Netanyahu's
Remarks at Hanukkah Candle-Lighting Ceremony in Rome: Israel
Will Not Be Silent
Jerusalem,
Israel December 2, 2013
Part of the following was
communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser to the Israel
News Agency.
Israel Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this evening Sunday, 1 December 2013,
at the Great Synagogue in Rome, made the following remarks at
the candle-lighting ceremony for the fifth night of Chanukah:
"In contrast
to others, when I see that interests vital to the security of
Israel's citizens are in danger, I will not be silent.
It is very
easy to be silent. It is very easy to receive a pat on the shoulder
from the international community, to bow one's head, but I am
committed to the security of my people. I am committed to the
future of my state and in contrast to periods in the past, we
have a loud and clear voice among the nations and we will sound
it in time in order to warn of the danger.
And as to
the actual threat, we will act against it in time if need be.
I would like to dispel any illusions. Iran aspires to attain an
atomic bomb. It would thus threaten not only Israel but also Italy,
Europe and the entire world. There should be no going astray after
the attack of smiles. Today there is a regime in Iran that supports
terrorism, facilitates the massacre of civilians in Syria and
unceasingly arms its proxies Hamas, Hezbollah and Islamic
Jihad with deadly missiles.
The most dangerous
regime in the world must not be allowed to have the most dangerous
weapon in the world. As we have warned, and I say this with regret,
the sanctions regime has started to weaken and very quickly. If
tangible steps are not taken soon, it is liable to collapse and
the efforts of years will vanish without anything in exchange.
But at the same time, I tell you and promise in the spirit of
the Maccabees, we will not allow Iran to receive a military nuclear
capability."
The prospect
of a nuclear-armed Iran should concern every American, Canadian,
European, Asian and African. A nuclear Iran must be unacceptable
to the community of nations. Since 1979 the Iranian regime, most
recently under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's leadership, has
demonstrated increasingly threatening behavior and rhetoric toward
the US and the democratic, free West. Iran continues to defy the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the United Nations
in their attempts to monitor its nuclear activities. A number
of Arab states have warned that Iran's development of nuclear
weapons poses a threat to Middle East stability and could provoke
a regional nuclear arms race.
In short,
the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran is a danger to world peace.
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