?s=46


Jason Pearlman, 052-6328795

Prime Minister's Spokesperson's Unit Announcement

The Prime Minister's Spokesperson's Unit, this evening (Saturday, 27 September 2025) [translated from Hebrew]:

As part of the public diplomacy effort, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's UN speech has – in the past few hours – been distributed dubbed into Arabic.

The QR code that the Prime Minister wore yesterday during his speech, which leads to a site that documents the October 7 atrocities, has been scanned over 1 million times, with approximately 30% of the scans from Iran and Gaza.

Attached is a segment from the Prime Minister's UN speech dubbed into Arabic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERXG1v_ASL8

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to American Influencers in New York: The only value in life is its purpose and if it depends on the survival and prosperity of the Jewish People and rebuffing the wave of hatred and denigration – you must fight!

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met – at the Israeli Consulate in New York after his UN General Assembly speech – with pro-Israel American influencers and spoke with them about the challenges in the new era, as well as the public diplomacy efforts and the influence of the social networks on the discourse for and against Israel.

Attached photo credits: Avi Ohayon (GPO)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Departs for Washington

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his delegation have departed for Washington.

The Prime Minister will meet with President Trump at the White House at 11:00 (EDT).

Following the meeting, the two leaders are expected to issue statements to the media at 13:15 (EDT).

Bank of Israel decides to leave the interest rate unchanged at 4.5%

https://www.boi.org.il/en/communication-and-publications/press-releases/the-monetary-committee-decides-on-september-29-2025-to-leave-the-interest-rate-unchanged-at-45-percent/

Remarks by the Governor of the Bank of Israel at the press briefing on monetary policy held today at the Bank of Israel

https://www.boi.org.il/en/communication-and-publications/press-releases/remarks-by-the-governor-of-the-bank-of-israel-at-the-press-briefing-on-monetary-policy-held-today-at-the-bank-of-israel-38/

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Currently Meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House – Still Photos

Attached photo credits: Avi Ohayon (GPO)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a Phone Call with the Qatari Prime Minister:

"Mr. Prime Minister, I want you to know that Israel regrets that one of your citizens was killed in our strike.

I want to assure you that Israel was targeting Hamas, not Qataris.

I also want to assure you that Israel has no plan to violate your sovereignty again in the future, and I have made that commitment to the president.

I know your leadership has grievances against Israel and Israel has grievances against Qatar, from support for the Muslim Brotherhood to how Israel is portrayed on Al Jazeera to support for anti Israel sentiment on collage campuses.

I welcome the President's idea to establish a trilateral group to address both our countries outstanding grievances."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Statement with President Donald Trump in the White House:

“Mr. President,

First I want to thank you for graciously hosting me once again in the White House. And second, I want to thank you for your friendship and for your leadership.

From Jerusalem to Tehran, from the Golan Heights to Gaza, you've proven time and again what I've said many times. You are the greatest friend that Israel has ever had in the White House. And, Mr. President, you and I both know it's not even close.

While you focus at home on making America great again, your leadership abroad is changing the world for the better, ending wars and advancing peace. I believe that today we're taking a critical step towards both ending the war in Gaza and setting the stage for dramatically advancing peace in the Middle East, and I think beyond the Middle East, very important Muslim countries.

I support your plan to end the war in Gaza, which achieves our war aims. It will bring back to Israel all our hostages, dismantle Hamas' military capabilities, end its political rule, and ensure that Gaza never again poses a threat to Israel.

We would not have achieved this turning point without the courage and sacrifice of our incredibly brave soldiers. They fight like lions to defend the people of Israel, and they serve on the front line in the war between civilization and barbarism.

Mr. President, when our two countries stand shoulder to shoulder, we achieve the impossible.

Just a few months ago, in Operation Rising Lion and Operation Midnight Hammer, we struck a decisive blow against Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile program. Your bold decision to send those B2s made the region safer and the world safer.

Now, under your leadership, we're taking the next step to win the war and expand the peace. Your plan is consistent with the five principles my government set for the end of the war and the day after Hamas.

Everybody asks, "What is your plan for the day after Hamas?"

Here's our plan. Passed it in the cabinet.

All our hostages, both those who are alive and those who died, all of them will return home immediately.

Hamas will be disarmed.

Gaza will be demilitarized.

Israel will retain security responsibility, including a security perimeter for the foreseeable future.

And lastly, Gaza will have a peaceful civilian administration that is run neither by Hamas nor by the Palestinian Authority.

