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1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)
HERES THE SCRIPTURE NETANYAHU QUOTED FROM AT THE END OF HIS SPEECH- DEU 31:6 BUT I ADDED 7-9 ARE GREAT SCRIPTURES ALSO.
DEUTERONOMY 31:6-9
6
Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for
the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail
thee, nor forsake thee.
7 And Moses called unto Joshua, and said
unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage:
for thou must go with this people unto the land which the LORD hath
sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to
inherit it.
8 And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he
will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear
not, neither be dismayed.
9 And Moses wrote this law, and delivered
it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant
of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel.
Transcript of PM Binyamin Netanyahu’s Historic Speech to
Congress-Israel's PM Netanyahu was interrupted 40 times with standing
ovations in his 40 minute historic speech to the US Congress on Tuesday.
Transcript By: Jewish Press Staff-Published: March 3rd, 2015
Americans have a more favorable view of Netanyahu than they do of Obama.
Speaker
of the House John Boehner, President Pro Tem Senator Orrin Hatch,
Senator Minority — Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Minority
Leader Nancy Pelosi, and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy.I also
want to acknowledge Senator, Democratic Leader Harry Reid. Harry, it’s
good to see you back on your feet.I guess it’s true what they say; you
can’t keep a good man down.My friends, I’m deeply humbled by the
opportunity to speak for a third time before the most important
legislative body in the world, the U.S. Congress.I want to thank you all
for being here today. I know that my speech has been the subject of
much controversy. I deeply regret that some perceive my being here as
political. That was never my intention.I want to thank you, Democrats
and Republicans, for your common support for Israel, year after year,
decade after decade.I know that no matter on which side of the aisle you
sit, you stand with Israel.The remarkable alliance between Israel and
the United States has always been above politics. It must always remain
above politics.Because America and Israel, we share a common destiny,
the destiny of promised lands that cherish freedom and offer hope.
Israel is grateful for the support of American — of America’s people and
of America’s presidents, from Harry Truman to Barack Obama.We
appreciate all that President Obama has done for Israel.Now, some of
that is widely known.Some of that is widely known, like strengthening
security cooperation and intelligence sharing, opposing anti-Israel
resolutions at the U.N.Some of what the president has done for Israel is
less well- known.I called him in 2010 when we had the Carmel forest
fire, and he immediately agreed to respond to my request for urgent
aid.In 2011, we had our embassy in Cairo under siege, and again, he
provided vital assistance at the crucial moment.Or his support for more
missile interceptors during our operation last summer when we took on
Hamas terrorists.In each of those moments, I called the president, and
he was there.And some of what the president has done for Israel might
never be known, because it touches on some of the most sensitive and
strategic issues that arise between an American president and an Israeli
prime minister.But I know it, and I will always be grateful to
President Obama for that support.And Israel is grateful to you, the
American Congress, for your support, for supporting us in so many ways,
especially in generous military assistance and missile defense,
including Iron Dome.Last summer, millions of Israelis were protected
from thousands of Hamas rockets because this capital dome helped build
our Iron Dome.Thank you, America. Thank you for everything you’ve done
for Israel.My friends, I’ve come here today because, as prime minister
of Israel, I feel a profound obligation to speak to you about an issue
that could well threaten the survival of my country and the future of my
people: Iran’s quest for nuclear weapons.We’re an ancient people. In
our nearly 4,000 years of history, many have tried repeatedly to destroy
the Jewish people. Tomorrow night, on the Jewish holiday of Purim,
we’ll read the Book of Esther. We’ll read of a powerful Persian viceroy
named Haman, who plotted to destroy the Jewish people some 2,500 years
ago. But a courageous Jewish woman, Queen Esther, exposed the plot and
gave for the Jewish people the right to defend themselves against their
enemies.
The plot was foiled. Our people were saved.Today the
Jewish people face another attempt by yet another Persian potentate to
destroy us. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei spews the oldest
hatred, the oldest hatred of anti-Semitism with the newest technology.
