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Netanyahu: “The UN, begun as a moral force, has become a moral farce”

Sep 23, 2016 6:47 pm By Robert Spencer

This is a magnificent speech, one of the few times in recent years that the truth has been told at the UN about the jihad against Israel, and about the UN’s obsessive OIC-driven hatred of the Jewish State. His saying “I remain committed to a vision of peace based on two states for two peoples” is understandable but unfortunate, as a Palestinian state would only become a new jihad base for attacks on Israel, but that doesn’t outweigh Netanyahu’s calling-out of the UN, and of “Palestinian” jihad indoctrination of children, and much more.

“Full text of Netanyahu’s speech at 2016 UN General Assembly,” Times of Israel, September 22, 2016:

Remarks by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the 71st sessions of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 22, 2016.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

What I’m about to say is going to shock you: Israel has a bright future at the UN.

Now I know that hearing that from me must surely come as a surprise, because year after year I’ve stood at this very podium and slammed the UN for its obsessive bias against Israel. And the UN deserved every scathing word – for the disgrace of the General Assembly that last year passed 20 resolutions against the democratic State of Israel and a grand total of three resolutions against all the other countries on the planet.

Israel – twenty; rest of the world – three.

And what about the joke called the UN Human Rights Council, which each year condemns Israel more than all the countries of the world combined. As women are being systematically raped, murdered, sold into slavery across the world, which is the only country that the UN’s Commission on Women chose to condemn this year? Yep, you guessed it – Israel. Israel. Israel where women fly fighter jets, lead major corporations, head universities, preside – twice – over the Supreme Court, and have served as Speaker of the Knesset and Prime Minister.

And this circus continues at UNESCO. UNESCO, the UN body charged with preserving world heritage. Now, this is hard to believe but UNESCO just denied the 4,000-year connection between the Jewish people and its holiest site, the Temple Mount. That’s just as absurd as denying the connection between the Great Wall of China and China.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The UN, begun as a moral force, has become a moral farce. So when it comes to Israel at the UN, you’d probably think nothing will ever change, right? Well think again. You see, everything will change and a lot sooner than you think. The change will happen in this hall, because back home, your governments are rapidly changing their attitudes towards Israel. And sooner or later, that’s going to change the way you vote on Israel at the UN.

More and more nations in Asia, in Africa, in Latin America, more and more nations see Israel as a potent partner – a partner in fighting the terrorism of today, a partner in developing the technology of tomorrow.

Today Israel has diplomatic relations with over 160 countries. That’s nearly double the number that we had when I served here as Israel’s ambassador some 30 years ago. And those ties are getting broader and deeper every day. World leaders increasingly appreciate that Israel is a powerful country with one of the best intelligence services on earth. Because of our unmatched experience and proven capabilities in fighting terrorism, many of your governments seek our help in keeping your countries safe.

Many also seek to benefit from Israel’s ingenuity in agriculture, in health, in water, in cyber and in the fusion of big data, connectivity and artificial intelligence – that fusion that is changing our world in every way.

You might consider this: Israel leads the world in recycling wastewater. We recycle about 90% of our wastewater. Now, how remarkable is that? Well, given that the next country on the list only recycles about 20% of its wastewater, Israel is a global water power. So if you have a thirsty world, and we do, there’s no better ally than Israel.

How about cybersecurity? That’s an issue that affects everyone. Israel accounts for one-tenth of one percent of the world’s population, yet last year we attracted some 20% of the global private investment in cybersecurity. I want you to digest that number. In cyber, Israel is punching a whopping 200 times above its weight. So Israel is also a global cyber power. If hackers are targeting your banks, your planes, your power grids and just about everything else, Israel can offer indispensable help.

Governments are changing their attitudes towards Israel because they know that Israel can help them protect their peoples, can help them feed them, can help them better their lives.

This summer I had an unbelievable opportunity to see this change so vividly during an unforgettable visit to four African countries. This is the first visit to Africa by an Israeli prime minister in decades. Later today, I’ll be meeting with leaders from 17 African countries. We’ll discuss how Israeli technology can help them in their efforts to transform their countries.

In Africa, things are changing. In China, India, Russia, Japan, attitudes towards Israel have changed as well. These powerful nations know that, despite Israel’s small size, it can make a big difference in many, many areas that are important to them.

But now I’m going to surprise you even more. You see, the biggest change in attitudes towards Israel is taking place elsewhere. It’s taking place in the Arab world. Our peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan continue to be anchors of stability in the volatile Middle East. But I have to tell you this: For the first time in my lifetime, many other states in the region recognize that Israel is not their enemy. They recognize that Israel is their ally. Our common enemies are Iran and ISIS. Our common goals are security, prosperity and peace. I believe that in the years ahead we will work together to achieve these goals, work together openly.

So Israel’s diplomatic relations are undergoing nothing less than a revolution. But in this revolution, we never forget that our most cherished alliance, our deepest friendship is with the United States of America, the most powerful and the most generous nation on earth. Our unbreakable bond with the United States of America transcends parties and politics. It reflects, above all else, the overwhelming support for Israel among the American people, support which is at record highs and for which we are deeply grateful.

