Netanyahu: Israel ranked 8th most powerful country in the world
- 8 years ago
Rejecting opposition criticism of his foreign policy, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu boasted on Monday that Israel has been ranked eighth most powerful country in the world in Wharton University's "Best Country in the World" survey.
"Israel was ranked as the number eight world power in the world based on three things: Military power, international influence and, notice how they put it - international alliances.
I didn't choose to say it, they did.
They rank us for our international power and our international alliances."
"For a long time I've been telling you that we have been seeing two trends - one of the de-legitimization of the State of Israel, and we're fighting this, and another is strengthening the alliances Israel has," the prime minister noted.
"Israel was ranked as the number eight world power in the world based on three things: Military power, international influence and, notice how they put it - international alliances.
I didn't choose to say it, they did.
They rank us for our international power and our international alliances."
"For a long time I've been telling you that we have been seeing two trends - one of the de-legitimization of the State of Israel, and we're fighting this, and another is strengthening the alliances Israel has," the prime minister noted.