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To: Brad Bowen Stuart Herigodt Cc: Meir Shargal Edwardsueeyacation@gmail.corn] From: Terry Kafka Sent: Tue 9/29/2009 4:06:01 PM Subject: Fw: THANK YOU!!! ; John Zouzelka Jeffery Friends: Please take a minute to read the text of Netanyahu's UN address from last week. Thanks, Terry — Original Message — From: dona Levy To: • Janet Kafka ; Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 4:48 AM Subject: THANK YOU!!! Dear Janet and Terry, Philip Kafka Thank you so much for a very plcasent evening, it was great to finally meet you, and I hope it was the first of many meetings.. :) Find bellow, as promised, Netanyahu's great speech to the UN General Assembly. HATIMA TOVA, All The Best, Dona Levy FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sept. 24, 2009 Contact: Laura Kam: (cell), Eli Ovits: (cell), www.theisraelproject.org Subscribe to The Israel Project's RSS Feed Netanyahu's Speech and Key Interviews; Speeches by 0 and Ahmadinejad; Iran Protests; Op-Ed by Amb. Michae EFTA_R1_01510501 EFTA02437631 Press Materials for UN Week (VVor P91) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Speech to the UN General Assembly Courtesy Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, Nearly 62 years ago, the United Nations recognized the right of the Jews, an anciet 3.500 years-old. to a state of their own in their ancestral homeland. I stand here today as the Prime Minister of Israel. the Jewish state, and I speak to behalf of my country and my people. The United Nations was founded after the carnage of World War II and the horrors Holocaust. It was charged with preventing the recurrence of such horrendous event Nothing has undermined that central mission more than the systematic assault on t Yesterday the President of Iran stood at this very podium, spewing his latest anti-S, rants. Just a few days earlier, he again claimed that the Holocaust is a lie. Last month, I went to a villa in a suburb of Berlin called Wannsee. There, on Janua 1942, after a hearty meal, senior Nazi officials met and decided how to exterminate Jewish people. The detailed minutes of that meeting have been preserved by succi German governments. Here is a copy of those minutes, in which the Nazis issued instructions on how to carry out the extermination of the Jews. Is this a lie? A day before I was in Wannsee, I was given in Berlin the original construction plane Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Those plans are signed by Hitler's deputy Himmler himself. Here is a copy of the plans for Auschwitz-Birkenau, where one m were murdered. Is this too a lie? This June, President Obama visited the Buchenwald concentration camp. Did Pres Obama pay tribute to a lie? And what of the Auschwitz survivors whose arms still bear the tattooed numbers br. them by the Nazis? Are those tattoos a lie? One-third of all Jews perished in the conflagration. Nearly every Jewish family was affected, including my own. My wife' grandparents. her father's two sisters and three brothers. and all the aunts, uncles cousins were all murdered by the Nazis. Is that also a lie? Yesterday. the man who calls the Holocaust a lie spoke from this podium. To those EFTA_R1_01510502 EFTA02437632 refused to come here and to those who left this room in protest, I commend you. Yc up for moral clarity and you brought honor to your countries. But to those who gave this Holocaust-denier a hearing, I say on behalf of my peopf Jewish people, and decent people everywhere: Have you no shame? Have you no A mere six decades after the Holocaust, you give legitimacy to a man who denies t murder of six million Jews took place and pledges to wipe out the Jewish state. What a disgrace! What a mockery of the charter of the United Nations! Perhaps so think that this man and his odious regime threaten only the Jews. You're wrong. History has shown us time and again that what starts with attacks on the Jews ever ends up engulfing many others. This Iranian regime is fueled by an extreme fundamentalism that burst onto the wo; three decades ago after lying dormant for centuries. In the past thirty years, this far has swept the globe with a murderous violence and cold-blooded impartiality in its victims. It has callously slaughtered Moslems and Christians. Jews and Hindus, an( others. Though it is comprised of different offshoots, the adherents of this unforgivi seek to return humanity to medieval times. Wherever they can, they impose a backward regimented society where women, mi gays or anyone not deemed to be a true believer is brutally subjugated. The struggl this fanaticism does not pit faith against faith nor civilization against civilization. It pits civilization against barbarism, the 21st century against the 9th century, those sanctify life against those who glorify death. The primitivism of the 9th century ought to be no match for the progress of the 21s. The allure of freedom, the power of technology, the reach of communications shou win the day. Ultimately, the past cannot triumph over the future. And the future offe nations magnificent bounties of hope. The pace of progress is growing exponentiall It took us centuries to get from the printing press to the telephone, decades to get f telephone to the personal computer, and only a few years to get from the personal to the internet. What seemed impossible a few years ago is already outdated, and we can scarcely the changes that are yet to come. We will crack the genetic code. We will cure the We will lengthen