Netanyahu calls US aid ‘indispensable’

Netanyahu says the alliance between Israel and America will only get stronger.

“I deeply appreciate his commitment to bolster Israel’s security … and I also want to say that we are sharing so many things. the US is giving indispensable help to Israel, but Israel is returning that on an almost daily basis, in intelligence and other things. What’s important isn’t only Obama’s commitment to bolstering Israel’s security for next 10 years but commitment to maintaining a qualitative military edge,” he says.

“Despite our disagreement over nuclear deal with Iran, I believe we can and should work together” to ensure Iran complies with deal and to combat Iranian terrorism, he says.

Earlier, Netanyahu speaks up Israel’s diversity, from Tel Aviv’s support for LGBT rights, to Arabs enjoying full rights and the ability to even join the Supreme Court.

He also says women can do anything they want, like becoming fighter pilots or bank chiefs and says the IDF field hospital on the Syrian border shows Israeli compassion.

He also cites Israeli rescue teams who are dispatched to natural disasters, saying that Israel sent the second largest delegation to Nepal after the earthquake there.

He says the country does all this despite all the regional threats facing it.

“This is why when our detractors defame Israel, we must defend Israel,” he says to clapping.

“Israel is surrounded by many forces … and hatred … but despite these enormous dangers i have no doubt Israel will continue to flourish in the years and decades ahead,” because the alliance with the US and with the Diaspora Jewish community is strong, he says.

“Israel’s future is in very very good hands,” he says, speaking of the young soldiers in the IDF.