PM Netanyahu Lights Chanukah Candles with IDF Soldiers at Latrun
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this evening (Sunday, 21 December 2014),
lit Chanukah candles with IDF soldiers at Latrun and told them:

"In this struggle that we are in, Israel is being attacked on two fronts
simultaneously.

- It is being attacked by the terrorism of Hamas and the other terrorist
organizations.
- It is also under a diplomatic attack led by the Palestinian Authority and
which is designed to deny us our very right to defend ourselves and seeks to
deny us the legitimacy of our very existence.

We are rebuffing both of these attacks.

Over the weekend we sent a clear message to Hamas – we are not prepared to
countenance the firing of even one rocket and we are responding accordingly
and in strength.

We also have a clear message to those who are leading the diplomatic assault
against us.

It could be that the Palestinians will, in the very near future, submit to
the UN Security Council their proposal to unilaterally force on Israel the
establishment of a Palestinian state as well as other conditions that are
unacceptable to us. We expect the responsible elements in the international
community to reject this proposal; in any case, we will vigorously oppose it
and will, of course, not act in accordance with any diktat."