(Prime Minister's Office) After a meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Jerusalem on Thursday, Netanyahu said: "We discussed the danger to the world posed by Iran's pursuit of a nuclear weapons capability. We believe that, in a final deal, unlike the interim deal, it is crucial to bring about a final agreement about the termination of Iran's military nuclear capability." "On the Palestinian issue, I want to say that Israel is ready for a historic peace....It's a peace that Israel can and must be able to defend by itself with our own forces against any foreseeable threat." Kerry said: "I join with President Obama in expressing to the people of Israel our deep, deep commitment to the security of Israel and to the need to find a peace that recognizes Israel as a Jewish state, recognizes Israel as a country that can defend itself, by itself." "The United States will do everything in our power to make certain that Iran's nuclear program, a program of weaponization possibilities, is terminated. We agree on what the goal of the final status agreement ought to be. And in the days and weeks ahead, we will consult very closely and continually with our Israeli friends in order to bring about a comprehensive agreement that can withstand everybody's test."
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