He tweets that Israel must be annihilated — he tweets. You know, in
Iran, there isn’t exactly free Internet. But he tweets in English that
Israel must be destroyed.For those who believe that Iran threatens the
Jewish state, but not the Jewish people, listen to Hassan Nasrallah, the
leader of Hezbollah, Iran’s chief terrorist proxy. He said: If all the
Jews gather in Israel, it will save us the trouble of chasing them down
around the world.But Iran’s regime is not merely a Jewish problem, any
more than the Nazi regime was merely a Jewish problem. The 6 million
Jews murdered by the Nazis were but a fraction of the 60 million people
killed in World War II. So, too, Iran’s regime poses a grave threat, not
only to Israel, but also the peace of the entire world. To understand
just how dangerous Iran would be with nuclear weapons, we must fully
understand the nature of the regime.The people of Iran are very talented
people. They’re heirs to one of the world’s great civilizations. But in
1979, they were hijacked by religious zealots — religious zealots who
imposed on them immediately a dark and brutal dictatorship.That year,
the zealots drafted a constitution, a new one for Iran. It directed the
revolutionary guards not only to protect Iran’s borders, but also to
fulfill the ideological mission of jihad. The regime’s founder,
Ayatollah Khomeini, exhorted his followers to “export the revolution
throughout the world.”I’m standing here in Washington, D.C. and the
difference is so stark. America’s founding document promises life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Iran’s founding document pledges
death, tyranny, and the pursuit of jihad. And as states are collapsing
across the Middle East, Iran is charging into the void to do just
that.Iran’s goons in Gaza, its lackeys in Lebanon, its revolutionary
guards on the Golan Heights are clutching Israel with three tentacles of
terror. Backed by Iran, Assad is slaughtering Syrians. Back by Iran,
Shiite militias are rampaging through Iraq. Back by Iran, Houthis are
seizing control of Yemen, threatening the strategic straits at the mouth
of the Red Sea. Along with the Straits of Hormuz, that would give Iran a
second choke-point on the world’s oil supply.Just last week, near
Hormuz, Iran carried out a military exercise blowing up a mock U.S.
aircraft carrier. That’s just last week, while they’re having nuclear
talks with the United States. But unfortunately, for the last 36 years,
Iran’s attacks against the United States have been anything but mock.
And the targets have been all too real.Iran took dozens of Americans
hostage in Tehran, murdered hundreds of American soldiers, Marines, in
Beirut, and was responsible for killing and maiming thousands of
American service men and women in Iraq and Afghanistan.Beyond the Middle
East, Iran attacks America and its allies through its global terror
network. It blew up the Jewish community center and the Israeli embassy
in Buenos Aires. It helped Al Qaida bomb U.S. embassies in Africa. It
even attempted to assassinate the Saudi ambassador, right here in
Washington, D.C.In the Middle East, Iran now dominates four Arab
capitals, Baghdad, Damascus, Beirut and Sanaa. And if Iran’s aggression
is left unchecked, more will surely follow.So, at a time when many hope
that Iran will join the community of nations, Iran is busy gobbling up
the nations.We must all stand together to stop Iran’s march of conquest,
subjugation and terror.Now, two years ago, we were told to give
President Rouhani and Foreign Minister Zarif a chance to bring change
and moderation to Iran. Some change! Some moderation! Rouhani’s
government hangs gays, persecutes Christians, jails journalists and
executes even more prisoners than before.Last year, the same Zarif who
charms Western diplomats laid a wreath at the grave of Imad Mughniyeh.
Imad Mughniyeh is the terrorist mastermind who spilled more American
blood than any other terrorist besides Osama bin Laden. I’d like to see
someone ask him a question about that.Iran’s regime is as radical as
ever, its cries of “Death to America,” that same America that it calls
the “Great Satan,” as loud as ever.Now, this shouldn’t be surprising,
because the ideology of Iran’s revolutionary regime is deeply rooted in
militant Islam, and that’s why this regime will always be an enemy of
America.Don’t be fooled. The battle between Iran and ISIS doesn’t turn
Iran into a friend of America.Iran and ISIS are competing for the crown
of militant Islam. One calls itself the Islamic Republic. The other
calls itself the Islamic State. Both want to impose a militant Islamic
empire first on the region and then on the entire world. They just
disagree among themselves who will be the ruler of that empire.In this
deadly game of thrones, there’s no place for America or for Israel, no
peace for Christians, Jews or Muslims who don’t share the Islamist
medieval creed, no rights for women, no freedom for anyone.