The United Nations denounces Israel; the United States supports Israel. And a central pillar of that defense has been America’s consistent support for Israel at the UN. I appreciate President Obama’s commitment to that longstanding US policy. In fact, the only time that the United States cast a UN Security Council veto during the Obama presidency was against an anti-Israel resolution in 2011. As President Obama rightly declared at this podium, peace will not come from statements and resolutions at the United Nations.

I believe the day is not far off when Israel will be able to rely on many, many countries to stand with us at the UN. Slowly but surely, the days when UN ambassadors reflexively condemn Israel, those days are coming to an end.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Today’s automatic majority against Israel at the UN reminds me of the story, the incredible story of Hiroo Onada. Hiroo was a Japanese soldier who was sent to the Philippines in 1944. He lived in the jungle. He scavenged for food. He evaded capture. Eventually he surrendered, but that didn’t happen until 1974, some 30 years after World War II ended. For decades, Hiroo refused to believe the war was over. As Hiroo was hiding in the jungle, Japanese tourists were swimming in pools in American luxury hotels in nearby Manila. Finally, mercifully, Hiroo’s former commanding officer was sent to persuade him to come out of hiding. Only then did Hiroo lay down his arms.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Distinguished delegates from so many lands,

I have one message for you today: Lay down your arms. The war against Israel at the UN is over. Perhaps some of you don’t know it yet, but I am confident that one day in the not too distant future you will also get the message from your president or from your prime minister informing you that the war against Israel at the United Nations has ended. Yes, I know, there might be a storm before the calm. I know there is talk about ganging up on Israel at the UN later this year. Given its history of hostility towards Israel, does anyone really believe that Israel will let the UN determine our security and our vital national interests?

We will not accept any attempt by the UN to dictate terms to Israel. The road to peace runs through Jerusalem and Ramallah, not through New York.

But regardless of what happens in the months ahead, I have total confidence that in the years ahead the revolution in Israel’s standing among the nations will finally penetrate this hall of nations. I have so much confidence, in fact, that I predict that a decade from now an Israeli prime minister will stand right here where I am standing and actually applaud the UN. But I want to ask you: Why do we have to wait a decade? Why keep vilifying Israel? Perhaps because some of you don’t appreciate that the obsessive bias against Israel is not just a problem for my country, it’s a problem for your countries too. Because if the UN spends so much time condemning the only liberal democracy in the Middle East, it has far less time to address war, disease, poverty, climate change and all the other serious problems that plague the planet.

Are the half million slaughtered Syrians helped by your condemnation of Israel? The same Israel that has treated thousands of injured Syrians in our hospitals, including a field hospital that I built right along the Golan Heights border with Syria. Are the gays hanging from cranes in Iran helped by your denigration of Israel? That same Israel where gays march proudly in our streets and serve in our parliament, including I’m proud to say in my own Likud party. Are the starving children in North Korea’s brutal tyranny, are they helped by your demonization of Israel? Israel, whose agricultural knowhow is feeding the hungry throughout the developing world?

The sooner the UN’s obsession with Israel ends, the better. The better for Israel, the better for your countries, the better for the UN itself.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

If UN habits die hard, Palestinian habits die even harder. President Abbas just attacked from this podium the Balfour Declaration. He’s preparing a lawsuit against Britain for that declaration from 1917. That’s almost 100 years ago – talk about being stuck in the past. The Palestinians may just as well sue Iran for the Cyrus Declaration, which enabled the Jews to rebuild our Temple in Jerusalem 2,500 years ago. Come to think of it, why not a Palestinian class action suit against Abraham for buying that plot of land in Hebron where the fathers and mothers of the Jewish people were buried 4,000 years ago? You’re not laughing. It’s as absurd as that. To sue the British government for the Balfour Declaration? Is he kidding? And this is taken seriously here?

President Abbas attacked the Balfour Declaration because it recognized the right of the Jewish people to a national home in the land of Israel. When the United Nations supported the establishment of a Jewish state in 1947, it recognized our historical and our moral rights in our homeland and to our homeland. Yet today, nearly 70 years later, the Palestinians still refuse to recognize those rights – not our right to a homeland, not our right to a state, not our right to anything. And this remains the true core of the conflict, the persistent Palestinian refusal to recognize the Jewish state in any boundary. You see, this conflict is not about the settlements. It never was.

The conflict raged for decades before there was a single settlement, when Judea Samaria and Gaza were all in Arab hands. The West Bank and Gaza were in Arab hands and they attacked us again and again and again. And when we uprooted all 21 settlements in Gaza and withdrew from every last inch of Gaza, we didn’t get peace from Gaza – we got thousands of rockets fired at us from Gaza.

This conflict rages because for the Palestinians, the real settlements they’re after are Haifa, Jaffa and Tel Aviv.

Now mind you, the issue of settlements is a real one and it can and must be resolved in final status negotiations. But this conflict has never been about the settlements or about establishing a Palestinian state. It’s always been about the existence of a Jewish state, a Jewish state in any boundary.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Israel is ready, I am ready to negotiate all final status issues but one thing I will never negotiate: Our right to the one and only Jewish state.

