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Netanyahu at AIPAC: Radicals That Seek to Undermine US-Israel Alliance Will Fail

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March 1, 2020
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Speaking to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference via video satellite from his office in Israel on March 1, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu touted the U.S. Israel alliance as being as strong as it has ever been.

Referring to a February 2018 comment when Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) accused Israel supporters of “allegiance to a foreign country,” Netanyahu said, “Last year supporters of AIPAC were accused of dual loyalty. This year AIPAC was accused of providing a platform of bigotry,” the prime minister said, referring to Democratic presidential front-runner Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.)’s Feb. 25 declaration that he would not speak at AIPAC because he was “concerned about the platform AIPAC provides for leaders who express bigotry.”

Netanyahu praised conference attendees of all political stripes saying they  would prove such forces wrong. “They will fail,” he declared, prompting applause from the audience.

Netanyahu also lauded President’s Donald Trump peace plan, which includes annexing settlements in the West Bank and maintaining Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, saying that it “puts peace on a foundation of truth. The map of Israel will change and the future of Israel will change and it will change for the better.” He also urged the Palestinians to “reject a path of terror and incitement.”

He then spoke about Iran, saying, “The greatest danger we face is a nuclear Iran. Israel will do whatever it must do to defend itself.”

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