So
when it comes to Iran and ISIS, the enemy of your enemy is your
enemy.The difference is that ISIS is armed with butcher knives, captured
weapons and YouTube, whereas Iran could soon be armed with
intercontinental ballistic missiles and nuclear bombs. We must always
remember — I’ll say it one more time — the greatest dangers facing our
world is the marriage of militant Islam with nuclear weapons. To defeat
ISIS and let Iran get nuclear weapons would be to win the battle, but
lose the war. We can’t let that happen.But that, my friends, is exactly
what could happen, if the deal now being negotiated is accepted by Iran.
That deal will not prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. It
would all but guarantee that Iran gets those weapons, lots of them.Let
me explain why. While the final deal has not yet been signed, certain
elements of any potential deal are now a matter of public record. You
don’t need intelligence agencies and secret information to know this.
You can Google it.Absent a dramatic change, we know for sure that any
deal with Iran will include two major concessions to Iran.The first
major concession would leave Iran with a vast nuclear infrastructure,
providing it with a short break-out time to the bomb. Break-out time is
the time it takes to amass enough weapons-grade uranium or plutonium for
a nuclear bomb.According to the deal, not a single nuclear facility
would be demolished. Thousands of centrifuges used to enrich uranium
would be left spinning. Thousands more would be temporarily
disconnected, but not destroyed.Because Iran’s nuclear program would be
left largely intact, Iran’s break-out time would be very short — about a
year by U.S. assessment, even shorter by Israel’s.And if — if Iran’s
work on advanced centrifuges, faster and faster centrifuges, is not
stopped, that break-out time could still be shorter, a lot shorter.True,
certain restrictions would be imposed on Iran’s nuclear program and
Iran’s adherence to those restrictions would be supervised by
international inspectors. But here’s the problem. You see, inspectors
document violations; they don’t stop them.Inspectors knew when North
Korea broke to the bomb, but that didn’t stop anything. North Korea
turned off the cameras, kicked out the inspectors. Within a few years,
it got the bomb.Now, we’re warned that within five years North Korea
could have an arsenal of 100 nuclear bombs.Like North Korea, Iran, too,
has defied international inspectors. It’s done that on at least three
separate occasions — 2005, 2006, 2010. Like North Korea, Iran broke the
locks, shut off the cameras.Now, I know this is not gonna come a shock —
as a shock to any of you, but Iran not only defies inspectors, it also
plays a pretty good game of hide-and-cheat with them.The U.N.’s nuclear
watchdog agency, the IAEA, said again yesterday that Iran still refuses
to come clean about its military nuclear program. Iran was also caught —
caught twice, not once, twice — operating secret nuclear facilities in
Natanz and Qom, facilities that inspectors didn’t even know
existed.Right now, Iran could be hiding nuclear facilities that we don’t
know about, the U.S. and Israel. As the former head of inspections for
the IAEA said in 2013, he said, “If there’s no undeclared installation
today in Iran, it will be the first time in 20 years that it doesn’t
have one.” Iran has proven time and again that it cannot be trusted. And
that’s why the first major concession is a source of great concern. It
leaves Iran with a vast nuclear infrastructure and relies on inspectors
to prevent a breakout. That concession creates a real danger that Iran
could get to the bomb by violating the deal.But the second major
concession creates an even greater danger that Iran could get to the
bomb by keeping the deal. Because virtually all the restrictions on
Iran’s nuclear program will automatically expire in about a decade.Now, a
decade may seem like a long time in political life, but it’s the blink
of an eye in the life of a nation. It’s a blink of an eye in the life of
our children. We all have a responsibility to consider what will happen
when Iran’s nuclear capabilities are virtually unrestricted and all the
sanctions will have been lifted. Iran would then be free to build a
huge nuclear capacity that could product many, many nuclear bombs.Iran’s
Supreme Leader says that openly. He says, Iran plans to have 190,000
centrifuges, not 6,000 or even the 19,000 that Iran has today, but 10
times that amount — 190,000 centrifuges enriching uranium. With this
massive capacity, Iran could make the fuel for an entire nuclear arsenal
and this in a matter of weeks, once it makes that decision.My long-time
friend, John Kerry, Secretary of State, confirmed last week that Iran
could legitimately possess that massive centrifuge capacity when the
deal expires.Now I want you to think about that. The foremost sponsor of
global terrorism could be weeks away from having enough enriched
uranium for an entire arsenal of nuclear weapons and this with full
international legitimacy.And by the way, if Iran’s Intercontinental
Ballistic Missile program is not part of the deal, and so far, Iran
refuses to even put it on the negotiating table. Well, Iran could have
the means to deliver that nuclear arsenal to the far-reach corners of
the earth, including to every part of the United States. So you see, my
friends, this deal has two major concessions: one, leaving Iran with a
vast nuclear program and two, lifting the restrictions on that program
in about a decade. That’s why this deal is so bad. It doesn’t block
Iran’s path to the bomb; it paves Iran’s path to the bomb.So why would
anyone make this deal? Because they hope that Iran will change for the
better in the coming years, or they believe that the alternative to this
deal is worse? Well, I disagree. I don’t believe that Iran’s radical
regime will change for the better after this deal. This regime has been
in power for 36 years, and its voracious appetite for aggression grows
with each passing year. This deal would wet appetite — would only wet
Iran’s appetite for more.