Wow, sustained applause for the Prime Minister of Israel in the General Assembly? The change may be coming sooner than I thought.

Had the Palestinians said yes to a Jewish state in 1947, there would have been no war, no refugees and no conflict. And when the Palestinians finally say yes to a Jewish state, we will be able to end this conflict once and for all.

Now here’s the tragedy, because, see, the Palestinians are not only trapped in the past, their leaders are poisoning the future.

I want you to imagine a day in the life of a 13-year-old Palestinian boy, I’ll call him Ali. Ali wakes up before school, he goes to practice with a soccer team named after Dalal Mughrabi, a Palestinian terrorist responsible for the murder of a busload of 37 Israelis. At school, Ali attends an event sponsored by the Palestinian Ministry of Education honoring Baha Alyan, who last year murdered three Israeli civilians. On his walk home, Ali looks up at a towering statue erected just a few weeks ago by the Palestinian Authority to honor Abu Sukar, who detonated a bomb in the center of Jerusalem, killing 15 Israelis.

When Ali gets home, he turns on the TV and sees an interview with a senior Palestinian official, Jibril Rajoub, who says that if he had a nuclear bomb, he’d detonate it over Israel that very day. Ali then turns on the radio and he hears President Abbas’s adviser, Sultan Abu al-Einein, urging Palestinians, here’s a quote, “to slit the throats of Israelis wherever you find them.” Ali checks his Facebook and he sees a recent post by President Abbas’s Fatah Party calling the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics a “heroic act”. On YouTube, Ali watches a clip of President Abbas himself saying, “We welcome every drop of blood spilled in Jerusalem.” Direct quote.

Over dinner, Ali asks his mother what would happen if he killed a Jew and went to an Israeli prison? Here’s what she tells him. She tells him he’d be paid thousands of dollars each month by the Palestinian Authority. In fact, she tells him, the more Jews he would kill, the more money he’d get. Oh, and when he gets out of prison, Ali would be guaranteed a job with the Palestinian Authority.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

All this is real. It happens every day, all the time. Sadly, Ali represents hundreds of thousands of Palestinian children who are indoctrinated with hate every moment, every hour.

This is child abuse.

Imagine your child undergoing this brainwashing. Imagine what it takes for a young boy or girl to break free out of this culture of hate. Some do but far too many don’t. How can any of us expect young Palestinians to support peace when their leaders poison their minds against peace?

We in Israel don’t do this. We educate our children for peace. In fact, we recently launched a pilot program, my government did, to make the study of Arabic mandatory for Jewish children so that we can better understand each other, so that we can live together side-by-side in peace.

Of course, like all societies Israel has fringe elements. But it’s our response to those fringe elements, it’s our response to those fringe elements that makes all the difference.

Take the tragic case of Ahmed Dawabsha. I’ll never forget visiting Ahmed in the hospital just hours after he was attacked. A little boy, really a baby, he was badly burned. Ahmed was the victim of a horrible terrorist act perpetrated by Jews. He lay bandaged and unconscious as Israeli doctors worked around the clock to save him.

No words can bring comfort to this boy or to his family. Still, as I stood by his bedside I told his uncle, “This is not our people. This is not our way.” I then ordered extraordinary measures to bring Ahmed’s assailants to justice and today the Jewish citizens of Israel accused of attacking the Dawabsha family are in jail awaiting trial.

Now, for some, this story shows that both sides have their extremists and both sides are equally responsible for this seemingly endless conflict.

But what Ahmed’s story actually proves is the very opposite. It illustrates the profound difference between our two societies, because while Israeli leaders condemn terrorists, all terrorists, Arabs and Jews alike, Palestinian leaders celebrate terrorists. While Israel jails the handful of Jewish terrorists among us, the Palestinians pay thousands of terrorists among them.

So I call on President Abbas: you have a choice to make. You can continue to stoke hatred as you did today or you can finally confront hatred and work with me to establish peace between our two peoples.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I hear the buzz. I know that many of you have given up on peace. But I want you to know – I have not given up on peace. I remain committed to a vision of peace based on two states for two peoples. I believe as never before that changes taking place in the Arab world today offer a unique opportunity to advance that peace.

I commend President el-Sissi of Egypt for his efforts to advance peace and stability in our region. Israel welcomes the spirit of the Arab peace initiative and welcomes a dialogue with Arab states to advance a broader peace. I believe that for that broader peace to be fully achieved the Palestinians have to be part of it. I’m ready to begin negotiations to achieve this today – not tomorrow, not next week, today.

President Abbas spoke here an hour ago. Wouldn’t it be better if instead of speaking past each other we were speaking to one another? President Abbas, instead of railing against Israel at the United Nations in New York, I invite you to speak to the Israeli people at the Knesset in Jerusalem. And I would gladly come to speak to the Palestinian parliament in Ramallah.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

While Israel seeks peace with all our neighbors, we also know that peace has no greater enemy than the forces of militant Islam. The bloody trail of this fanaticism runs through all the continents represented here. It runs through Paris and Nice, Brussels and Baghdad, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Minnesota and New York, from Sydney to San Bernardino. So many have suffered its savagery: Christian and Jews, women and gays, Yazidis and Kurds and many, many others.

