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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."
Link for Live Broadcast of Statements by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump at the White House

https://www.youtube.com/live/tP0Hf_anQpU
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
r the peoples of our region.

Thank you, Mr. President.

May God bless America, may God bless the indispensable alliance between our countries and I'll add in Hebrew, גמר חתימה טובה, may we all be inscribed in the Book of Life.

Thank you.”

Attached video credit: GPO
(Communicated by the President's Spokesperson)

Monday, 29 September 2025 / 7 Tishrei 5786

Statement by President Isaac Herzog

"The plan presented this evening by @POTUS @realDonaldTrump offers real hope for the release of the hostages, for ensuring the security of Israel, for ending the war, and for changing the reality in the Gaza Strip and the Middle East toward a new era of regional and international partnership. I welcome the plan and call for its rapid implementation.

I thank President Trump for his leadership and for his steadfast and stalwart support for the State of Israel. I congratulate Prime Minister @Netanyahu on this important progress. And I thank all the countries, individuals, and parties taking part in the process who are bringing hope to the peoples of the region.

On behalf of all the people of Israel, I salute the courage of our fighters whose heroism laid the groundwork for the renewed hope to bringing all the hostages home, and for moving toward an end of the war and the beginning of the ‘day after.’

Now the entire world must set a clear and immediate condition — that the terrorist organization Hamas agree to the plan set out by President Trump, and allow a future of hope for the peoples of the region."

https://x.com/isaac_herzog/status/1972758878262890711?s=46

Jason Pearlman, 052-6328795
Prime Minister's Office Announcement

The Prime Minister's Office, this afternoon (Tuesday, 30 September 2025) [translated from Hebrew]:

As part of the major public diplomacy effort led by the Prime Minister's Office in the US, the "Remember October 7" campaign was expanded to Washington ahead of Prime Minister Netanyahu's meeting with US President Trump.

Numerous signs and media trucks – featuring the bar code worn by Prime Minister Netanyahu during his UN speech – were placed around the White House.

Attached photo credits: GPO
(Communicated by the President's Spokesperson)

Tuesday, 30 September 2025 / 8 Tishrei 5786

President Isaac Herzog announces Open Sukkah

President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog Invite the Public to the Annual Sukkah at the President’s Residence

President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog will open the gates of the President’s Residence to the public on Sunday, October 12, 2025 (20 Tishrei 5786), from 10:00 to 16:00, continuing the tradition of the Open Sukkah (https://www.jewfaq.org/sukkot).

This year’s theme, “Israeli Spirit – A Journey Between Culture and Sport Toward a Shared Tomorrow,” is held in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and Sport. Visitors will experience cultural and sporting activities for the whole family, celebrating values of unity, resilience, and shared identity.

Alongside the events, a special prayer wall will be dedicated to the hope for the return of the hostages, where visitors may leave personal notes of solidarity, hope, and prayer.

President Isaac Herzog: “As is our tradition, Michal and I are proud and excited to welcome all Israelis to the President’s Sukkah. Culture and sport are not only engines of creation and inspiration – they are bridges that unite communities, tell our shared story, and help us see tomorrow as a space for hope, solidarity, and unity. This year too, we carry in our hearts a prayer for the return of our loved ones held hostage – every single one of them.”

Minister of Culture and Sport, Miki Zohar: “The President’s Sukkah celebrates Israeli culture, art, and sport. I invite the public to join us, to discover the strength of our unity, and to celebrate the values that bind us together as a people.”

Jason Pearlman, 052-6328795
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Remarks at the Start of the Government Meeting

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Tuesday, 30 September 2025), at the start of the Government meeting [translated from Hebrew]:

"I have just returned from the US on behalf of the Government and the citizens of Israel. At the UN, I presented the truth of the State of Israel, its citizens and its soldiers.

In Washington, I reached agreement with President Trump on a framework for the release of all of our hostages and the achievement of all of the war objectives that we determined. I will present a more detailed report to the members of both the Government and the Security Cabinet.

Today we are going to appoint Maj.-Gen. David Zini as Director of the ISA. I have been very impressed by him over the years and I have known him for many years – his various positions in the IDF including those in which he worked closely with the ISA.

I have seen his determination, his leadership and his ability to think outside the box, and to see things before they develop. I think he is the right person to lead the ISA as someone who knows the system but is not part of it. I have no doubt that he will have great success, and I am certain that everyone will support this. This success is important for the security of all citizens of Israel.

I would like to take this opportunity to again wish the citizens of Israel a good year; may we be inscribed in the Book of Life, also you, Government ministers, and your families, the families of the hostages, the bereaved families and, of course, the wounded, who are great heroes. Everyone bravely bears the heavy burden that has led to our major achievements in the past year.

I would also like to wish a good year and an inscription in the Book of Life to our heroic soldiers who are fighting at the front and bringing us achievements which are ensuring the eternity of Israel.

May all of you have a good year and be inscribed in the Book of Life."
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Prime Minister's Office Announcement


Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Maj.-Gen. David Zini and congratulated him on the governmental appointment to the post of Director of the ISA.

The Prime Minister told Maj.-Gen. Zini that he is fully confident that he is the right person to lead the organization, and wished him good luck in this important role in Israel's security.

The Prime Minister wishes to thank "S", who has served as the interim Director of the ISA during the past few months, for his dedicated work.
Prime Minister's Office Announcement


Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met during his visit to the United States with world-renowned AI (Artificial Intelligence) developers.

The meeting focused on the numerous challenges and opportunities in the field. During the meeting, the Prime Minister declared his intention to advance, in the immediate future, the construction of energy and systems development compounds for artificial intelligence, and to turn Israel into a world leader in the field of AI.


Attached photo credit: Avi Ohayon / GPO
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

Israel grieves with the Jewish community in the UK after the barbaric terror attack in Manchester. Our hearts are with the families of the murdered, and we pray for the swift recovery of the wounded. As I warned at the UN: weakness in the face of terrorism only brings more terrorism. Only strength and unity can defeat it.