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Barely 10 days after Israeli soldiers
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bombed the Holy Family Catholic Church
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in Gaza, Benjamin Netanyahu, the State
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of Israel prime minister has said that
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Israel is now being portrayed as the
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enemy of Christians, stating that Israel
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has a thriving Christian community, the
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only thriving Christian community in the
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broad radius of the Middle East, where
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Christians are not tolerated, they're
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cherished, adding, "You can light
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Christmas trees in Nazareth, but in
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Bethlehem, the birthplace place of
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Jesus. When Israel left and the
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Palestinian Authority came in, the
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Christian majority shrank from 80% to
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under 20% because there was no more
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Israel to protect them. Though, Prime
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Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not
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mention the bombing of the Catholic
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Church in Gaza that led to the killing
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of three persons and injuring to several
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people, including the parish priest. It
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could be recalled that the Israel
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Defense Forces IDF action against the
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Christian holy place in Gaza sparked
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global condemnations with the head of
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the Catholic Church Pope Leo I 14th in a
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statement on Sunday July 20th 2025 while
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speaking after his anggeles prayer read
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out the names of those killed in the
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incident and said, "I appeal to the
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international community to observe
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humanitarian law and respect the
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obligation to protect civilians as well
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as well as the prohibition of collective
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punishment of indiscriminate use of
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force and force displacement of the
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population. During a church event on
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Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin
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Netanyahu while speaking at the Day
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Stars together as one event in Jerusalem
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with Pastor Paula White, leader of the
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White House faith office said, "Iran is
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now being projected as the friend of the
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Americans." Word to word of Prime
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Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speech as
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transcribed and made available by the
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office of the Israel prime minister on
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Sunday reads below. Thank you Joanie.
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Thank you Dayar. Thank you Paula. Thank
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you ambassadors and the many friends of
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Israel in the Christian world. This is
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the city and the land where it all
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began. The Judeo-Christian tradition
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that promoted the belief in monotheism,
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a single god that developed the idea of
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the sanctity of life, the sanctity of
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individual life, the idea of freedom. In
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an ancient world that was swamped with
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massive slavery to build these ancient
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empires, the Jewish people came out with
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the idea that slavery should be limited
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and ultimately removed. This was
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revolutionary. The beginning of the idea
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of freedom began in this land. And that
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idea spread throughout the centuries and
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especially in modern times and changed
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the world. It gives hope to the world.
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It gives meaning to our lives. It gives
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a bond between the world's greatest
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democracy, the United States of America,
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and the world's vibrant democracy here
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in Israel. And that's a partnership that
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is bonded in faith, in history, in
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tradition. I had the great privilege of
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being invited to speak at the joint
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session of the American Congress. And I
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look on the wall and I see a quote from
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Moses. That's our common tradition, our
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common wellspring. We're immersed in the
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Bible. We live the Bible. We have a
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future because we have a past. And that
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past is shared by millions, hundreds of
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millions around the world. And I want to
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thank you on behalf of the people of
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Israel and the Jewish people for that
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enduring friendship which is the
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mainstay of our present and future
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ability to live in a free, prosperous
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and peaceful world. But that bond is
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being challenged today. It is being
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challenged today by a fanatic
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fundamentalism, an Islamist
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fundamentalism that seeks to subjugate
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all Muslims that they view as infidels,
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eradicate the American and obviously the
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Israeli presence in the Middle East.
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They call America the great Satan.
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Israel is the small Satan perhaps, but
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it's a small state that's standing in
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their way. And we fight them. We fight
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them together as we recently have with
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President Trump's leadership and our
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partnership. And yet we see the effort
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to break down our bond in America and
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other parts of the world. That
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partnership that promotes
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Judeo-Christian values, that protects in
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Israel Christians as nowhere else in the
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Middle East. that truth is being
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reversed, put on its head by a campaign
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of lies. Israel is now portrayed as the
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enemy of Christians and the enemies of
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Christians are portrayed as the friends
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of the United States. Iran, a friend of
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the United States, an innocent victim.
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The Muslim Brotherhood who chanted death
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to America alongside Iran. Friends of
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these monsters. These monsters who
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burned babies, raped our women, beheaded
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our men, and chant death to America.
