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Netanyahu: Strength Comes before Peace
(Ynet News) Amir Ettinger - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Thursday with Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif, the Israeli Druze community's spiritual leader. He recounted a phone call with Sheikh Tarif, who urged Israel to act to help the Druze in Syria who were under attack. "He said to me, 'The Jews cried out for help in the Holocaust, and no one came. Israel must come.' That pierced my heart like an arrow. It is true not only factually, but morally and humanly. This is especially true due to the deep, genuine bond between us. We are brothers. When I understood the magnitude of the disaster, we acted immediately." "I am not naive. I understand who we are dealing with and what we are dealing with. That is why we used force....It's called peace through strength. Strength comes first, then peace. That is how it works, certainly in our region."