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Israeli and British Prime Ministers Discuss Iran and Mideast Peace in London
(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his British counterpart, Theresa May, discussed Iran, the Palestinians and closer bilateral cooperation during their first meeting in London on Monday. "We will never give up on our quest for peace with all of our neighbors," Netanyahu said. Following their meeting, Netanyahu said a two-state solution will necessitate Palestinian recognition of Israel as the state of the Jewish people. "Even with that recognition, there is no way in the foreseeable future that Israel will not be the only force with security control west of the Jordan River," he said. Netanyahu said he told May that Israeli "settlements were not an obstacle to peace," and that any areas Israel would leave now would turn either into an Iranian outpost or an Islamic state. He also said that he and May see "eye-to-eye" on the dangers posed by Iran arming itself and its aggressive behavior in the region. "An answer needs to be found to Iran's aggression. Even without breaching the [nuclear] agreement on their side, they are marching toward a bomb, toward industrial enrichment of uranium that will enable them to break out in a short period to a nuclear bomb."