Netanyahu at Jerusalem Conference: Hamas Must be Stopped!
Tuesday, March 21, 2006 / 21 Adar 5766(israelnn.com) PM candidate Binyamin Netanyahu opened Tuesday’s session of the Jerusalem Conference with a review of Islam’s attempts to conquer the world - which the Hamas takeover of the PA is a main feature. Netanyahu said that Islam tried, upon its founding, to conquer Christian Europe, but failed and was pushed back to Northern Africa. Another attempt hundreds of years later was similarly repelled. “For the last few centuries,” Netanyahu continued, “we thought that religious wars were over - but suddenly, now, we see a third attempt by Islam. In 1979, two seminal events occurred, both of which continue to have a strong effect even now. One is the victory by Islamic mujaheedin in Afghanistan over Soviet forces, leading to the formation of Al-Qaeda, and then, shortly afterwards, the formation of the terrorist Islamic Republic of Iran. Some thought then that the Ayatollahs of Iran would become more moderate, but of course this did not happen, and now Iran’s nuclear program and missiles threaten the entire world.” “Since then, more recently, two more important events have happened. One is the formation of another fundamentalist Islamic republic, in Afghanistan, with the Taliban, leading to 9/11 - if they had had nuclear weapons, New York and Washington would not be around any more - and another event that occurred with Israel’s help: the formation of a Hamas regime in the Palestinian Authority. The Hamas entity is a daughter state of Iran, with the same policies, and talks openly of its goal of destroying Israel, using its code words of ‘Right of Return’ and ‘continued resistance’ - namely, terrorism. Israel is their first stop on the road to world conquest. (more…)