{"id":15434,"date":"2015-03-03T19:25:16","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T17:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=15434"},"modified":"2015-03-03T19:37:53","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T17:37:53","slug":"15434","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=15434","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO and transcript of Netanyahu\u2019s Speech Before Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pamelageller.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reunion68.com\/Biuletyn\/img\/pamela.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" \/><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/pamelageller.com\/2015\/03\/running-transcript-of-netanyahus-speech-before-congress.html\/\" target=\"_blank\">VIDEO and transcript of Netanyahu\u2019s Speech Before Congress<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>By Terri Rupar<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 710px;\" \/>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lELXynhbS84?feature=player_embedded\" width=\"680\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 710px;\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Full text: Netanyahu\u2019s address to Congress<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is addressing a joint meeting of Congress; here is a running transcript of his remarks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> NETANYAHU: Thank you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Thank you\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u2026 Speaker of the House John Boehner, President Pro Tem Senator Orrin Hatch, Senator Minority \u2014 Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">I also want to acknowledge Senator, Democratic Leader Harry Reid. Harry, it\u2019s good to see you back on your feet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">I guess it\u2019s true what they say, you can\u2019t keep a good man down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(LAUGHTER)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">My friends, I\u2019m deeply humbled by the opportunity to speak for a third time before the most important legislative body in the world, the U.S. Congress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">I want to thank you, Democrats and Republicans, for your common support for Israel, year after year, decade after decade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">I know that no matter on which side of the aisle you sit, you stand with Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The remarkable alliance between Israel and the United States has always been above politics. It must always remain above politics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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 \u2014 of America\u2019s people and of America\u2019s presidents, from Harry Truman to Barack Obama.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">We appreciate all that President Obama has done for Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Now, some of that is widely known.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Some of that is widely known, like strengthening security cooperation and intelligence sharing, opposing anti-Israel resolutions at the U.N.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Some of what the president has done for Israel is less well- known.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">I called him in 2010 when we had the Carmel forest fire, and he immediately agreed to respond to my request for urgent aid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In 2011, we had our embassy in Cairo under siege, and again, he provided vital assistance at the crucial moment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Or his support for more missile interceptors during our operation last summer when we took on Hamas terrorists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In each of those moments, I called the president, and he was there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">But I know it, and I will always be grateful to President Obama for that support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Last summer, millions of Israelis were protected from thousands of Hamas rockets because this capital dome helped build our Iron Dome.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Screen Shot 2015-03-03 at 11.29.44 AM<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Thank you, America. Thank you for everything you\u2019ve done for Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">My friends, I\u2019ve 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\u2019s quest for nuclear weapons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">We\u2019re 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\u2019ll read the Book of Esther. We\u2019ll 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The plot was foiled. Our people were saved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Today the Jewish people face another attempt by yet another Persian potentate to destroy us. Iran\u2019s 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 \u2014 he tweets. You know, in Iran, there isn\u2019t exactly free Internet. But he tweets in English that Israel must be destroyed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">For those who believe that Iran threatens the Jewish state, but not the Jewish people, listen to Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, Iran\u2019s 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">But Iran\u2019s 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\u2019s 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The people of Iran are very talented people. They\u2019re heirs to one of the world\u2019s great civilizations. But in 1979, they were hijacked by religious zealots \u2014 religious zealots who imposed on them immediately a dark and brutal dictatorship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">That year, the zealots drafted a constitution, a new one for Iran. It directed the revolutionary guards not only to protect Iran\u2019s borders, but also to fulfill the ideological mission of jihad. The regime\u2019s founder, Ayatollah Khomeini, exhorted his followers to \u201cexport the revolution throughout the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">I\u2019m standing here in Washington, D.C. and the difference is so stark. America\u2019s founding document promises life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Iran\u2019s 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Iran\u2019s 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\u2019s oil supply.