Netanyahu Putin

Putin “is a believer in Israel. He is a fan of Bibi, really helping him a lot and will hep him a lot, which is good for all of us,” Trump said.

There, at a news conference being watched by the whole world, both leaders – both! – acknowledged Israel’s security concerns in Syria and the need to address them.

The prime minister will be visiting with Putin to discuess Iran and Syria, as well as attending the sporting final.

Netanyahu asserted that he did not care about criticism regarding his insistence that Israel maintain security control in “the tiny area” from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea.

So far the Russians have stayed out of the way and enabled Israel to act as it sees fit – and that is neither a given or something to be taken lightly.

Both Trump and Abbas are relying more heavily on Russia to play a larger role in their relations with Israel.

“Will Iran entrench itself in Syria, or will this process be stopped?” Netanyahu said. “I made clear to Putin that we will stop it if it doesn’t stop by itself. We are already acting to stop it.”

"I think that the main lesson of the rise of the Nazis and then the defeat of the Nazis, is one must powerfully stand up to the murderous ideologies when they appear," Netanyahu said.

Netanyahu said that he will also speak with the Russian president about Iran's ”unending efforts to militarily entrench itself in Syria, something that we are adamantly opposed to and act against.”