Would Iran be less aggressive when
sanctions are removed and its economy is stronger? If Iran is gobbling
up four countries right now while it’s under sanctions, how many more
countries will Iran devour when sanctions are lifted? Would Iran fund
less terrorism when it has mountains of cash with which to fund more
terrorism? Why should Iran’s radical regime change for the better when
it can enjoy the best of both world’s: aggression abroad, prosperity at
home? This is a question that everyone asks in our region. Israel’s
neighbors — Iran’s neighbors know that Iran will become even more
aggressive and sponsor even more terrorism when its economy is
unshackled and it’s been given a clear path to the bomb.And many of
these neighbors say they’ll respond by racing to get nuclear weapons of
their own. So this deal won’t change Iran for the better; it will only
change the Middle East for the worse. A deal that’s supposed to prevent
nuclear proliferation would instead spark a nuclear arms race in the
most dangerous part of the planet.This deal won’t be a farewell to arms.
It would be a farewell to arms control. And the Middle East would soon
be crisscrossed by nuclear tripwires. A region where small skirmishes
can trigger big wars would turn into a nuclear tinderbox.If anyone
thinks — if anyone thinks this deal kicks the can down the road, think
again. When we get down that road, we’ll face a much more dangerous
Iran, a Middle East littered with nuclear bombs and a countdown to a
potential nuclear nightmare.Ladies and gentlemen, I’ve come here today
to tell you we don’t have to bet the security of the world on the hope
that Iran will change for the better. We don’t have to gamble with our
future and with our children’s future.We can insist that restrictions on
Iran’s nuclear program not be lifted for as long as Iran continues its
aggression in the region and in the world.Before lifting those
restrictions, the world should demand that Iran do three things. First,
stop its aggression against its neighbors in the Middle East.
Second…Second, stop supporting terrorism around the world.And third,
stop threatening to annihilate my country, Israel, the one and only
Jewish state.Thank you.If the world powers are not prepared to insist
that Iran change its behavior before a deal is signed, at the very least
they should insist that Iran change its behavior before a deal
expires.If Iran changes its behavior, the restrictions would be lifted.
