WEBVTT 00:00.379 --> 00:04.139 Mr Secretary , my good friend 00:04.150 --> 00:08.100 Tony . Thank you for your important 00:08.109 --> 00:11.579 visit here today . Thank you . 00:12.729 --> 00:16.680 Thank President Biden and thank 00:16.690 --> 00:19.639 you to the American people for your 00:19.649 --> 00:22.829 incredible support for Israel in our 00:22.840 --> 00:26.299 war against the barbarians of Hamas . 00:28.489 --> 00:31.420 I thank you in English . I want to 00:31.430 --> 00:33.097 thank you in Hebrew as well . 00:35.939 --> 00:39.229 Blinken . Then I see Biden Vla American 00:42.459 --> 00:43.459 him . 00:48.599 --> 00:52.439 I don't have a skill . A 00:52.919 --> 00:55.520 ae I'm lore . 00:57.200 --> 01:00.569 I aot , I'm shush 01:01.209 --> 01:03.900 Lena at Kresha , Misu 01:07.569 --> 01:11.500 Mi and 01:14.300 --> 01:16.089 Als V the 01:18.620 --> 01:20.769 S um A 01:23.580 --> 01:26.650 VIP V ri AOL ale 01:28.290 --> 01:31.139 va . Then I say 01:34.680 --> 01:38.250 Mr Secretary , your visit is another 01:38.389 --> 01:41.230 tangible example of America's 01:41.239 --> 01:44.830 unequivocal support for Israel . Hamas 01:44.839 --> 01:47.069 has shown itself to be an enemy of 01:47.080 --> 01:50.319 civilization . The massacring of 01:50.819 --> 01:53.480 young people in an outdoor music 01:53.489 --> 01:57.349 festival , the butchering of entire 01:57.360 --> 02:01.349 families , the murder of parents in 02:01.360 --> 02:03.527 front of their Children and the murder 02:03.527 --> 02:05.749 of Children in front of their parents , 02:06.610 --> 02:10.330 the burning of people alive , the 02:10.339 --> 02:13.750 beheadings , the 02:13.759 --> 02:17.119 kidnappings of a young boy , 02:19.690 --> 02:23.559 not only kidnap , molested , 02:23.570 --> 02:27.479 hurt , attacked and 02:27.490 --> 02:31.190 the sickening display of celebrating 02:31.199 --> 02:34.039 these horrors . The celebration and 02:34.050 --> 02:36.160 glorification of evil . 02:38.350 --> 02:41.039 President Biden was absolutely correct 02:41.050 --> 02:43.369 in calling this sheer evil 02:46.250 --> 02:49.979 Hamas is Isis and just as 02:49.990 --> 02:53.220 Isis was crushed . So too , will Hamas 02:53.229 --> 02:56.440 be crushed ? And Hamas should be 02:56.449 --> 02:59.160 treated exactly the way Isis was 02:59.169 --> 03:02.600 treated . They should be spit out from 03:02.610 --> 03:05.800 the community of nations . No leader 03:05.809 --> 03:08.460 should meet them . No country should 03:08.470 --> 03:11.960 harbor them and those that do should be 03:11.970 --> 03:12.970 sanctioned . 03:16.559 --> 03:20.490 Tony , my friend , I 03:20.500 --> 03:23.289 say to you , I say to all of us , there 03:23.300 --> 03:26.860 will be many difficult days ahead , but 03:26.869 --> 03:29.570 I have no doubt that the forces of 03:29.580 --> 03:30.929 civilization will win . 03:33.740 --> 03:36.779 And the reason that's true is because 03:36.789 --> 03:38.940 we understand what is the first 03:38.949 --> 03:41.330 prerequisite of victory . It's what you 03:41.339 --> 03:44.000 just said in our meeting , moral 03:44.009 --> 03:47.759 clarity . This is a time , a 03:47.770 --> 03:50.889 particular time , a special time that 03:50.899 --> 03:53.729 we must stand tall , proud and united 03:54.229 --> 03:57.139 against evil , Tony . You are taking 03:57.149 --> 04:00.050 that stand . America is taking that 04:00.059 --> 04:03.679 stand . Thank you for being here today . 04:04.740 --> 04:07.679 Thank you America for standing with 04:07.690 --> 04:11.000 Israel today tomorrow 04:11.500 --> 04:13.610 and always you 04:20.350 --> 04:24.170 Mr Prime Minister . Um I'm grateful to 04:24.179 --> 04:28.179 be back in Israel in this incredibly 04:28.190 --> 04:32.119 difficult moment for this nation . But 04:32.130 --> 04:34.260 in fact , for the entire world , 04:36.730 --> 04:40.630 if you'll permit me um personal aside , 04:42.040 --> 04:44.779 I come before you not only is the 04:44.790 --> 04:47.970 United States Secretary of State , but 04:47.980 --> 04:51.489 also as a Jew . My grandfather , 04:51.769 --> 04:55.109 Maurice Lincoln fled pilgrims in Russia . 