On Thursday, Netanyahu met with US State Secretary John Kerry in Berlin to discuss the current wave of violence in the decades-long regional conflict between Palestinians and Israeli security forces that began at East Jerusalem’s Temple Mount holy site in September, with dozens of people killed.
"I want to thank you and the US for condemning the terrorist attacks against Israel, for standing up for our right of self defense," the prime minister told Kerry, as quoted by The Jerusalem Post newspaper.
Palestinians seek the recognition of their independent state, proclaimed in 1988, on the territories of West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip.
Most of the areas claimed by the State of Palestine were seized by Israel in 1967 during the Six-Day War. The Israeli government refuses to recognize Palestine as an independent political and diplomatic entity.
