Trump said in Jerusalem that Iran must 'never ever!' be allowed to have nukes

[superbeets]

[h=1]Israel and U.S. talk tough about Iran as Trump says Arab nations now have 'common cause' with Jews – and Israel's president warns of nuclear 'nightmare'[/h]

• Trump said in Jerusalem that Iran must 'never ever!' be allowed to have nukes
• Israeli President Reuven Rivlin told him that a nuclear-armed Tehran would be a 'nightmare' for the Jewish state
• Rivlin approves of U.S. airstrikes against Bashar al-Assad in Syria, and says crossing the chemical weapons 'red line' means more action is needed
• Trump and Rivlin held bilateral talks, delivered press statements and visited the site of a ceremonial tree-planting in the Trumps' honor

 

[superbeets]

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday in Israel that the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran is so great that other Arab nations are finding themselves siding with the Jewish state.
And Israeli President Reuven Rivlin told reporters that his nation's 'dream' of living in peace with its neighbors could easily become 'a nightmare' if radical Islamists aren't held in check.
'The United States and Israel can declare with one voice that Iran must never be allowed to possess a nuclear weapon – never ever!' Trump said outside the president's ceremonial residence in Jerusalem.
He demanded that Tehran 'must cease its deadly funding, training and equipping of terrorists and militias. And it must cease immediately.'

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U.S. President Donald Trump ( left) and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin (right) spoke Monday in Jerusalem about the threat posed by ISIS, Iran and Syria

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Trump told Rivlin that he believes Iran must 'never' be armed with a nuclear weapon

 

[superbeets]

Rivlin said a nuke in the hands of newly re-elected Iranian president Hassan Rouhani could turn Israel's peaceful-coexistence 'dream' into a 'nightmare'

The two men had just finished a bilateral meeting about regional security issues. Iran was on both of their minds.
Rivlin said Israelis 'must be sure that we don't go to sleep with a dream and wake up with a nightmare – with Iran, ISIS and Hamas in our borders.'
'In order to dream, we need to be sure that Iran is out! Out of our borders, out of Syria, out of Lebanon.'
Iran has spent years building a nuclear program with the goal of producing a weapon capable of reaching Israel, according to international observers.
A staple of annual military parades is a medium-range ballistic missile rolling on a truck, with the words 'Death to Israel' painted on it in Arabic.
ISIS, too, has become an existential threat to Israel as it operates in parts of Syria that are as close as 25 miles from the border.

 

[superbeets]

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Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions are on display every year with military parades like this one, a month ago, that included a missile with the words "Death to Israel" displayed nearby

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Trump and Rivlin were accompanied by first lady Melania Trump to the site of a ceremonial tree planting behind Rivlin's residence, marking the occasion of the U.S. president's visit

 

[superbeets]

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'There is a price that must be paid by those who violate the most basic values that make us human,' Rivlin said, speaking of Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad (pictured) and his use of chemical weapons against civilians

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The U.S. launched guided missiles last month against the airfield used in those strikes, and Rivlin said more are needed

'You marked the defeating of ISIS as one of your top missions,' Rivlin told Trump on Monday, reflecting on their private talks.
'This is a most important objective. Israel will do everything in its power in order to assist you in this mission,' he said.
The Israeli president also praised Trump's April decision to strike a Syrian air base that had been used to launch chemical weapons against civilians – and called for more military action in the future.
'There are "red lines," as it happened in Syria, that must never be crossed,' Rivlin said.
'There is a price that must be paid by those who violate the most basic values that make us human. Further action must be considered in [the] face of the horror that is still taking place on the other side of our border.'
Trump pledged greater cooperation between Washington and Jerusalem.
'Both Israel and America face common threats,' he said, 'from ISIS and other terrorist groups, to countries like Iran that sponsor terrorism and fund and foment terrible violence, not only here but all over the world.'

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Trump said Monday that in talks with King Salman of Saudi Arabia (pictured at right) and other Arab leaders, he learned that many are so alarmed at iran's belligerence that they now have 'common cause' with Israel

 

[superbeets]

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Trump arrived in Israel on Monday from Saudi Arabia, and will next go to Rome for a Papal audience before visiting Brussels and Sicily for NATO and G7 meetings

he cited 'a strong consensus among the nations of the world, including many in the Muslim world,' that Iran in particular is becoming an unsustainable aggressor against Israel.
'I was deeply encouraged by my conversations with Muslim world leaders in Saudi Arabia, including King Salman, who I spoke to at great length,' he said.
Trump came to Israel directly from Riyadh, where he addressed 55 leaders of Arab and other Muslim-majority nations about the global terrorist threat. He also held bilateral meetings with Gulf nations and the president of Afghanistan.
'There is a growing realization among your Arab neighbors that they have common cause with you in the threat posed by Iran,' he told Rivlin on Monday.
'And it is indeed a threat. There's no question about that.'
Rivlin and Trump posed for cameras at a ceremonial tree-planting behind the residence and then went to visit the Church of the Hoily Sepulchre, which Christian tradition holds was built on the site of Jesus Christ's burial and resurrection.
Trump's first foreign trip as president is being called the 'monotheism hattrick' in Washington, D.C. circles because he is visiting some of the holiest sites in Islam, Judaism and Christianity.
Later on Monday the president will visit Jerusalem's Western Wall. On Tuesday he will lay a wreath at the Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center.
On Wednesday the president will have an audience with Pope Francis in Rome.

 

[ScottL]

Trump arrived in Israel on Monday from Saudi Arabia, and will next go to Rome for a Papal audience before visiting Brussels and Sicily for NATO and G7 meetings


I would love to take the same 9 day journey as Trump but I wouldn't get past the first leg as I'd be thrown into a Saudi Arabian gulag.

 

[Dave007inVegas]

Trump said in Jerusalem that Iran must 'never ever!' be allowed to have nukes

No shit? I thought that was the consensus opinion of everyone except for Obama and Kerry.

 

[SheriffJoe]

Trump arrived in Israel on Monday from Saudi Arabia, and will next go to Rome for a Papal audience before visiting Brussels and Sicily for NATO and G7 meetings


I would love to take the same 9 day journey as Trump but I wouldn't get past the first leg as I'd be thrown into a Saudi Arabian gulag.

I doubt it.

Benjamin Netanyahu recently said he hoped one day soon an Israeli PM would be able to visit Saudi Arabia. If the failed Bush-Obama doctrine taught me anything it is this: making moral judgments in that fucked up part of the world is folly. Bibi understands you do what have to in order to protect your country's interests - nothing more or less. Right now, the common threat in that region is Iran which must be dealt with one way or the other.

I really wish President Trump would trash his middle east peace pipe dream and just give Israel and the Saudis the tools they need to get the job done.

No mess, no fuss - just git 'er done!

 

[ScottL]

Joe it's well known that many inside the Israeli gov't don't want the Iran deal torn up because they're not ready to go to war with Iran. At least not on their own. They don't think they can destroy Iran's nuclear facilities at this time without outside help. And they don't want to push the US into war either. That's not a lefty opinion. I heard it as recently as yesterday.

 

[StevieRay]

Iranian nuclear top scientist's assassinated

 

[StevieRay]

Iranian nuclear top scientist's assassinated

Team Biden flying flags at half mast

 

[roadreeler57]

Miss Superbeets...He posted some of the best pictures anywhere

 

[SheriffJoe]

Team Biden flying flags at half mast