our lives. We will find a cheap alternative to fossil fuels and clean planet. I am proud that my country Israel is at the forefront of these advances — by leading innovations in science and technology, medicine and biology, agriculture and water and the environment. These innovations the world over offer humanity a sunlit futu unimagined promise. But if the most primitive fanaticism can acquire the most deadly weapons, the man history could be reversed for a time. And like the belated victory over the Nazis, nu progress and freedom will prevail only after an horrific toll of blood and fortune has exacted from mankind. That is why the greatest threat facing the world today is the between religious fanaticism and the weapons of mass destruction. The most urgent challenge facing this body is to prevent the tyrants of Tehran from nuclear weapons. Are the member states of the United Nations up to that challenge EFTA_R1_01510503 EFTA02437633 international community confront a despotism that terrorizes its own people as they stand up for freedom? Will it take action against the dictators who stole an election in broad daylight and c down Iranian protesters who died in the streets choking in their own blood? Will the international community thwart the world's most pernicious sponsors and practitionr terrorism? Above all, will the international community stop the terrorist regime of Iran from de• atomic weapons, thereby endangering the peace of the entire world? The people of Iran are courageously standing up to this regime. People of goodwill the world stand with them, as do the thousands who have been protesting outside Will the United Nations stand by their side? Ladies and Gentlemen, The jury is still out on the United Nations, and recent signs are not encouraging. Ra condemning the terrorists and their Iranian patrons, some here have condemned th victims. That is exactly what a recent UN report on Gaza did, falsely equating the ti with those they targeted. For eight long years, Hamas fired from Gaza thousands of missiles, mortars and ro nearby Israeli cities. Year after year, as these missiles were deliberately hurled at c civilians, not a single UN resolution was passed condemning those criminal attacks heard nothing — absolutely nothing — from the UN Human Rights Council, a misnan institution if there ever was one. In 2005, hoping to advance peace, Israel unilaterally withdrew from every inch of C dismantled 21 settlements and uprooted over 8,000 Israelis. We didn't get peace. li got an Iranian backed terror base fifty miles from Tel Aviv. Life in Israeli towns and next to Gaza became a nightmare. You see, the Hamas rocket attacks not only cor they increased tenfold. Again, the UN was silent. Finally, after eight years of this unremitting assault. Israel was finally forced to resp how should we have responded? Well, there is only one example in history of thou: rockets being fired on a country's civilian population. It happened when the Nazis rr British cities during World War II. During that war, the allies leveled German cities, hundreds of thousands of casualties. Israel chose to respond differently. Faced wilt enemy committing a double war crime of firing on civilians while hiding behind civil Israel sought to conduct surgical strikes against the rocket launchers. That was no easy task because the terrorists were firing missiles from homes and s using mosques as weapons depots and ferreting explosives in ambulances. Israel, contrast, tried to minimize casualties by urging Palestinian civilians to vacate the tE areas. We dropped countless flyers over their homes, sent thousands of text messages ar thousands of cell phones asking people to leave. Never has a country gone to such extraordinary lengths to remove the enemy's civilian population from harm's way. Yet faced with such a clear case of aggressor and victim• who did the UN Human F Council decide to condemn? Israel. A democracy legitimately defending itself agair is morally hanged, drawn and quartered, and given an unfair trial to boot. By these twisted standards, the UN Human Rights Council would have dragged Ro EFTA_R1_01510504 EFTA02437634 and Churchill to the dock as war criminals. What a perversion of truth. What a pery justice. Delegates of the United Nations. Will you accept this farce? Because if you do, the United Nations would revert to its darkest days, when the we violators of human rights sat in judgment against the law-abiding democracies, whe was equated with racism and when an automatic majority could declare that the ea If this body does not reject this report, it would send a message to terrorists everyw Terror pays; if you launch your attacks from densely populated areas, you will win i And in condemning Israel, this body would also deal a mortal blow to peace. Here's When Israel left Gaza, many hoped that the missile attacks would stop. Others beli at the very least, Israel would have international legitimacy to exercise its right of s defense. What legitimacy? What self-defense? The same UN that cheered Israel as it left Gaza and promised to back our right of ! defense now accuses us -my people. my country - of war crimes? And for what? F. responsibly in self-defense. What a travesty! Israel justly defended itself against terror. This biased and unjust report is a clear-c all governments. Will you stand with Israel or will you stand with the terrorists? We must know the answer to that question now. Now and not later. Because if Isra( asked to take more risks for peace, we