Yet the heaviest price, the heaviest price of all has been paid by innocent Muslims. Hundreds of thousands unmercifully slaughtered. Millions turned into desperate refugees, tens of millions brutally subjugated. The defeat of militant Islam will thus be a victory for all humanity, but it would especially be a victory for those many Muslims who seek a life without fear, a life of peace, a life of hope.

But to defeat the forces of militant Islam, we must fight them relentlessly. We must fight them in the real world. We must fight them in the virtual world. We must dismantle their networks, disrupt their funding, discredit their ideology. We can defeat them and we will defeat them. Medievalism is no match for modernity. Hope is stronger than hate, freedom mightier than fear.

We can do this.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Israel fights this fateful battle against the forces of militant Islam every day. We keep our borders safe from ISIS, we prevent the smuggling of game-changing weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon, we thwart Palestinian terror attacks in Judea and Samaria, the West Bank, and we deter missile attacks from Hamas-controlled Gaza.

That’s the same Hamas terror organization that cruelly, unbelievably cruelly refuses to return three of our citizens and the bodies of our fallen soldiers, Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin. Hadar Goldin’s parents, Leah and Simcha Goldin, are here with us today. They have one request – to bury their beloved son in Israel. All they ask for is one simple thing – to be able to visit the grave of their fallen son Hadar in Israel. Hamas refuses. They couldn’t care less.

I implore you to stand with them, with us, with all that’s decent in our world against the inhumanity of Hamas – all that is indecent and barbaric. Hamas breaks every humanitarian rule in the book, throw the book at them.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The greatest threat to my country, to our region, and ultimately to our world remains the militant Islamic regime of Iran. Iran openly seeks Israel’s annihilation. It threatens countries across the Middle East, it sponsors terror worldwide.

This year, Iran has fired ballistic missiles in direct defiance of Security Council Resolutions. It has expended its aggression in Iraq, in Syria, in Yemen. Iran, the world’s foremost sponsor of terrorism continued to build its global terror network. That terror network now spans five continents.

So my point to you is this: The threat Iran poses to all of us is not behind us, it’s before us. In the coming years, there must be a sustained and united effort to push back against Iran’s aggression and Iran’s terror. With the nuclear constraints on Iran one year closer to being removed, let me be clear: Israel will not allow the terrorist regime in Iran to develop nuclear weapons – not now, not in a decade, not ever.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I stand before you today at a time when Israel’s former president, Shimon Peres, is fighting for his life. Shimon is one of Israel’s founding fathers, one of its boldest statesmen, one of its most respected leaders. I know you will all join me and join all the people of Israel in wishing him refuah shlemah Shimon, a speedy recovery.

I’ve always admired Shimon’s boundless optimism, and like him, I too am filled with hope. I am filled with hope because Israel is capable of defending itself by itself against any threat. I am filled with hope because the valor of our fighting men and women is second to none. I am filled with hope because I know the forces of civilization will ultimately triumph over the forces of terror. I am filled with hope because in the age of innovation, Israel – the innovation nation – is thriving as never before. I am filled with hope because Israel works tirelessly to advance equality and opportunity for all its citizens: Jews, Muslims, Christians, Druze, everyone. And I am filled with hope because despite all the naysayers, I believe that in the years ahead, Israel will forge a lasting peace with all our neighbors.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I am hopeful about what Israel can accomplish because I’ve seen what Israel has accomplished. In 1948, the year of Israel’s independence, our population was 800,000. Our main export was oranges. People said then we were too small, too weak, too isolated, too demographically outnumbered to survive, let alone thrive. The skeptics were wrong about Israel then; the skeptics are wrong about Israel now.

Israel’s population has grown tenfold, our economy fortyfold. Today our biggest export is technology – Israeli technology, which powers the world’s computers, cellphones, cars and so much more.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The future belongs to those who innovate and this is why the future belongs to countries like Israel. Israel wants to be your partner in seizing that future, so I call on all of you: Cooperate with Israel, embrace Israel, dream with Israel. Dream of the future that we can build together, a future of breathtaking progress, a future of security, prosperity and peace, a future of hope for all humanity, a future where even at the UN, even in this hall, Israel will finally, inevitably, take its rightful place among the nations.

Thank you.

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Comments

  1. Steve Klein says

    Sep 23, 2016 at 7:11 pm

    Mr. Spencer wrote: Netanyahu’s “I remain committed to a vision of peace based on two states for two peoples” is understandable but unfortunate, as a Palestinian state would only become a new jihad base for attacks on Israel…..

    Yes it unfortunate and it will become a new jihad base for attacks against Israel. Further I worry what effect it will have on upcoming the debates. The 2016 Republican party platform intentionally dropped language calling for a 2 state solution.

    Rep. Alan Clemmons (South Carolina delegate) who introduced the 2016 Republican party platform language, said: “The false notion that Jewish state is an occupier, is an anti-Semitic attack on Israel’s legitimacy. It is impossible for the Jew to be an occupier in his own ancestral homeland, a region that has been known as Judea since time immemorial.”

