Netanyahu: I Must Address Congress to Ensure Israel's Survival

Arutz Sheva ^ | 2/10/2015, 8:35 PM | Ari Yashar

[Dave346]

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu issued a statement on Tuesday, noting that despite the controversy surrounding his speech before the US Congress next month two weeks before elections, he does not intend to back down from accepting the invitation.

Netanyahu began by sending "condolences to (US) President (Barack) Obama, the American people and the family of Kayla Mueller. We stand with you." The comment refers to a US captive of Islamic State (ISIS) who was killed in a coalition airstrike.

Turning to the speech, and relations between Israel and the US that have been in great tension over recent months, he continued "Israel’s survival is not a partisan issue, not in Israel nor in the United States. This doesn’t mean that from time to time Israeli governments have not had serious disagreements with American administrations over the best way to achieve the security of Israel."

"Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, declared Israel’s independence in the face of strong opposition from US Secretary of State George Marshall," reminded Netanyahu, and indeed the US did not provide any military aid in either of Israel's first two wars of survival.

Moving through history, he added "Prime Minister (Levy) Eshkol’s decisions at the start of the Six Day War, Prime Minister (Menachem) Begin’s decision regarding the nuclear reactor in Iraq, and Prime Minister (Ariel) Sharon’s decisions to press ahead with Operation Defensive Shield; these were all strongly opposed at the time by American administrations."

After noting the disagreements on Israel's security have occurred irrespective of whether Israel's prime minister was from the left or right, or whether the US president was a Republican or Democrat, he remarked "none of these disagreements led to a rupture in the relationship between Israel and the United States."

[353FMG]

America’s survival depends on Israel’s.

Where else would America receive it’s intelligence on the ME?

[knarf]

I just LOVE this Israeli commercial

[stephenjohnbanker]

Very classy. We have nothing like this here.

[SoFloFreeper]

[CivilWarBrewing]

I hope the networks carry this HISTORIC speech. I want to see it so I can PRETEND HE IS OUR PRESIDENT AND GET A SENSE OF WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE IF WE HAD A MAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE instead of a Muslim Marxist gay illegal alien.

When addressing our Congress, he'll be the only man in the room, that is for sure.

[stephenjohnbanker]

” Muslim Marxist gay illegal alien.”

Ad white-hating

[Cementjungle]

Sadly he's probably wasting his time. Most in Congress don't have what it takes to stand up to Obama, and liberals in the US pretty much hate Israel and don't care if it gets wiped out by Islamist radicals.

Unless Kim Kardashian is standing next to him while he's making his speech, it'll be way too boring for any liberal to tune into and watch.

[I want the USA back]

Yes, and 0bama wants him to stay home, to ensure Israel’s destruction.

[knarf]

WHY is it dept.

You can say Jew hater in FR, but not ****** hater without being cryptic ?

[faithhopecharity]

The mass media manipators have done it to us again. The question is not whether Bibi should dis-accept Congress's invitation. The question is how obama keeps getting away with all his lies (including the false claim that speaker boehner didn't notify the white house, as if that were legally necessary anyway). Well, we knew obama was never loyal to America's best interests in the world (notice how tactfully that's phrased 😜). Now we get to see the other people we need to remove from public office They're actually lining up to out themselves ! Any chair in congress that doesn't have the person we pay to sit in it (assuming they're not in hospital) is a chair that needs a new occupant. Desperate so.

[Lisbon1940]

Because Jew is descriptive word and ****** is a slur.

[knarf]

semantics ... those familiar, use it descriptively and the Jew haters use THEIRS as a slur ... have you never seen those joooos ?

[TYVets]

REALLY lookin’ forward to THIS youtube

What?

The MSM and C Span are not carrying his speech live?

[Old Yeller]

God will assure Israel’s survival. The U.S., not so much.

[Old Yeller]

A lot of their reps won’t be there though because they are boycotting it because they are Jew hating terror supporting psychopaths that those people were stupid enough to vote for.

Islamo-Nazis

[nikos1121]

Clearly, Folks. Clearly, Isreal has uncovered some intelligence that will likely be similar to when Cuba was building ICBM missles in the 1960s.

I think they know that Obama has been conducting talks with Iran that has not included Israel’s well being.

I would love for him to address congress and blow the lid off this facade of Obama’s. I mean catch him red handed.

There is no doubt in my mind that’s what’s going on, and Obama is going to have a red face when the proof, in the form of photographs is shown to the US public.

[Lisbon1940]

Jooo is a slur. Jew is not.

[Garfunkel Oates]

I think people are getting way too over hyped for this. It's not some historic event, an epic showdown, it's not for domestic consumption. It's a campaign speech for back home.

He can't wait two weeks until after the election?

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[itsahoot]

Israel will have America back with them as soon as we dump the communists Democrats and King Obama

I don't think Israel has ever had the real support of the American Government, the people yes, not the government.