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Source: https://www.gov.il/en/departments/news/event-statement170324
Netanyahu: Israel Will Enable Palestinian Civilians to Leave Rafah before Fighting
(Prime Minister's Office) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Jerusalem on Sunday: "Our goal in eliminating the remaining terrorist battalions in Rafah goes hand in hand with enabling the civilian population to leave Rafah. It's not something that we will do while keeping the population locked in place. In fact, we'll do the very opposite. We'll enable them to leave because our consideration for reducing and minimizing civilian casualties has guided us, and will continue to guide us in the future." "We believe that the key to peace is security. Many believe that the key to security is peace. But peace is unsustainable without a strong Israel. And if we are offered a peace agreement or a path to peace that makes Israel so weak and unable to defend itself, and our neighbors still adhere to the goal of destroying the Jewish state, then obviously we will set peace backward and not forward. We want to move peace forward. For that, Israel has to have the necessary security responsibility in this tiny area. Otherwise, the radicals take over.