    • TH says

      Sep 24, 2016 at 7:38 am

      At the moment he cannot say otherwise, but given the fact that he is not a fool, I assume that he knows that the two-state solution is not viable

      • solange silverman says

        Sep 24, 2016 at 3:02 pm

        Yes, and I have heard him say exactly that before Land does not satisfy them, as has been proven. This is about religion, not land. This is jihad.

    • James Davis says

      Sep 24, 2016 at 3:57 pm

      Mr. Klein, I agree, & & wished BB was America’s
      President; He & his Heroic late brother are real
      Heroe’s & real men, that are as loyal to ISRAEL,
      as I am to America. That “organ grinder monkey”
      in the “White House”, is a disaster to this Nation.
      BB is a Right-winger, & patriot, same as me. I
      did’nt vote for that Communist, Muslim & I never
      will vote for anyone with that ideology.

  2. Angemon says

    Sep 23, 2016 at 7:44 pm

    What an inspiring speech.

    • Mark Swan says

      Sep 24, 2016 at 12:54 am

      Absolutely powerfully inspiring speech.

    • JMB says

      Sep 24, 2016 at 1:36 am

      I agree. I have only just read PM Netanyahu’s speech, I thought it was very good, both powerful as well as inspiring and also he was not frightened to take on that Holy Cow known as the UN.

      Before I read the speech I had heard reports that it was predictable and said nothing new. After reading it I totally disagree.

  3. lebel says

    Sep 23, 2016 at 8:06 pm

    “The United Nations denounces Israel; the United States supports Israel. And a central pillar of that defense has been America’s consistent support for Israel at the UN. I appreciate President Obama’s commitment to that longstanding US policy. In fact, the only time that the United States cast a UN Security Council veto during the Obama presidency was against an anti-Israel resolution in 2011. As President Obama rightly declared at this podium, peace will not come from statements and resolutions at the United Nations.”

    Stuff that makes a jwatcher’s head explode

    • ElderlyZionist says

      Sep 24, 2016 at 8:40 am

      It’s called diplomacy. We’re going to have President Clinton II in November, an 8 year Democratic Party continuation of the Obama administration. We have to deal with that reality. Pray G-d there’s no Secretary of State Abedin.

      • Mark Swan says

        Sep 24, 2016 at 3:28 pm

        The debate is Monday, if He exposes what She and the present Administration
        has done to this Nation, She will be diminished in the voters eyes, many may
        vote accordingly. The actual majority of Americans want change, if they
        vote to get it, Mr. Trump will win with a mandate.

  4. Xero_G says

    Sep 23, 2016 at 8:14 pm

    I started watching Netanyahu’s powerful if not historic speech on Fox News but less than half-way through they cut away to a commercial and never returned. No other cable news channels broadcast it.

    Later a crowd of protestors started marching in Charlotte, NC over a convicted felon who was shot by police when he wouldn’t drop his gun after many demands by police to do so, and all the cable news channels covered it non-stop without commercial interruptions for the entire evening.

    Which event was more important?

    • Mark Swan says

      Sep 24, 2016 at 1:06 am

      Absolutely Xero_G

    • JMB says

      Sep 24, 2016 at 1:19 am

      Sadly it is all about what story will get most viewers, listeners or readers. At present this can be summed up in 3 words: Angela, Brad & Charlotte.

      Thank you JW for publishing this speech.

      • Mark Swan says

        Sep 24, 2016 at 1:50 am

        Absolutely JMB, I Agree

      • RL Robison says

        Sep 24, 2016 at 5:20 pm

        Right on. Investigative journalism in the U.S. is near extinction, and the evening “news” has become a parade of talking heads spouting identical, if barely reworded, stories. An informed populace is the backbone of democracy, and Americans are being feed journalistic pablum instead of meat. Media outlets need to stop the flash and glitter, drop the brainless stories about the Kardashians, Bradjolina and the like, and make their collective Journalism degrees something to actually be proud of. This speech was news worthy and the media should be ashamed that they didn’t fully cover something so important in our world.

        • eagle says

          Sep 24, 2016 at 7:54 pm

          Why is it on the decline?? I thought Journalism was to report the truth. The truth?? With the coming of the Muslim culture, the truth does not exist.With the coming of our Muslim president, the truth does not exist. With the coming of our dear Hillary, the truth does not exist. There fore journalism does not exist.

  5. Guest says

    Sep 23, 2016 at 8:20 pm

    Isreal is an island of morality and progress in that sea of hell called the Middle East.

    • JMB says

      Sep 24, 2016 at 1:41 am

      When you travel in that part of the world entering Israel is like going from night to day.
      But having said that, the traveller in me does appreciate the sights and cultures of many of those ME countries. (But note I am of the firm opinion is that those cultures belong in one place and one place only, that is the Middle East.)

  6. eagle says

    Sep 23, 2016 at 9:07 pm

    The American people had better get used to being governed by the UN dictates, be nice, you will have to answer to Obama as Secretary General of the U.N.

    • caliph says

      Sep 23, 2016 at 9:21 pm

      I think it is time for the us to stop funding the UN, and to remove the UN headquarters from NY. – Let another country host the UN headquarters, and foot the bill.

