Now is the time to step up pressure on Iran, the head of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said in Jerusalem.
Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.), the committee chairman, made his remarks
Wednesday following a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu. Royce and Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), the committee's ranking
member, are heading a bipartisan delegation of House of Representatives
members traveling to Israel during the recess.
Royce and Engel discussed with Netanyahu the potential Iranian threat and instability in Syria.
"As Iran’s nuclear program advances, now is the time to step up the
pressure on the Iranian regime," Royce said in a statement. "In my
meetings with Prime Minister Netanyahu, other senior Israeli officials,
entrepreneurs and citizens, we discussed not only the threats facing our
two countries from rogue regimes such as Iran and Syria, but the
opportunities that exist for our two nations working together."
Netanyahu also expressed readiness to work with the Obama administration as it attempts to reconvene Israeli-Palestinian talks.
"We’re engaged right now in an effort that we appreciate led by
President Obama and Secretary [of State John] Kerry to restart the peace
negotiations between us and the Palestinians," Netanyahu said after the
meeting. "We’re eager to do it; we have no preconditions and we think
there shouldn’t be any preconditions to restart negotiations."
Palestinians have insisted on a settlement freeze before rejoining negotiations.
"We do think that to finish the negotiations, we need two basic
pillars: One is that the Palestinians recognize the Jewish state, and
second that Israel has solid security arrangements," Netanyahu said.
Palestinians have repeatedly recognized Israel, but Israeli
governments in recent years also have demanded a recognition of Israel's
Jewish character.
Royce and Engel also laid a wreath at Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust memorial.
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2013/05/02/3125601/royce-engel-talk-iran-syria-with-netanyahu#When:09:10:00Z
Thursday 2 May 2013
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