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Just last week, near Hormuz, Iran carried out a military exercise blowing up a mock U.S. aircraft carrier. That\u2019s just last week, while they\u2019re having nuclear talks with the United States. But unfortunately, for the last 36 years, Iran\u2019s attacks against the United States have been anything but mock. And the targets have been all too real.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In the Middle East, Iran now dominates four Arab capitals, Baghdad, Damascus, Beirut and Sanaa. And if Iran\u2019s aggression is left unchecked, more will surely follow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">So, at a time when many hope that Iran will join the community of nations, Iran is busy gobbling up the nations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">We must all stand together to stop Iran\u2019s march of conquest, subjugation and terror.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Rouhani\u2019s government hangs gays, persecutes Christians, jails journalists and executes even more prisoners than before.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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\u2019d like to see someone ask him a question about that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Iran\u2019s regime is as radical as ever, its cries of \u201cDeath to America,\u201d that same America that it calls the \u201cGreat Satan,\u201d as loud as ever.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Now, this shouldn\u2019t be surprising, because the ideology of Iran\u2019s revolutionary regime is deeply rooted in militant Islam, and that\u2019s why this regime will always be an enemy of America.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Don\u2019t be fooled. The battle between Iran and ISIS doesn\u2019t turn Iran into a friend of America.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In this deadly game of thrones, there\u2019s no place for America or for Israel, no peace for Christians, Jews or Muslims who don\u2019t share the Islamist medieval creed, no rights for women, no freedom for anyone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">So when it comes to Iran and ISIS, the enemy of your enemy is your enemy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Screen Shot 2015-03-03 at 11.11.11 AM<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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 \u2014 I\u2019ll say it one more time \u2014 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\u2019t let that happen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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\u2019t need intelligence agencies and secret information to know this. You can Google it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Absent a dramatic change, we know for sure that any deal with Iran will include two major concessions to Iran.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Because Iran\u2019s nuclear program would be left largely intact, Iran\u2019s break-out time would be very short \u2014 about a year by U.S. assessment, even shorter by Israel\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">And if \u2014 if Iran\u2019s work on advanced centrifuges, faster and faster centrifuges, is not stopped, that break-out time could still be shorter, a lot shorter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">True, certain restrictions would be imposed on Iran\u2019s nuclear program and Iran\u2019s adherence to those restrictions would be supervised by international inspectors. But here\u2019s the problem. You see, inspectors document violations; they don\u2019t stop them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Inspectors knew when North Korea broke to the bomb, but that didn\u2019t stop anything. North Korea turned off the cameras, kicked out the inspectors. Within a few years, it got the bomb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Now, we\u2019re warned that within five years North Korea could have an arsenal of 100 nuclear bombs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Like North Korea, Iran, too, has defied international inspectors. It\u2019s done that on at least three separate occasions \u2014 2005, 2006, 2010. Like North Korea, Iran broke the locks, shut off the cameras.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Now, I know this is not gonna come a shock \u2014 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The U.N.\u2019s nuclear watchdog agency, the IAEA, said again yesterday that Iran still refuses to come clean about its military nuclear program. Iran was also caught \u2014 caught twice, not once, twice \u2014 operating secret nuclear facilities in Natanz and Qom, facilities that inspectors didn\u2019t even know existed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Right now, Iran could be hiding nuclear facilities that we don\u2019t know about, the U.S. and Israel. As the former head of inspections for the IAEA said in 2013, he said, \u201cIf there\u2019s no undeclared installation today in Iran, it will be the first time in 20 years that it doesn\u2019t have one.\u201d Iran has proven time and again that it cannot be trusted. And that\u2019s 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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\u2019s nuclear program will automatically expire in about a decade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Now, a decade may seem like a long time in political life, but it\u2019s the blink of an eye in the life of a nation. It\u2019s a blink of an eye in the life of our children. We all have a responsibility to consider what will happen when Iran\u2019s 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Iran\u2019s 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 \u2014 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">And by the way, if Iran\u2019s 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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\u2019s why this deal is so bad. It doesn\u2019t block Iran\u2019s path to the bomb; it paves Iran\u2019s path to the bomb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Well, I disagree. I don\u2019t believe that Iran\u2019s 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 \u2014 would only wet Iran\u2019s appetite for more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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\u2019s 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?