      • JMB says

        Sep 24, 2016 at 1:22 am

        Move the UN HQ. This is an interesting thought. If it was to be moved, the UN would finally lose the tiny little bit if credibility that it may still have. A move could be a great idea, where to, Brussels? It could take over the EU HQ when that organisation finally implodes.

        • Mark Swan says

          Sep 24, 2016 at 1:41 am

          It has its principal functions in New York, Geneva, Paris, Rome, and Nairobi.

        • eagle says

          Sep 24, 2016 at 9:59 am

          Another problem is what would they do with this property? I would worry the Muslims would claim it as their world headquarters mosque. Given the current mood of the politics in New York. This country is already being taken over by the Muslim culture. This could be the Muslim Shariah Law court of the United States. The Muslims could fly their ISIS flag all over it. The White House will be the next mosque with the ISIS flag on top.

      • eagle says

        Sep 24, 2016 at 9:51 am

        I agree at least in part. I understand the US is paying more than the agreed upon fair share as the UN is in the United States and that property and security is costing the US tax money, if we drop out as a member, we lose voting influence with the other nations. I would like the US to stay in for the vote and make sure there is no vote that would pressure the US sovereignty and the ability of the US to govern itself. I don’t want the UN placing troops on the United States for the enforcement of their policies and agenda. The United States must remain free and sovereign from all dictates of the UN and that would include any directive from Obama and his possible position as the Secretary General of the U.N. Congress has been weak for too long. Would you agree?

  7. caliph says

    Sep 23, 2016 at 9:19 pm

    The UN has become like “the emperor’s new clothes” and the OIC is prancing around and all the foolish PC nations are just saying how beautiful those “new clothes” look.

  8. mortimer says

    Sep 23, 2016 at 9:57 pm

    The two-state solution began when the Palestinian Mandate was divided into two areas: Trans-Jordan and Israel. The two-state solution is already implemented.

    • Mark Swan says

      Sep 24, 2016 at 3:39 pm

      Yes mortimer, Absolutely, that should have been settled that way, a long time ago, the U.N. Knows this.

  9. Pong says

    Sep 23, 2016 at 10:11 pm

    UN is the other place, where the “boys” get perks for doing nothing. In addition to high 6 figures salaries, they get generous retirement plan, school fees,, no tax on goods they buy (cars and alcohol included), travel and housing allowance and often allowance for domestic servants. Those people live in a different world. Even with all that generosity, corruption is rampant in UN.
    America supplies more funds then any other country without knowledge of where much of that monies go.
    As an institution it was designed for, UN is totally ineffective. It has to be dismantled and a new international body has to be created.

    • Mark Swan says

      Sep 24, 2016 at 1:47 am

      Absolutely Pong I Agree

    • JMB says

      Sep 24, 2016 at 2:02 am

      UN was set up after the horrors of two world wars presumably with the aim of all nations to be able talk out their differences and stop conflict before it happens. This is a very noble aim.But if it had been effective the so called cold war would have been diffused, Vietnam would never have happened. The Balkans war would not have occurred. 9-11 Would have been condemned. The Syrian conflict would have been settled years ago. I will let others debate why the UN is ineffective, one reason is that it is dominated by tin-pot 3rd world and Muslim nations. Then we have the security council, made up of countries traditionally hostile to each other, it has not got a hope.
      I would also agree that a UN posting must be a great perk for everyone who gets a posting, yes no real work achieved and diplomatic immunity for irresponsible conduct.
      So what do we get out of the UN. Endless PC resolutions which basically amount to social engineering or support of every left wing regime on the planet.
      Yes, the creation of Israel was by UN mandate but this seems to be one resolution most of the world refuses to accept. In the meantime countries like Australia now have totally inappropriate immigration policies because the UN tells us it has to be this way.
      The UN needs to re-invent itself to become meaningful again, the world still needs a meaningfulforum to stop conflict.

      • Larry says

        Sep 24, 2016 at 3:17 pm

        The UN was sabotaged from the very beginning by the person most responsible for the way it was structured. One Alger Hiss.

  10. Matthieu Baudin says

    Sep 23, 2016 at 11:03 pm

    “… But this conflict has never been about the settlements or about establishing a Palestinian state. It’s always been about the existence of a Jewish state, a Jewish state in any boundary…”

    The geographical area that Israel currently exists within was in the past overrun by Islamic forces and therefore, in the minds of Traditional Muslims, became part of the vast, ever expanding Land Of Islam, land to be held in perpetuity and never relinquished to non Muslim rule and control. This is the underlying truth behind the intransigence of the late Arafat, Abbas and the rest of the Palestinian political leadership, including the rabidly fanatical and the more moderate voices.

    Today’s Islam needs to sever it’s links with its violent past, its inflexible modes of thinking; drop its perpetual delusion of cultural supremacy and embrace the pursuit of happiness, the simple joys of life and community responsibilities; a new beginning where the living are given priority of attention above the dead.

    • Slavonian says

      Sep 24, 2016 at 2:36 am

      It would remain Islam in name only. That won’t happen. Muslims have to convert away from Islam en mass until it is only three inches tall.

