Netanyahu to U.S. Sen. Scott: My Decision Not to Send a Delegation to Washington Was a Message to Hamas

By Aryeh Stern

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met Wednesday at the Prime Minister’s Office in Yerushalayim with U.S. Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) and thanked him for visiting Yerushalayim and for his unwavering support for the State of Israel, especially at this time.

Netanyahu said, “I thought the U.S. decision in the Security Council was a very, very bad move. The worst part about it was that it encouraged Hamas to take a hard line and to believe that international pressure will prevent Israel from freeing the hostages and destroying Hamas.

“My decision not to send a delegation to Washington in the wake of that resolution was a message to Hamas: Don’t bet on this pressure, it’s not going to work. I hope they got the message.”