If Hamas agrees to your plan, Mr. President, the first step will be a modest withdrawal, followed by the release of all our hostages within 72 hours.

The next step will be the establishment of an international body charged with fully disarming Hamas and demilitarizing Gaza. I appreciate your willingness to lead the body, Mr. President. I really appreciate it because you have a lot of things to do and this is important. And it reflects the confidence that this will give everyone, that things will be followed up on all the commitments made. The fact that you're taking this on, I think, helps a lot to make sure that everything flows in the direction that we want.

Now, if this international body succeeds, we will have permanently ended the war. Israel will conduct further withdrawals linked to the extent of disarmament and demilitarization, but will remain in the security perimeter for the foreseeable future.

I think we should understand that we're giving everybody a chance to have this done peacefully. Something that will achieve all our war objectives without any further bloodshed.

But if Hamas rejects your plan, Mr. President, or if they supposedly accept it and then basically do everything to counter it, then Israel will finish the job by itself.

This can be done the easy way or it can be done the hard way, but it will be done. We prefer the easy way, but it has to be done. All these goals must be achieved, because we didn't fight this horrible fight, sacrifice the finest of our young men to have Hamas stay in Gaza and threaten us again and again and again with these horrific massacres.

Mr. President, I was encouraged by

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our clear statement at the UN against the recognition of a Palestinian state. That would be an outcome that after October 7th would reward terrorists, undermine security, and endanger Israel's very existence.

As for the Palestinian Authority, I appreciate your firm position that the PA could have no role whatsoever in Gaza without undergoing a radical and genuine transformation. In your 2020 peace plan, which you mentioned just now, you made clear what that transformation requires. It's not lip service. It's not checking a box. It's a fundamental, genuine, and enduring transformation.
And that means ending "pay to slay," changing the poisonous textbooks that teach hatred to Jews, to Palestinian children, stopping incitement in the media, ending lawfare against Israel at the ICC, the ICJ, recognizing the Jewish state, and many, many other reforms.

It won't come as a surprise to you that the vast majority of Israelis have no faith that the PA leopard will change its spots. But rather than wait for this miraculous transformation, your plan provides a practical and realistic path forward for Gaza in the coming years, in which Gaza will be administered neither by Hamas nor the Palestinian Authority, but by those committed to a genuine peace with Israel.

I think this can be not only a new beginning for Gaza, I think it can be a new beginning for the entire region.

Under your leadership, we can re-energize -- I've got to contribute my own -- we can re-energize the Avraham Accords. That's what it's called in the original Hebrew. Avraham. Abraham is fine, Ahbraham, however you want to call it.

Under your leadership, Mr. President, we can re-energize the Abraham Accords that we forged five years ago. We can expand them to many more Arab and Muslim nations that chose moderation over extremism.

I think there's an opportunity here. It's not going to be easy. It's tough going. But I think if we succeed, you're absolutely right. We're going to open possibilities that nobody even dreamed of. But I think we dream of them. As you've told me, Mr. President, and you've told the world many, many times, you said, remember October 7th. Remember October 7th. And we do. We will never forget the horrors of October 7th. And we will do whatever is necessary to make sure they don't happen again. Since October 7th, Israel's enemies have learned a hard truth. Those who attack us pay a heavy price. But those who partner with us advance progress and security for their peoples.

President Trump just said it. It's also in the Bible. It says, "Those who will bless you will be blessed, and those who will curse you will be cursed." And that's actually what is happening. We want the blessings. I think we've done a lot in the past two years to end the curse. We're not finished, but we've done a lot. And we've done a lot together to end the curse.

I want to thank your entire team for their efforts to get to this point. I especially want to thank Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner for their indefatigable work to bring Israel and Arab states and the region closer together. I am deeply grateful to both of them for their work.

We had a phone call today just to make it clear. I said to the Prime Minister of Qatar, Israel was targeting terrorists. It wasn't targeting Qatar. And of course we regretted the loss of the Qatari citizen. It wasn't our target.

And I very much appreciate President Trump's proposal to have a trilateral body: the United States, Israel and Qatar, to work out respective grievances. There are quite a few. But if we could try to mitigate them or put it on a different footing, I think that would be good for everyone.

Above all, all the people, the fine team, and many helpers who have done this, I want to thank you, Mr. President.

History has already shown that under your leadership, Israel and America can change the face of the Middle East. And today I'm hopeful that your plan to end the war in Gaza will do so again and do so soon. It will free our hostages, end Hamas' tyranny in Gaza and enable a more secure and prosperous future fo