  11. Paul Clark says

    Sep 23, 2016 at 11:54 pm

    I say to the Christian nations and the Jewish people of the world that they must not run . They must demand Christianity and Judaism be accepted. To the Christians, I ask them not to flee the cross, embrace it for all humanity. I ask all Jews embrace the Star of David and you know God will keep his covenant with Israel.

    • J Paul says

      Sep 24, 2016 at 7:00 pm

      A beautiful injunction Paul Clark and we can begin right here in Judeo-Christian America. If the American people fail to embrace the values that come from our Creator, we can never fulfill our and this country’s try purpose and destiny in the world. Freedom comes from God Almighty and is insured by our Constitution. God bless you all in particular Mr. Spencer.

  12. billybob says

    Sep 23, 2016 at 11:57 pm

    I just watched Netanyahu’s speech all the way through. I am moved by it. He was brilliant, and he was bold, and though there he stood, surrounded by his enemies, he spoke his mind, and pulled no punches.

    This man is an inspiration. This man is a leader. The current leadership contenders, and existing leaders in the USA and many other Western nations, are simply political hacks in comparison. Oh to have a leader like this! Netanyahu for president! Too bad we don’t have a leader like that.

    He is so real. Look how he spoke about Islam, and the Palestinian mentality of hate, and terrorism. Could you imagine Obama or Hillary looking this religion straight in the face like that? Never!

    • Mark Swan says

      Sep 24, 2016 at 5:22 am

      Yes Indeed He Is.

  13. Buraq says

    Sep 24, 2016 at 1:19 am

    This brilliant speech is on a par with Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream ….”. But the dullards and clowns in the audience probably didn’t notice! Their loss.

  14. tgusa says

    Sep 24, 2016 at 2:14 am

    “A slaves life is all you understand, you know nothing of freedom. for if you did you would have encouraged us to fight on, not only with our spear but with everything we have.”

    Netanyahu could have easily been the first Man to say that, and to the un no less. But unfortunately he cannot be the first because that has already been said before.

  15. David says

    Sep 24, 2016 at 7:39 am

    I saw (and read) most of this speach. This man is a true LEADER of his people.
    I only wish the we (the U.S.A.) had a real leader like this too!
    But, instead, we have had 8 years of a TRAITOR in the White House.
    It makes me wretch and nearly vomit!
    The people of Israel are very blessed to have this man at their helm.

  16. epistemology says

    Sep 24, 2016 at 8:42 am

    A wonderful, an inspiring, a very beautiful speech. Bibi is the best contemporary head of gov in the Western world. He shows the world the difference Israel is a state under the rule of law which condemns and punishes terrorism, Islamic states are under the rule of sharia which praises and glorifies terrorism.

    Israel will prosper and blossom and help to improve life in the whole world by its innovations. It’s a marvelous country.

    May Hashem bless Israel and Bibi.

    • Laura says

      Sep 24, 2016 at 9:03 am

      Amain!

  17. ElderlyZionist says

    Sep 24, 2016 at 8:43 am

    What a powerful, cogent speech by PM Netanyahu. Thank you for printing it in full.

    This is what a patriot and a statesman sounds like.

    • Keys says

      Sep 24, 2016 at 11:53 am

      Ditto !

  18. Suzanne says

    Sep 24, 2016 at 9:12 am

    ”The greatest threat to my country, to our region, and ultimately to our world remains the militant Islamic regime of Iran. Iran openly seeks Israel’s annihilation. It threatens countries across the Middle East, it sponsors terror worldwide.”

    And what about Saudi Arabia’s actions in those very same fields? Why is there no mention of that evil regime in Mr Netanyahu’s speech? The West’s close alliance with countries such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar appears to be at the core of the actual desaster. Iran is just one of the players.

    • ElderlyZionist says

      Sep 24, 2016 at 9:39 am

      Binny has an eye on Israel partnering up with Saudi, Qatar, Turkey etc. to contain and roll back the Shia neo-Persian Empire. The main obstacle to this is the burning hatred that the average Sunni Arab in the streets feels for Israel and the JOOOOOOZ. The rulers are wiser, but have great difficulty managing the passions of their people, especially since they’ve been whipping up Salafi fanaticism in their own interests. But, as Binny says, Iran has the Arabs terrified to the point that the rulers know they need help from Israel. Perhaps they’ll soon accept help from the Jews to fight the Shia heretics – they’re worse than Jews, you know.

    • Keys says

      Sep 24, 2016 at 10:00 am

      Suzanne – I certainly agree with your comment about Saudi Arabia and Qatar ( Cutter as Hilary quite often says), and I’d bet Netanyahu does too.

      Netanyahu probably did not mention their crimes and devious objectives, because he needs them to stand by (with US pressure to do so), when Israel attacks Iran. He will not allow Iran to get a nuke weapon.

      My guess is they will be happy to stand by while Israel destroys Iran’s nuke weapon infrastructure, and they don’t have to. They likely even hope Iran escalates by counter attacking Israel. No tears for two of their hated nations, in my opinion, and I am no expert.

