Israeli PM: Bid on to brand Jews as foreigners in the Middle East

The attempt to deny our history in this land is an attempt to deny our future in this land.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to the Christians United for Israel Jerusalem Summit this week:

«We face great challenges to our security, but we also face unprecedented challenges to our legitimacy. This assault on our legitimacy comes in many forms. Iit comes from the so-called human rights bodies in the UN which would deny Israel its legitimate right of self-defense; it comes by falsely charging Israel’s political and military leaders with imaginary war crimes; and it comes by the outrageous campaigns to boycott, divest and sanction Israel».

«But there is an even greater assault on our legitimacy, the attempt to perpetrate one of the greatest lies of history. They deny the connection between the people of Israel and the Land of Israel, to cast the Jewish people as foreigners in the land of our forefathers. The attempt to deny our history in this land is an attempt to deny our future in this land. That is why to defend our past is to defend our future».

The Israeli PM appealed to Christians to stand by Israel in her time of trouble:

«I ask you all to join us in this battle to defend the truth. Remind them of Abraham and Isaac, remind them of Joshua and Samuel, remind them of David and Solomon. Remind the world that the land of the Bible is not in the heavens but right here on earth. And that the people of the Bible are on the land of the Bible».

Source: The Prime Ministers Office, Jerusalem, Israel.