must know today that you will stand with us Only if we have the confidence that we can defend ourselves can we take further ri peace. Ladies and Gentlemen, All of Israel wants peace. Any time an Arab leader genuinely wanted peace with us, we made peace. We ma' with Egypt led by Anwar Sadat. We made peace with Jordan led by King Hussein. , Palestinians truly want peace, I and my government, and the people of Israel, will r peace. But we want a genuine peace, a defensible peace, a permanent peace. In 1 body voted to establish two states for two peoples — a Jewish state and an Arab sta Jews accepted that resolution. The Arabs rejected it. We ask the Palestinians to finally do what they have refused to do for 62 years: Sa Jewish state. Just as we are asked to recognize a nation-state for the Palestinian pi Palestinians must be asked to recognize the nation state of the Jewish people. The people are not foreign conquerors in the Land of Israel. This is the land of our fora Inscribed on the walls outside this building is the great Biblical vision of peace: "Na not lift up sword against nation. They shall learn war no more." These words were s the Jewish prophet Isaiah 2,800 years ago as he walked in my country, in my city, i of Judea and in the streets of Jerusalem. We are not strangers to this land. It is our homeland. As deeply connected as we ai land, we recognize that the Palestinians also live there and want a home of their ov want to live side by side with them, two free peoples living in peace, prosperity and EFTA_R1_01510505 EFTA02437635 But we must have security. The Palestinians should have all the powers to govern themselves except those handful of powers that could endanger Israel. That is why a Palestinian state must be effectively demilitarized. We don't want an( Gaza, another Iranian backed terror base abutting Jerusalem and perched on the h kilometers from Tel Aviv. We want peace. I believe such a peace can be achieved. But only if we roll back the forces of terror Iran. that seek to destroy peace, eliminate Israel and overthrow the world order. Th facing the international community is whether it is prepared to confront those force; accommodate them. Over seventy years ago, Winston Churchill lamented what he called the "confirmec unteachability of mankind," the unfortunate habit of civilized societies to sleep until nearly overtakes them. Churchill bemoaned what he called the "want of foresight, the unwillingness to act action will be simple and effective, the lack of clear thinking, the confusion of coun! emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong." I speak here today in the hope that Churchill's assessment of the "unteachibility of is for once proven wrong. I speak here today in the hope that we can learn from history — that we can preven' in time. In the spirit of the timeless words spoken to Joshua over 3,000 years ago, let us be and of good courage. Let us confront this peril, secure our future and, God willing, I enduring peace for generations to come. PM Netanyahu: On the Record for Peace Interview with PM Netanyahu on CNN's "Late Edition" Click here to watch video (lick here to read transcript Interview with PM Netanyahu on Fox News EFTA_R1_01510506 EFTA02437636 Click here to watch video Click here to read transcript Interview with PM Netanyahu on ABC News Click here to watch video Click here to read transcript Interview with PM Netanyahu on the Today Show Click here to watch video Click here to read transcript Israel's Commitment to Peace Israel's Efforts to Further Enable Palestinian Mobil' y (July 7, 2009) Israel's Economic Efforts to Promote Peace (July I, 2009) [English] [French] EFTA_R1_01510507 EFTA02437637 [GermanI [Spanishi [Russian! Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad' s Speech to the UN General Assembly Click here to read transcript Click here to watch video Iran Press Kit: [Arabic] iFrenchl (German) (Spanish' (Russian) President Obama Addesses World Leaders at the UN General Assembly "The time has come to relaunch negotiations with no preconditions... The goal is clear: two states living side by side In peace and security — a Jewish State of Israel, with true security for all Israelis: and a viable, independent Palestinian state" EFTA_R1_01510508 EFTA02437638 For full remarks, click here Rallies/Eve nts for Freedom in Iran/Sancti ons on Iran In rallies across the U.S. and Europe Wednesday and Thursday (Sept. 23 and 24), people gathered to support freedom in Iran and to protest Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressed the UN General Assembly Wednesday. Rally speakers included Iranian student activists and dissidents; U.S. congressmen and other FFTA_R1_01510509 EFTA02437639 government officials; victims of Iranian terror; and others. Rallies took place in Washington, D.C., New York, St. Louis, Detroit and Los Angeles, as well as Paris, France and Vienna, Austria. Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren: "UN Report a Victory for Terror" (Boston Globe, Sept. 24, 2009) Click here to read op-ed The Israel Project is an international nonprofit organization devoted to educating the press and the public about Israel while promoting security, freedom and peace. The Israel Project provides journalists, leaders and opinion-makers accurate information about Israel. The Israel Project is not related to any government or government agency. Reno \ e yourself from this mailing. Remove yourself from all mailings from the Israel Project. EFTA_R1_01510510 EFTA02437640