"Israel is completely committed to the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy by the year 2050," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the International Climate Change Committee.
"The Paris climate accord was unfair as far as trade is concerned, and the US was penalized through the Paris climate accord," said EPA chief Andrew Wheeler.
"The decision made by the United States to withdraw from the Paris Agreement will not lead us to withdraw from it as well," Environmental Protection Minister Zeev Elkin said.
Environmental groups said they hoped Trump would be defeated in 2020 by a rival who would re-join the agreement with bold new targets.
"When it comes to regulation of technology, Google has to find friends wherever they can and I think it is wise that the company does not apply litmus tests to who they support," a source said.
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