PM NETANYAHU AT AIPAC 2014 Now, when you hear this -- and anybody can verify this -- so you have to wonder, how could anyone fall for the BS in BDS? How can they fall for this? Well, you shouldnt be surprised. Throughout history, people believed the most outrageously absurd things about the Jews, that we were using the blood of children to bake matzos, that we were spreading the plague throughout Europe, that we were plotting to take over the world. Yeah, but you can say how can educated people, how could educated people today believe the nonsense spewed by BDS about Israel? Well, that shouldnt surprise you either. Some of historys most influential thinkers and writers -- Voltaire, Dostoyevsky, T.S. Eliot, many, many others -- spread the most preposterous lies about the Jewish people. Its hard to shed prejudices that have been ingrained in consciousness over millennia. And from antiquity to the Middle Ages to modern times, Jews were boycotted, discriminated against and singled out. Today the singling out of the Jewish people has turned into the singling out of the Jewish state. So you see, attempts to boycott, divest and sanction Israel, the most threatened democracy on Earth, are simply the latest chapter in the long and dark history of anti- Semitism. Those who wear -- those who wear the BDS label should be treated exactly as we treat any anti-Semite or bigot. They should be exposed and condemned. The boycotters should be boycotted. Everyone should know what the letters B-D-S really stand for: bigotry, dishonesty and shame. And those who -- those who oppose BDS, like Scarlett Johansson, they should be applauded. Scarlett, I have one thing to say to you: Frankly, my dear, I DO give a damn. And I know all of you give a damn, as do decent people everywhere who reject hypocrisy and lies and cherish integrity and truth. My friends, on behalf of the people of Israel, I bring you message from Jerusalem, the cradle of our common civilization, the crucible of our shared values. Its a message from the Bible. (In Hebrew.) I have put before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Choose life so that you and your offspring may live. Ladies and gentlemen, my friends, never forget -- America and Israel stand for life. We stand together on the right side of the moral divide. We stand together on the right side of history. So stand tall, stand strong, stand proud. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you all. Keep doing a great job. Thank you.
Posted on: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 07:59:57 +0000
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