If Iran doesn’t change its behavior, the restrictions should not be
lifted.If Iran wants to be treated like a normal country, let it act
like a normal country.My friends, what about the argument that there’s
no alternative to this deal, that Iran’s nuclear know-how cannot be
erased, that its nuclear program is so advanced that the best we can do
is delay the inevitable, which is essentially what the proposed deal
seeks to do? Well, nuclear know-how without nuclear infrastructure
doesn’t get you very much. A racecar driver without a car can’t drive. A
pilot without a plan can’t fly. Without thousands of centrifuges, tons
of enriched uranium or heavy water facilities, Iran can’t make nuclear
weapons.Iran’s nuclear program can be rolled back well-beyond the
current proposal by insisting on a better deal and keeping up the
pressure on a very vulnerable regime, especially given the recent
collapse in the price of oil.Now, if Iran threatens to walk away from
the table — and this often happens in a Persian bazaar — call their
bluff. They’ll be back, because they need the deal a lot more than you
do.And by maintaining the pressure on Iran and on those who do business
with Iran, you have the power to make them need it even more.My friends,
for over a year, we’ve been told that no deal is better than a bad
deal. Well, this is a bad deal. It’s a very bad deal. We’re better off
without it.Now we’re being told that the only alternative to this bad
deal is war. That’s just not true.The alternative to this bad deal is a
much better deal.A better deal that doesn’t leave Iran with a vast
nuclear infrastructure and such a short break-out time. A better deal
that keeps the restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program in place until
Iran’s aggression ends.A better deal that won’t give Iran an easy path
to the bomb. A better deal that Israel and its neighbors may not like,
but with which we could live, literally. And no country…… no country has
a greater stake — no country has a greater stake than Israel in a good
deal that peacefully removes this threat.Ladies and gentlemen, history
has placed us at a fateful crossroads. We must now choose between two
paths. One path leads to a bad deal that will at best curtail Iran’s
nuclear ambitions for a while, but it will inexorably lead to a
nuclear-armed Iran whose unbridled aggression will inevitably lead to
war.The second path, however difficult, could lead to a much better
deal, that would prevent a nuclear-armed Iran, a nuclearized Middle East
and the horrific consequences of both to all of humanity.
You
don’t have to read Robert Frost to know. You have to live life to know
that the difficult path is usually the one less traveled, but it will
make all the difference for the future of my country, the security of
the Middle East and the peace of the world, the peace, we all desire.My
friend, standing up to Iran is not easy. Standing up to dark and
murderous regimes never is. With us today is Holocaust survivor and
Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel.Elie, your life and work inspires to give
meaning to the words, “never again.”And I wish I could promise you,
Elie, that the lessons of history have been learned. I can only urge the
leaders of the world not to repeat the mistakes of the past.Not to
sacrifice the future for the present; not to ignore aggression in the
hopes of gaining an illusory peace.But I can guarantee you this, the
days when the Jewish people remained passive in the face of genocidal
enemies, those days are over.We are no longer scattered among the
nations, powerless to defend ourselves. We restored our sovereignty in
our ancient home. And the soldiers who defend our home have boundless
courage. For the first time in 100 generations, we, the Jewish people,
can defend ourselves.This is why — this is why, as a prime minister of
Israel, I can promise you one more thing: Even if Israel has to stand
alone, Israel will stand.But I know that Israel does not stand alone. I
know that America stands with Israel.I know that you stand with
Israel.You stand with Israel, because you know that the story of Israel
is not only the story of the Jewish people but of the human spirit that
refuses again and again to succumb to history’s horrors.Facing me right
up there in the gallery, overlooking all of us in this (inaudible)
chamber is the image of Moses. Moses led our people from slavery to the
gates of the Promised Land.And before the people of Israel entered the
land of Israel, Moses gave us a message that has steeled our resolve for
thousands of years. I leave you with his message today, (SPEAKING IN
HEBREW), “Be strong and resolute, neither fear nor dread them.”My
friends, may Israel and America always stand together, strong and
resolute. May we neither fear nor dread the challenges ahead. May we
face the future with confidence, strength and hope.May God bless the
state of Israel and may God bless the United States of America.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the AIPAC Policy Conference Delivered on March 2, 2015-jewishpress
“Thank
you. Wow, 16,000 people. Anyone here from California? Florida? New
York? Well, these are the easy ones. How about Colorado? Indiana? I
think I got it. Montana?Texas? You’re here in record numbers. You’re
here from coast to coast,from every part of this great land. And you’re
here at a critical time. You’re here to tell the world that reports of
the demise of the Israeli-U.S. relations are not only premature, they’re
just wrong.You’re here to tell the world that our alliance is stronger
than ever.And because of you, and millions like you, across this great
country, it’s going to get even stronger in the coming years.Thank you
Bob Cohen, Michael Kassen, Howard Kohr and all the leadership of AIPAC.
Thank youfor your tireless, dedicated work to strengthen the partnership
between Israel and the United States.I want to thank,most especially,
Members of Congress, Democrats and Republicans. I deeply appreciate your
steadfast support for Israel, year in, year out. You have our boundless
gratitude.I want to welcome President Zeman of the Czech Republic.Mr.
