(Prime Minister's Office) Prime Minister Netanyahu told the AIPAC conference in Washington on Monday: "Events in the region are opening people's eyes to a simple truth: The problems of the region are not rooted in Israel....The millions who poured into the streets of Tehran, Tunis, Cairo, Sanaa, Benghazi, Damascus, they're not thinking about Israel....So it's time to stop blaming Israel for all the region's problems....Israel is not what's wrong with the Middle East. Israel is what's right about the Middle East." "This conflict has raged for nearly a century because the Palestinians refuse to end it. They refuse to accept the Jewish state. Now, this is what this conflict has always been about....We can only make peace with the Palestinians if they're prepared to make peace with the Jewish state."
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