document · Speech
Naftali Bennett — UN General Assembly address, 76th session (2021)
English 
Israel 2021-09-27
Politician: Naftali Bennett
Original source: https://gadebate.un.org/sites/default/files/gastatements/76/il_en.pdf
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We are an ancient nation. Returned - to our ancient homeland, Revived - our ancient language, Restored - our ancient sovereignty. Israel is a miracle of Jewish revival. Am Yisrael Chai - the nation of Israel is alive, and the State of Israel is its beating heart.
While Israel strives to do good, we cannot lose sight for one moment of what's happening in our neighborhood. Israel is, quite literally, surrounded by Hezbollah, Shia militias, Islamic Jihad, and Hamas. On our borders. These terror groups seek to dominate the Middle East and spread radical Islam across the world. […] They all want to destroy my country, And they're all backed by Iran. They get their funding from Iran, they get their training from Iran, and they get their weapons from Iran.
Iran's great goal is crystal clear to anybody who cares to open their eyes: Iran seeks to dominate the region -- and seeks to do so under a nuclear umbrella. […] Iran's nuclear program has hit a watershed moment; and so has our tolerance. Words do not stop centrifuges from spinning. […] We will not allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon.
But not everything is dark in the Middle East. […] First and foremost the growing ties Israel is forging with Arab and Muslim countries. Ties that began 42 years ago with Israel's historic peace agreement with Egypt, continued 27 years ago with Israel's peace agreement with Jordan, and even more recently with the "Abraham Accords" -- that normalized our relations with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco. More is to come.
[…] fighting the only democracy in the Middle East doesn't make you "Woke" […] Every member state in this building has a choice. It's not a political choice, but a moral one. It's a choice between darkness and light. How to cite this document
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(Bennett, 2021) Bennett, N.. (2021). Naftali Bennett — UN General Assembly address, 76th session (2021). gadebate.un.org. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://gadebate.un.org/sites/default/files/gastatements/76/il_en.pdf
Bennett, Naftali. 2021. "Naftali Bennett — UN General Assembly address, 76th session (2021)." gadebate.un.org. Accessed June 21, 2026. https://gadebate.un.org/sites/default/files/gastatements/76/il_en.pdf.
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