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Why should Iran\u2019s radical regime change for the better when it can enjoy the best of both world\u2019s: aggression abroad, prosperity at home?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">This is a question that everyone asks in our region. Israel\u2019s neighbors \u2013 Iran\u2019s neighbors know that Iran will become even more aggressive and sponsor even more terrorism when its economy is unshackled and it\u2019s been given a clear path to the bomb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">And many of these neighbors say they\u2019ll respond by racing to get nuclear weapons of their own. So this deal won\u2019t change Iran for the better; it will only change the Middle East for the worse. A deal that\u2019s supposed to prevent nuclear proliferation would instead spark a nuclear arms race in the most dangerous part of the planet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">This deal won\u2019t 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">If anyone thinks \u2014 if anyone thinks this deal kicks the can down the road, think again. When we get down that road, we\u2019ll face a much more dangerous Iran, a Middle East littered with nuclear bombs and a countdown to a potential nuclear nightmare.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Ladies and gentlemen, I\u2019ve come here today to tell you we don\u2019t have to bet the security of the world on the hope that Iran will change for the better. We don\u2019t have to gamble with our future and with our children\u2019s future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">We can insist that restrictions on Iran\u2019s nuclear program not be lifted for as long as Iran continues its aggression in the region and in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Second, stop supporting terrorism around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">And third, stop threatening to annihilate my country, Israel, the one and only Jewish state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Thank you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">If Iran changes its behavior, the restrictions would be lifted. If Iran doesn\u2019t change its behavior, the restrictions should not be lifted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">If Iran wants to be treated like a normal country, let it act like a normal country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">My friends, what about the argument that there\u2019s no alternative to this deal, that Iran\u2019s 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?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Well, nuclear know-how without nuclear infrastructure doesn\u2019t get you very much. A racecar driver without a car can\u2019t drive. A pilot without a plan can\u2019t fly. Without thousands of centrifuges, tons of enriched uranium or heavy water facilities, Iran can\u2019t make nuclear weapons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Iran\u2019s 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Now, if Iran threatens to walk away from the table \u2014 and this often happens in a Persian bazaar \u2014 call their bluff. They\u2019ll be back, because they need the deal a lot more than you do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">My friends, for over a year, we\u2019ve been told that no deal is better than a bad deal. Well, this is a bad deal. It\u2019s a very bad deal. We\u2019re better off without it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Now we\u2019re being told that the only alternative to this bad deal is war. That\u2019s just not true.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The alternative to this bad deal is a much better deal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">A better deal that doesn\u2019t leave Iran with a vast nuclear infrastructure and such a short break-out time. A better deal that keeps the restrictions on Iran\u2019s nuclear program in place until Iran\u2019s aggression ends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">A better deal that won\u2019t 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\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u2026 no country has a greater stake \u2014 no country has a greater stake than Israel in a good deal that peacefully removes this threat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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\u2019s nuclear ambitions for a while, but it will inexorably lead to a nuclear-armed Iran whose unbridled aggression will inevitably lead to war.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">You don\u2019t 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Elie, your life and work inspires to give meaning to the words, \u201cnever again.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Not to sacrifice the future for the present; not to ignore aggression in the hopes of gaining an illusory peace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">But I can guarantee you this, the days when the Jewish people remained passive in the face of genocidal enemies, those days are over.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">This is why \u2014 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">But I know that Israel does not stand alone. I know that America stands with Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">I know that you stand with Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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\u2019s horrors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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), \u201cBe strong and resolute, neither fear nor dread them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">May God bless the state of Israel and may God bless the United States of America.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">(APPLAUSE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">You\u2019re wonderful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Thank you, America. 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