Israeli PM Netanyahu's remarks at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting MFA Newsletter PM Netanyahu's remarks at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting Israel is a sought-after, developed and strong country that even the citizens of countries with which we do not have official relations understand the benefit of relations with Israel. We are going from strength to strength and developing even more links. (Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser) PM Netanyahu at weekly Cabinet meeting. Archive photo: Reuters/Ronen Zvulun.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this morning (Sunday, 3 December 2017), at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting, made the following remarks: "On behalf of the Government ministers and the citizens of Israel, I send condolences to the family of the soldier Ron Yitzhak Kokia. The security forces are making an all-out effort to quickly apprehend the murderer reprehensible for perpetrating this act. I have no doubt that the ISA will succeed in this mission and we will deal with him to the fullest extent of the law. Today the Cabinet will be briefed by the Foreign Ministry Director General and senior Foreign Ministry officials, who are doing excellent work. The Foreign Ministry is unjustly under constant attack. The foreign policy of Israel is also under unjust attack, when it has very major achievements. The Foreign Ministry carried out a comprehensive survey of 54 countries, of the citizens of those countries I must emphasize. The main finding is that in 47 out of 54 countries, a majority of the people there, believe that their country would benefit from links with Israel. This is a gigantic change. What is also interesting is that half of the public in the countries in the Middle East that were reviewed, the assets and strength of Israel are appreciated and they believe that their country could benefit by links with Israel. When I say again and again that Israel is a rising global power – I know what I am talking about. Today Israel is a sought-after country. One need only see the 12 hours I was in Africa, or in Latin America on my recent tour there, or on visits to Asia and everywhere else, to see this. Israel is a sought-after, developed and strong country that even the citizens of countries with which we do not have official relations understand the benefit of relations with Israel. We are going from strength to strength and developing eve n more links. The major diplomatic blossoming of the State of Israel is based – inter alia – on a dynamic economy, initiatives, and the development of businesses and technology. This is at the root of our strength. The root of economic development is in small businesses. The small businesses go through bureaucratic hell. The ministers and I are working very hard during meetings on regulation and other reforms in order to lessen the bureaucratic burden on small businesses. Today the Cabinet will approve a comprehensive reform in the business registration law that will focus [...]