      Bibi says Iran is “the greatest threat to my country …” because SA and Qatar do not have nukes and are not developing them. Though Pakistan and eventually North Korea could, if they have not already, sell them nuclear weapons.

  19. Airborne869 says

    Sep 24, 2016 at 9:51 am

    IT WILL NEVER END…

    BECAUSE PALESTINIAN ARE MUSLIMS FIRST WHICH CALL FOR THE TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL…!

  20. Kay says

    Sep 24, 2016 at 10:03 am

    Truth spoken is powerful.
    Hope expressed is life giving.
    Bravo Netanyahu!

  21. Lioness says

    Sep 24, 2016 at 11:05 am

    “Palestinian state” – the greatest lie ever invented.
    http://winstonisraelnews.com/jerusalem/the-greatest-lie-ever-told-about-jerusalem/

    • Larry says

      Sep 24, 2016 at 3:25 pm

      When Allenby’s Allied Egyptian Expeditionary Force captured Jerusalem just before Christmas in 1917 both the Dome of the Rock and the Al Aksa Mosque were being used, as they had been for decades, by the Ottoman Army as stables. And very poorly staffed and maintained stables at that. They were full of rotting straw and horse and donkey droppings.

      In other words, the Caliphate’s treatment of supposedly the third holiest site in all of islam was to fill it full of shit.

  22. commonsense says

    Sep 24, 2016 at 11:30 am

    Netanyahu: “But now I’m going to surprise you even more. You see, the biggest change in attitudes towards Israel is taking place elsewhere. It’s taking place in the Arab world. Our peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan continue to be anchors of stability in the volatile Middle East.”

    Not so fast, alas. Click on the MEMRI video posted just today here on jihadwatch.org, of a portion of a hate-filled sermon delivered on September 12 in peace-treaty-signatory Jordan by one Sheikh Ahmad Mana’i, who rails against Jews and Zionists, calling upon Allah to destroy them all. From the video, one can see that he is addressing a large, attentive, wholly receptive audience of Believers, who in all likelihood share this monstrous zealot’s murderous hatred of Jews, Shi’ites, and others, including Sunnis who are insufficiently invested in destroying the enemies of Islam. Peace treaties with the governments of Egypt and Jordan notwithstanding, Israel must understand that the majority – probably the great majority – of Jordanians and Egyptians utterly despise Jews and Israel itself, the basis for which is… Islam. Realpolitik may temper the jihad temporarily because Arab/Muslim nations, ordinarily implacable in their hatred of Israel, are coming to realize that Israeli technology and resources can be valuable to them, particularly against the Rafidite heretical dogs, the Iranians, whom the Sunnis fear greatly, and rightly so. But should the time ever come when the Sunni states no longer believe that Israel can be of use to them, the jihad against it will resume will full force. And Israel must, for its own survival, understand as well that the Muslim regimes that are currently somewhat conciliatory toward it, and a bit less vehement in their usual attacks, are all subject to being overthrown and replaced by more fanatical, more zealously Muslim, groups, who will break all ties with Israel, as hatred for the Jews, and for their tiny state, always a Nakhba to the Muslim, trumps any benefits that Israel may provide. The seething sea of Jew- hatred that is normative within Jordan is to be ignored at Israel’s peril, and the same holds true with respect to all the rest of the countries by which Israel is surrounded.

    • Mark Swan says

      Sep 24, 2016 at 3:49 pm

      Egypt and Jordan, both struggle to handle religious Zealots. His encouraging them is the right approach..

  23. commonsense says

    Sep 24, 2016 at 11:35 am

    I wrote: “But should the time ever come when the Sunni states no longer believe that Israel can be of use to them, the jihad against it will resume will full force.”
    I meant, of course, “…the jihad against (Israel) will resume with full force.”

  24. Kenny says

    Sep 24, 2016 at 12:02 pm

    Yet again, surrounded by political pygmies, Netanyahu shows himself for the outstanding statesman that he is!

    Imagine a world without Israel; poorer in so many ways.

    Imagine a world without Islam; peaceful in so many ways.

    No contest really, is there?

    Personally speaking, the only thing wrong with Israel is the same thing that’s wrong with the rest of the western world; too considerate and liberal at times. I agree with many of the other comments on this issue: a two state solution; why? To form a base for more attacks on Israel. Perhaps these super trendy and oh so cool Islamic countries which surround Israel might naturalise the so called refugees. But no chance, as that would not only be humane, but also provide a lasting solution. And Islamic states just don’t want that!

  25. Carolyne says

    Sep 24, 2016 at 3:00 pm

    I want that farce, the United Nations, out of my country and moved to a Middle Eastern Capital such as Cairo. It is nothing but a nest of spies and has no place in a civilized country. It is largely run by Muslims and largely funded by the US.

    • Larry says

      Sep 24, 2016 at 3:27 pm

      I’m an Australian, and for more than 2 decades now I’ve wanted my country out of the UN, and not paying a cent towards it.

      Our Govt should go through the various Treaties and abrogate the majority of them, and those that have any utility should be re-negotiated on a bilateral basis.

  26. Thought_Weaver says

    Sep 25, 2016 at 5:32 am

    Wow! Impressive speech. Victory to Israel.

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