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Naftali Bennett — Address to the 76th UN General Assembly, 27 September 2021
English 
Israel 2021-09-27
Politician: Naftali Bennett
Original source: https://gadebate.un.org/sites/default/files/gastatements/76/il_en.pdf
Content
Israel is a lighthouse in a stormy sea. A beacon of democracy, diverse by design, innovative by nature […]. We are an ancient nation. […] 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.
[… …] 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. What do they all have in common? 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 […]: Iran seeks to dominate the region -- and seeks to do so under a nuclear umbrella. […] Iran's nuclear weapon program is at a critical point. All red lines have been crossed. Inspections -- ignored. […] They enrich Uranium to the level of 60% which is one step short of weapons-grade material -- and they're getting away with it. […] 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. How to cite this document
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(Bennett, 2021) Bennett, N.. (2021). Naftali Bennett — Address to the 76th UN General Assembly, 27 September 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 — Address to the 76th UN General Assembly, 27 September 2021." gadebate.un.org. Accessed June 21, 2026. https://gadebate.un.org/sites/default/files/gastatements/76/il_en.pdf.
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