President, Israel never forgets its friends. And the Czech people have
always been steadfast friends of Israel, the Jewish people, from the
days of Thomas Masaryk at the inception of Zionism.You know, Mr.
President, when I entered the Israeli army in 1967, I received a Czech
rifle.That was one of the rifles that was given to us by your people in
our time of need in 1948. So thank you for being here today.Also here
are two great friends of Israel, former Prime Minister of Spain Jose
Maria Aznar and as of last month, former Canadian Foreign Minister John
Baird.Thank you both for your unwavering support. You are true champions
of Israel, and you are, too, champions of the truth.I also want to
recognize the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro, for your genuine
friendship, Dan,and for the great job you’re doing representing the
United States and the State of Israel.And I want to recognize the two
Rons. I want to thank Ambassador Ron Prosor for the exemplary job he’s
doing at the U.N. in a very difficult forum.And I want to recognize the
other Ron, a man who knows how to take the heat, Israel’s ambassador to
the United States, Ron Dermer.Ron, I couldn’t be prouder to have you
representing Israel in Washington.And finally, I want to recognize my
wife, Sara, whose courage in the face of adversity is an inspiration to
me.Sara divides her time as a child psychologist, as a loving mother,
and her public duties as the wife of the prime minister.Sara, I’m so
proud to have you here with me today, to have you with me at my side
always.My friends, I bring greetings to you from Jerusalem, our eternal
undivided capital.And I also bring to you news that you may not have
heard. You see, I’ll be speaking in Congress tomorrow.You know, never
has so much been written about a speech that hasn’t been given. And I’m
not going to speak today about the content of that speech, but I do want
to say a few words about the purpose of that speech.First, let me
clarify what is not the purpose of that speech. My speech is not
intended to show any disrespect to President Obama or the esteemed
office that he holds. I have great respect for both.I deeply appreciate
all that President Obama has done for Israel,security cooperation,
intelligence sharing, support at the U.N., and much more, some things
that I, as prime minister of Israel, cannot even divulge to you because
it remains in the realm of the confidences that are kept between an
American president and an Israeli prime minister.I am deeply grateful
for this support, and so should you be.My speech is also not intended to
inject Israel into the American partisan debate. An important reason
why our alliance has grown stronger decade after decade is that it has
been championed by both parties and so it must remain.Both Democratic
and Republican presidents have worked together with friends from both
sides of the aisle in Congress to strengthen Israel and our alliance
between our two countries, and working together, they have provided
Israel with generous military assistance and missile defense spending.
We’ve seen how important that is just last summer.
Working
together, they’ve made Israel the first free trade partner of America 30
years ago and its first official strategic partner last year.They’ve
backed Israel in defending itself at war and in our efforts to achieve a
durable peace with our neighbors. Working together has made Israel
stronger; working together has made our alliance stronger.And that’s why
the last thing that anyone who cares about Israel,the last thing that I
would want is for Israel to become a partisan issue. And I regret that
some people have misperceived my visit here this week as doing that.
Israel has always been a bipartisan issue.Israel should always remain a
bipartisan issue.Ladies and gentlemen, the purpose of my address to
Congress tomorrow is to speak up about a potential deal with Iran that
could threaten the survival of Israel. Iran is the foremost state
sponsor of terrorism in the world. Look at that graph. Look at that map.
