Netanyahu’s speech at Jewish Federations of North America GA (+ transcript)

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http://www.haaretz.com
Nov. 9, 2009

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly on Monday. The following is the full text of his address:

Thank you all.

The following is the full text of his address:

My dear friends, leaders of the Jewish communities of North America,
The history of the Jewish people has been marked by a paradox. We are at once both small and great. We are few in number but luminous in achievement. In the ancient world, the Jews were a small people on the foothills of Asia touching the Mediterranean. But in Alexandria some 2200 years ago, the Bible was translated into Greek, and the world has never been the same since.

The Jews brought to civilization at least three big ideas: the idea of monotheism, the belief that all people have innate rights that transcend the power of kings, and a prophetic vision of universal peace.

It is impossible to fully describe the revolutionary impact of these ideas throughout history, nor the poetic power of the Biblical stories that overshadowed much of the literature of the ancient world.

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(WASHINGTON, D.C.) Prime Minister Netanyahu addresses the UJC General Assembly 2009. A protestor disrupts the proceedings while shouting “Stop the occupation of Gaza.”

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