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Friends of America, Israel has a
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thriving Christian community. The only
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thriving Christian community in the
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broad, broad radius of the Middle East,
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where Christians are not tolerated,
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they're cherished. You can light
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Christmas trees in Nazareth. But in
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Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, when
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Israel left and the Palestinian
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authority came in, the Christian
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majority shrank from 80% to under 20%
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because there was no more Israel to
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protect them. We cherish our Christian
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friends. We protect the Christian holy
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sites, not only the church of the holy
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seila, but in the Galilee, not only in
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Nazareth, but in the Galilee, in
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Capernaam, where Jesus preached for 3
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years. We uphold and cherish those
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sites. So Israel, the guardian of
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Christianity in the Middle East, is
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presented on American television by
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purchased influences. It's presented as
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the enemy of Christianity. What folly,
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what lies, what a travesty of truth. So
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one of the things we have fought now in
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the sevenfront war, we have an eighth
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front and that is the front and the
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battle for truth. And I can think of no
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one who can carry this battle alongside
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with us. No one who can do it better
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than you on this channel than you,
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Paula, and our many Christian friends.
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We must fight for our common values. We
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must stand up for the truth. And by
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standing up for the truth, you stand up
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with Israel and you stand with the
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Jewish people against this abomination
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of falsehoods. We can win this war
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exactly as we win the Sevenfront War.
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and I thank you for your support. I want
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to address also the ambassadors who are
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here. Your countries have strong
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Christian communities and a strong bond
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with us too. And I want to thank you for
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your support and the many, many millions
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around the world who have voiced support
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for Israel during our great battles
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here. We haven't finished, but we're
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winning and we'll continue to win. But
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the main thing that I want to stress is
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the importance of winning the battle for
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truth. And that is a battle that we
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fought even as we speak now. Israel is
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presented as though we are applying a
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campaign of starvation in Gaza. What a
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bold-faced lie. There is no policy of
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starvation in Gaza and there is no
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starvation in Gaza. We enable
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humanitarian aid throughout the duration
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of the war to enter Gaza. Otherwise,
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there would be no Gazans. And what has
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interdicted the supply of humanitarian
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aid is one force, Hamas. Again, the
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reverse of the truth. Hamas robs, steals
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this humanitarian aid, and then accuses
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Israel of not supplying it. Well, we
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have enabled the amount required by
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international law to come in. There are
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hundreds and hundreds of trucks loaded
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with tons. So far, we've supplied 1.9
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million tons of food since the beginning
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of the war. almost 2 million tons and
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now we have hundreds of trucks that are
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waiting on the Gazen side of the Karum
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Shalom crossing and it's international
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organizations some of them very well
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intended and it's the UN2 food that they
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purchased and we say go ahead deliver it
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and they say we can't because combat is
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going on and we say yes where we're
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fighting we'll continue to fight but
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there are safe corridors
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You can bring the food to anywhere you
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want. That is not a problem. So we have
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just announced that formally here are
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safe corridors and the has no excuses
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left. No excuses left. Stop lying. Stop
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finding excuses. Do what you have to do
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and stop accusing Israel deliberately of
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this egregious falsehood. There is no
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starvation in Gaza, no policy of
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starvation in Gaza. And I assure you
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that we have a commitment to achieve our
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war goals. We will continue to fight
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till we achieve the release of our
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hostages and the destruction of Hamas's
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military and governing capabilities.
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They shall be there no more. We shall
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not have any more of these massacres. We
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shall not have any more of these
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We stand for human freedom and human
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life. And that is not commensurate with
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Hamas or with Iran or other Iranian
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proxies. We have fought this battle
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together. We shall win it together. And
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I want to assure you that we have great
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faith in your faith and in our faith. We
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have a common bond. It is strong. It is
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something that represents the vast
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majority of Americans and I would say
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just about all Israelis and by the way
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Jews and non-Jews alike because we know
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that our standing together assures our
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common future. So, I want to thank you
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on behalf of the state of Israel for
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everything that you're doing and as the
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saying goes, for everything that you
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will do. Thank you all. Thank you very
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