Defiant Netanyahu Pushes Back Against EU Pressure on Jerusalem

  • Israeli prime minister meets EU foreign ministers in Brussels
  • Netanyahu says Trump ‘put facts squarely on the table’
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented Israel as a guarantor of European Union security, as he sought to push back against increasing pressure from the bloc for a more conciliatory policy toward Palestine.

Israel has fought against the spread of militant Islam and helped avert numerous terrorist attacks on European soil, Netanyahu said on Monday in Brussels before a meeting with EU foreign ministers.