'Our Victory Will Be Your Victory': Netanyahu Highlights Israel's Role In Combatting Iran

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During his speech to Congress, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu highlighted the threat posed by Iran.

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00:00My friends, in the Middle East, Iran is virtually beyond, behind all the terrorism, all the turmoil, all the chaos, all the killing.

00:12And that should come as no surprise.

00:15When he founded the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Khomeini pledged,

00:20We will export our revolution to the entire world. We will export the Islamic revolution to the entire world.

00:30Now ask yourself, which country ultimately stands in the way of Iran's maniacal plans to impose radical Islam on the world?

00:40And the answer is clear. It's America, the guardian of Western civilization and the world's greatest power.

00:50That's why Iran sees America as its greatest enemy.

01:08Last month, we heard a revealing comment, ostensibly about the war in Gaza, but about something else.

01:18We heard it from the foreign minister of Iran's proxy, Hezbollah, and he said this,

01:22This is not a war with Israel. Israel, he said, is merely a tool. The main war, the real war, is with America.

01:34Iran's regime has been fighting America from the moment it came to power.

01:38In 1979, it stormed the American embassy. It held scores of Americans hostage for 444 days.

01:46Since then, Iran's terrorist proxies have targeted America in the Middle East and beyond.

01:52In Beirut, they killed 241 U.S. servicemen. In Africa, they bombed American embassies.

02:00In Iraq, they supplied explosives to maim and kill thousands of American soldiers.

02:06In America, they actually sent death squads here to murder a former Secretary of State and a former National Security Advisor.

02:18And as we recently learned, they even brazenly threatened to assassinate President Trump.

02:24But Iran understands that to truly challenge America, it must first conquer the Middle East.

02:32And for this, it uses its many proxies, including the Houthis, Hezbollah, and Hamas.

02:38Yet in the heart of the Middle East, standing in Iran's way, is one proud pro-American democracy, my country, the State of Israel.

03:02That's why the mobs in Tehran chant death to Israel before they chant death to America.

03:18For Iran, Israel is first, America is next.

03:22So when Israel fights Hamas, we're fighting Iran.

03:26When we fight Hezbollah, we're fighting Iran.

03:30When we fight the Houthis, we're fighting Iran.

03:32And when we fight Iran, we're fighting the most radical and murderous enemy of the United States of America.

03:38And one more thing.

03:40When Israel acts to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons,

03:46nuclear weapons that could destroy Israel and threaten every American city, every city that you come from,

03:52we're not only protecting ourselves, we're protecting you.

03:56My friends, if you remember one thing from this speech, remember this.

04:22Our enemies are your enemies.

04:24Our fight is your fight.

04:26And our victory will be your victory.

'Our Victory Will Be Your Victory': Netanyahu Highlights Israel's Role In Combatting Iran

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