The speech argues that Israel's actions against Hamas in Doha are a necessary response to terrorism, drawing parallels to historical events and framing the conflict as a broader ideological battle between Western/Judeo-Christian civilization and those seeking to destroy it. It emphasizes the importance of pursuing terrorists to enable future peace and cooperation, particularly through an expanded Abraham Accords.
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It's lovely to be with you.
I'd like to begin with a uh a prayer.
Uh I heard on the way here that a
important influencer on the American
scene, Charlie Kirk, was shot while he
was speaking in the University of Utah.
Uh it's horrific when political violence
occupies uh our streets.
We're particularly sensitive this year
after two of our employees, Errol
Lashinsky and Sarah Mgrim, were shot
dead at an AJC
event just a few blocks from here. We
pray for um his recovery. We pray that
we don't have to face political violence
at all of any form at any time. Uh
Uh
kudos to the A on this event.
uh my compliments on all the work you do
uh across the globe.
I was pretty surprised not to see Ted
here, but I understand that he's in
Israel, so uh we'll forgive him this
time, but please tell him that I miss
him. Uh it's a great privilege uh to
have um his excellency the ambassador
from Azar Rajan and I understand now his
excellency the ambassador of Armenia.
This is a historic moment, right? I mean
uh how many occasions have there been
since they met at the White House and
signed an agreement and of course the
special adviser to the president of
Azabrajan my dear friend Dr. Um,
Um,
my staff, and I've got the best staff of
any embassy in Washington,
prepared remarks for me,
and it's a fair it's a good speech. I
got to tell you, I I was impressed.
But um
I'm going to ask forgiveness from my
staff because I'm I'm going to speak um
extemporaneously. We say
not really because these are issues that
I I you know 24/7 live, eat and breathe. Um
Um
and I'd like to address the elephant in
the room.
It's a little elephant called Doha.
I I don't know if you saw this, if you
had a vision that, you know, it would
you'd have this conference one day after
Doha and one day before September 11th,
but you'll see in a few minutes, if I
can do it in a few minutes, how this is
related to a 5-year anniversary of the
Abraham Accords. Okay, I'll try to weave
it very quickly.
We should be cognizant of the importance
of time, where we are in time. So when I
think of September, the first thing I
think of is black September.
in 1970
when King Hussein of Jordan
decided that he had enough of
Palestinian terrorism
and uh he launched a military campaign
against the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Organization.
uh a result of Black September was
somewhere near 20,000 people who were killed,
killed,
very short amount of time, and up to
30,000 people who were evicted from Jordan.
Jordan.
Some might have said at the time that it
wasn't proportional.
Have you ever heard that expression
before? Proportionality.
But apparently when he was contending
with a terrorist organization intent on
destroying his kingdom threatened his
country, he acted with determination and
rid the country of that terrorist threat.
we send a delegation to the Munich Olympics.
and Palestinian terrorists murder
murder
our athletes.
Then there was another prime minister of Israel,
Israel,
Goldmeier. May she rest in peace.
And as a result, she gave an order to
track down every single one of the
terrorists and eliminate them.
And the state of Israel didn't rest
until that was done.
because she, like King Hussein,
understood that terrorists are hunted
September 11th,
in Israel. That would be the equivalent
of uh our our October 7th
is u about 40 times September 11th.
Just do the math. We're a country of 10
million people. You're a country of 330
million people. Do the math. It's 40
September 11th.
And we all know that the United States
We also know that the proportionality in
Fallujah and Mosul
was um shall we say disproportionate to
the proportionality
of our campaign in Gaza.
But what I want to point out in particular
particular
is that on September 28th, that same month,
month,
the United States presented a United
Nations Security Resolution 1373.
1373.
And the resolution reads, "It obligates
states to prevent
and suppress the financing and support
of terrorism,
including the harboring of terrorists.
It was a response to September 11th and
it was adopted by the UN charter
under chapter 7, I repeat, to prevent
and suppress the financing and support
of terrorism, including the harboring of terrorists.
