Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lauded U.S.-Israeli unity and praised President Joe Biden in a fiery speech to Congress Wednesday that sparked boycotts by some top Democrats and drew thousands of protesters to the Capitol to condemn the war in Gaza and the humanitarian crisis it has created.
Category
đź—ž
NewsTranscript
00:00Mr. Speaker, I want to thank you for giving me the profound honor of addressing this great
00:22citadel of democracy for the fourth time.
00:36We meet today at a crossroads of history.
00:41Our world is in upheaval.
00:44In the Middle East, Iran's axis of terror confronts America, Israel, and our Arab friends.
00:53This is not a clash of civilizations.
00:56It's a clash between barbarism and civilization.
01:08It's a clash between those who glorify death and those who sanctify life.
01:22For the forces of civilization to triumph, America and Israel must stand together.
01:38Because when we stand together, something very simple happens.
01:44We win.
01:45They lose.
01:46And my friends, I came to assure you today of one thing.
02:02We will win.
02:04The pain these families have endured is beyond words.
02:12I met with them again yesterday, and I promised them this.
02:17I will not rest until all their loved ones are home, all of them.
02:28As we speak, we're actively engaged in intensive efforts to secure their release.
02:37And I'm confident that these efforts can succeed.
02:40Some of them are taking place right now.
02:48I want to thank President Biden for his tireless efforts on behalf of the hostages and for
02:54his efforts to the hostage families as well.
03:06I thank President Biden for his heartfelt support for Israel.
03:11After the savage attack on October 7th, he rightly called Hamas sheer evil.
03:17He dispatched two aircraft carriers to the Middle East to deter a wider war.
03:22And he came to Israel to stand with us during our darkest hour, a visit that will never
03:28be forgotten.
03:38I just learned there is a fourth hero here, Lieutenant Jonathan Ben-Hammel, who lost a
03:44leg in Gaza and continued to fight.
03:51My friends, these are the soldiers of Israel, unbowed, undaunted, unafraid.
04:15My friends, defeating our brutal enemies requires both courage and clarity.
04:23Clarity begins by knowing the difference between good and evil.
04:30Yet incredibly, many anti-Israel protesters, many choose to stand with evil.
04:38They stand with Hamas.
04:40They stand with rapists and murderers.
04:42They stand with people who came into the kibbutzim, into a home.
04:49The parents hid the children, the two babies, in the attic, in a secret attic.
04:53They murder the families, the parents.
04:56They found the secret latch to the hidden attic and then they murder the babies.
05:02These protesters stand with them.
05:04They should be ashamed of themselves.
05:17And don't be fooled when the blood libels against the Jewish state come from people
05:24who wear fancy silk robes and speak in lofty tones about law and justice.
05:30Here's a case in point.
05:33Well I have a message for these protesters.
05:36When the tyrants of Tehran, who hang gays from cranes and murder women for not covering
05:41their hair, are praising, promoting and funding you, you have officially become Iran's useful