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Senator Menendez's passionate defense of Israel's existence and brilliant explanation of the Jewish people's connection to the land of Israel

Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) made a brilliant speech on Tuesday at the AIPAC convention, in which he passionately defended Israel's existence and explained the Jewish people's connection to the land of Israel.

I will post the key quote below the video, but you have to see the manner in which he delivers it.

Let's go to the videotape (Hat Tip: Elder of Ziyon - who captured the video when I couldn't).



And here's the key quote:

While the Shoah has a central role in Israel’s identity, it is not the reason behind its founding, and it’s not the main justification for its existence. That extreme characterization of that mistaken view is that Western powers established Israel in 1948 based on their own guilt; at the expense of Arab peoples who lived there. Therefore the current state is illegitimate and should be wiped off the face of the map. This flawed argument is not only in defiance of basic humanity dignity, but in plain defiance of history. It is in defiance of ancient history as told in biblical texts and through archaeological evidence. It ignores the history of millennia. Several thousand years of history leads to an undeniable conclusion: the establishment of the State of Israel in modern times is a political reality with roots going back to King David and the time of Abraham and Sarah. The argument for Israel’s legitimacy does not depend on what we say in any speech. It has been made by history; it has been made by the men and women who made the desert green; by Nobel prizes earned; by groundbreaking innovations and enviable institutions; by lives saved; by democracy defended; by peace made; by battle won. There can be no denying the Jewish people’s legitimate right to live in peace and security in a homeland to which they have a connection for thousands of years.

I hope that President Hussein Obama was listening. 

Labels: Barack Hussein Obama, bible, Holocaust, Israel is a Jewish state, Robert Menendez

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 5:09 PM