Just hours after
meeting US President Barack Obama for some three
hours, much of the time spent discussing Iran,
Netanyahu adopted a tough tone toward the Islamic
Republic, drawing on the tragic history of the
Holocaust to argue that the world, and the Jewish
people, cannot “accept a world in which the
Ayatollahs have atomic bombs.”
Netanyahu to Obama:
Israel "reserves the right" to strike
Netanyahu:
'My supreme responsibility as Prime
Minister of Israel
is to ensure that Israel remains the
master of its fate'
Transcript:
Obama's AIPAC Speech
Obama speaks at AIPAC 2012
Photo / AFP-Getty Images,
Jewel Samad
President Obama
addressed the American
Israel Public Affairs
Committee in a speech on
Sunday. Below, are some
key quotes from his
speech:
"We will do
what it takes to
preserve Israel’s
qualitative military
edge - because
Israel must always
have the ability to
defend itself, by
itself, against any
threat."
"Prime
Minister
Netanyahu, Defense
Minister Barak,
President Peres -
each of them have
called for two
states, a secure
Israel that lives
side by side with
an independent
Palestinian state.
I believe that
peace is
profoundly in
Israel’s security
interest."
"We
all prefer to
resolve this
issue
diplomatically.
Having said
that, Iran’s
leaders should
have no doubt
about the
resolve of the
United States
- just as they
should not
doubt Israel’s
sovereign
right to make
its own
decisions
about what is
required to
meet its
security needs