Posted on 12/31/2008 7:42:06 AM PST by Larousse2
IsraelNN.com) Opposition leader, favored Prime Ministerial candidate and famed public speaker Binyamin Netanyahu is taking a break from politics to defend Israel in the international arena.
Netanyahu gave 20 interviews on Tuesday alone to international television networks, explaining why justice is on Israel’s side in the current battle with Hamas. Hundreds of thousands of people in dozens of countries are estimated to have seen and heard him say that Israel has no choice but to respond to Hamas rockets.
"It is as if there were an 'Al-Qaeda' with a base supported by Iran just outside of New York,” Netanyahu said on CNN. “This is the situation that we have in Gaza, it is Hamas supported by Iran that again yesterday bombarded a suburb of Tel Aviv'… I am determined to destroy them. 'They launch missiles against our civilians, and hide behind them. It is a double war crime, and therefore there is the need for the regime to disappear once and for all.”
Netanyahu told BBC, “Hamas is saying that they can target and hide behind civilians, and then telling Israel that we can’t take action because civilians will get hurt. If the international community agrees with this, it is telling terrorists the world over that they can do this and get away with it. Responsible parties do what Britan did in World War II, and what we’re forced to do today with thousands of rockets coming in to our cities, and that is to take action to defend themselves. The international community must support Israel in this just battle. We’re sorry about every civilian casualty, while Hamas is delighted with every rocket that hits a city.”
Asked by Reuters if Israel is seeking the removal of the Hamas government in Gaza, Netanyahu said, "I think ultimately we need to do this. Whether it can be done right now is something I don't think we should discuss here. But it should be discussed because ultimately, if we don't do it, then Hamas will rearm itself ... Hamas openly declared its goal to eradicate the state of Israel from the face of the earth."
“We have no option other than to remove the Hamas regime from Gaza,” Netanyahu told Bloomberg Television.
In yet another interview, the favored candidate to become Israel’s next Prime Minister said, “You cannot say both Israel and Hamas are symmetrically blamed. They're not. One side is to blame, the side that targets civilians and hides behind civilians. That's Hamas.”
Netanyahu, who received plenty of experience as Israel’s spokesman when he served as Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations from 1984 to 1988, explained that the political election campaign can wait: “There will be time for politics later. I am now busy with making Israel’s case.” Even Foreign Ministry sources admitted, according to the daily Israel Today, that “the pinch hitter on the screen did the job.”
Netanyahu - Now More than Ever!
Finally he’s speaking out!
i know this may sound awful. but if u think about this for awhile like i have it makes some sense. the children that are being killed are actually going to make it to heaven. when they grow up and become true believers in muslims they will not make it. so i guess there is a silver lining. am i crazy?
BIBI for PM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The only problem is that IF there were an al-Qaeda base sponsored by an adversarial state sitting outside New York the world community and the American/International left would probably want us to just accept the occasional rocket attack rather than defend ourselves.
Hmmm, I am not clear about your meaning.
Would you please explain further?
“There will be time for politics later. I am now busy with making Israel’s case.”
___________________________________________________________
He is taking time out to defend his country. McCain took time out to turn us into socialist during his campaign. What a difference.
I just read yesterday about a Molotov cocktail hurled at a Temple in Chicago.
Reprisals are beginning here.
No one seems to think about Mumbai coming to our Malls in America.
I support him!
You got that right!
I saw an interview with Bibi on Glenn Beck a couple of years ago that sent chills down my spine.
Bibi is spot on!
Bibi is so eloquent and articulate he is more well received by Westerners.
Excellent analogy.
I have already found that I have to go to alternative sources to find out about reprisals here in the U. S. that have already begun.
Hammer home this point!
The other element that needs some sunshine is the history of “how” the people of Palastine came to live in the area, made habitable by the Jewish people.
The world’s over?
In the video featuring the Rebbe, “Peace Upon The Land,” the Rebbe states emphatically, that Israel is a DIVINE INHERITANCE. He states that Israel is NO ONE’S LAND TO GIVE AWAY!
That video knocks my socks off. Over 20+ years ago, the Rebbe was speaking about what is happening today.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.