Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the AIPAC conference via satellite.
He is met with considerable applause.
The prime minister begins by thanking the activists and organizers.
“I take this opportunity to congratulate my friend David Friedman and his wife Tammy,” says Netanyahu, adding that he looks forward to welcoming the new US ambassador to Israel “and especially to Jerusalem.”
“Israel has no greater friend than America and America has no greater friend than Israel,” says the prime minister
He says he’s confident both countries “will stand together, shoulder to shoulder” to counter the forces of militant Islam and to “prevent Iran from ever developing nuclear weapons. That is our policy” and always has been, he says.
The prime minister calls for “utterly vanquishing ISIS” and building new alliances with moderates in the Middle East. More and more countries “realize that Israel is on their side” and able to offer “unmatched intelligence capabilities.”
He hails Israel’s “unique contribution” to the world.
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