And you see on the wall, it shows Iran training, arming,dispatching
terrorists on five continents. Iran envelopes the entire world with its
tentacles of terror. This is what Iran is doing now without nuclear
weapons. Imagine what Iran would do with nuclear weapons. And this same
Iran vows to annihilate Israel. If it develops nuclear weapons, it would
have the means to achieve that goal. We must not let that happen.And as
prime minister of Israel, I have a moral obligation to speak up in the
face of these dangers while there’s still time to avert them. For 2000
years, my people, the Jewish people, were stateless, defenseless,
voiceless. We were utterly powerless against our enemies who swore to
destroy us. We suffered relentless persecution and horrific attacks. We
could never speak on our own behalf, and we could not defend
ourselves.Well, no more, no more.The days when the Jewish people are
passive in the face of threats to annihilate us, those days are
over.Today in our sovereign state of Israel, we defend ourselves. And
being able to defend ourselves, we ally with others, most importantly,
the United States of America, to defend our common civilization against
common threats.In our part of the world and increasingly, in every part
of the world, no one makes alliances with the weak. You seek out those
who have strength, those who have resolve, those who have the
determination to fight for themselves. That’s how alliances are
formed.So we defend ourselves and in so doing, create the basis of a
broader alliance.And today, we are no longer silent; today, we have a
voice.And tomorrow, as prime minister of the one and only Jewish state, I
plan to use that voice.I plan to speak about an Iranian regime that is
threatening to destroy Israel, that’s devouring country after country in
the Middle East, that’s exporting terror throughout the world and that
is developing, as we speak, the capacity to make nuclear weapons, lots
of them.Ladies and gentlemen, Israel and the United States agree that
Iran should not have nuclear weapons, but we disagree on the best way to
prevent Iran from developing those weapons.Now disagreements among
allies are only natural from time to time, even among the closest of
allies. Because they’re important differences between America and
Israel.The United States of America is a large country,one of the
largest. Israel is a small country, one of the smallest.America lives in
one of the world’s safest neighborhoods. Israel lives in the world’s
most dangerous neighborhood. America is the strongest power in the
world. Israel is strong, but it’s much more vulnerable. American leaders
worry about the security of their country. Israeli leaders worry about
the survival of their country.You know I think that encapsulates the
difference. I’ve been prime minister of Israel for nine years. There’s
not a single day, not one daythat I didn’t think about the survival of
my country and the actions that I take to ensure that survival, not one
day.And because of these differences, America and Israel have had some
serious disagreements over the course of our nearly 70-year-old
friendship.Now, it started with the beginning. In 1948, Secretary of
State Marshall opposed David Ben- Gurion’s intention to declare
statehood.That’s an understatement. He vehemently opposed it. But
Ben-Gurion,understanding what was at stake, went ahead and declared
Israel’s independence.
In 1967, as an Arab noose was tightening
around Israel’s neck,the United States warned Prime Minister Levi Eshkol
that if Israel acted alone, it would be alone. But Israel did act —
acted alone to defend itself.In 1981, under the leadership of Prime
Minister Menachem Begin, Israel destroyed the nuclear reactor at Osirak.
The United States criticized Israel and suspended arms transfers for
three months. And in 2002, after the worst wave of Palestinian terror
attacks in Israel’s history, Prime Minister Sharon launched Operation
Defensive Shield. The United States demanded that Israel withdraw its
troops immediately, but Sharon continued until the operation was
completed.There’s a reason I mention all these. I mention them to make a
point. Despite occasional disagreements, the friendship between America
and Israel grew stronger and stronger, decade after decade.And our
friendship will weather the current disagreement, as well, to grow even
stronger in the future.And I’ll tell you why; because we share the same
dreams. Because we pray and hope and aspire for that same better world;
because the values that unite us are much stronger than the differences
that divide usvalues like liberty, equality, justice,
tolerance,compassion.As our region descends into medieval barbarism,
Israel is the one that upholds these values common to us and to you.As
Assad drops bell bombs on his own people, Israeli doctors treat his
victims in our hospitals right across the fence in the Golan Heights.As
Christians in the Middle East are beheaded and their ancient communities
are decimated, Israel’s Christian community is growing and thriving,
the only one such community in the Middle East.As women in the region
are repressed, enslaved, and raped, women in Israel serve as chief
justices, CEOs, fighter pilots, two women chief justices in a row. Well,
not in a row, but in succession. That’s pretty good.In a dark, and
savage, and desperate Middle East, Israel is a beacon of humanity, of
light, and of hope.Ladies and gentlemen, Israel and the United States
will continue to stand together because America and Israel are more than
friends. We’re like a family. We’re practically mishpocha.Now,
disagreements in the family are always uncomfortable, but we must always
remember that we are family.Rooted in a common heritage, upholding
common values, sharing a common destiny. And that’s the message I came
to tell you today. Our alliance is sound. Our friendship is strong. And
with your efforts it will get even stronger in the years to come.Thank
you, AIPAC. Thank you, America. God bless you all.”
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