04:56.649 --> 04:59.519 My stepfather Samuel Pizz 05:00.980 --> 05:04.329 survive concentration camps , Auschwitz 05:04.820 --> 05:06.510 Dachau Madonna . 05:09.679 --> 05:12.890 So Prime Minister , I understand on a 05:12.899 --> 05:16.019 personal level , the harrowing echoes 05:16.029 --> 05:18.989 that hamas' massacres carry for Israeli 05:19.000 --> 05:23.000 Jews . Indeed for Jews everywhere . 05:25.019 --> 05:28.600 I also come before you as a husband and 05:28.609 --> 05:31.880 father of young Children . It's 05:31.890 --> 05:34.112 impossible for me to look at the photos 05:34.112 --> 05:37.299 of families killed such as the mother , 05:37.309 --> 05:39.087 father and three small Children 05:39.087 --> 05:41.087 murdered as they sheltered in their 05:41.089 --> 05:43.109 home in Kibbutz near Oz 05:45.040 --> 05:47.910 and not think of my own Children . 05:50.350 --> 05:53.410 This was just one of Hamas's countless 05:53.420 --> 05:57.200 acts of terror in a litany of 05:57.209 --> 06:00.640 brutality and inhumanity that yes , 06:01.480 --> 06:03.859 brings to mind the worst of Isis 06:06.220 --> 06:10.040 baby slaughtered bodies desecrated , 06:11.260 --> 06:13.940 young people , burned alive , women , 06:13.950 --> 06:17.269 raped , parents , executed in front of 06:17.279 --> 06:19.890 their Children , Children in front of 06:19.899 --> 06:23.829 their parents . How are we 06:23.839 --> 06:27.510 even to understand this to 06:27.519 --> 06:28.510 digest this 06:31.709 --> 06:35.700 and yet at the same time , at the same 06:35.709 --> 06:37.839 time that we've been shocked by the 06:37.850 --> 06:40.940 depravity of Hamas . We've also been 06:40.950 --> 06:42.989 inspired by the bravery of Israel's 06:43.000 --> 06:46.440 citizens . The grandfather who drove 06:46.450 --> 06:48.672 over an hour to a kibbutz under siege , 06:48.672 --> 06:51.279 armed only with a pistol and rescued 06:51.290 --> 06:54.989 his kids and grandkids , the 06:55.000 --> 06:57.549 mother who died shielding her teenage 06:57.559 --> 07:01.489 son with her body , giving her life to 07:01.500 --> 07:04.220 save his , giving him life . For a 07:04.230 --> 07:07.839 second time . The volunteer security 07:07.850 --> 07:09.794 teams on the kibbutzes who swiftly 07:09.794 --> 07:11.794 rallied to defend their friends and 07:11.794 --> 07:13.572 neighbors despite being heavily 07:13.579 --> 07:17.519 outnumbered . And we are lifted by 07:17.529 --> 07:19.362 the remarkable solidarity of the 07:19.362 --> 07:21.585 Israeli people demonstrated in the long 07:21.585 --> 07:23.920 lines of people giving blood in the 07:23.929 --> 07:25.950 hundreds of thousands of reservists 07:25.959 --> 07:28.790 who've mobilized some rushing home from 07:28.799 --> 07:31.429 abroad , people around the country , 07:31.440 --> 07:33.630 opening their homes to fellow citizens 07:33.640 --> 07:37.630 displaced in the South . The people 07:37.640 --> 07:39.807 of Israel have long and rightly prided 07:39.807 --> 07:42.040 themselves on their self reliance on 07:42.049 --> 07:45.250 their ability to defend themselves even 07:45.260 --> 07:47.538 when the odds are stacked against them . 07:48.160 --> 07:50.271 The message that I bring to Israel is 07:50.271 --> 07:53.269 this , you may be strong enough on your 07:53.279 --> 07:55.890 own to defend yourself . But as long as 07:55.899 --> 07:58.459 America exists , you will never ever 07:58.470 --> 08:01.869 have to . We will always be there 08:02.320 --> 08:05.489 by your side . That's the message that 08:06.089 --> 08:08.256 President Biden delivered to the Prime 08:08.256 --> 08:10.630 Minister from the moment this crisis 08:10.640 --> 08:14.309 began . It's the message that I and my 08:14.320 --> 08:16.542 other colleagues in the government have 08:16.542 --> 08:18.653 delivered to our Israeli counterparts 08:18.653 --> 08:20.653 on a daily , even an hourly basis . 08:21.640 --> 08:23.751 It's the message that I bring with me 08:23.751 --> 08:26.390 to our discussions today and it's what 08:26.399 --> 08:28.232 I'll affirm when I meet with the 08:28.232 --> 08:30.066 members of Israel's newly formed 08:30.066 --> 08:32.010 national emergency government . We 08:32.010 --> 08:34.121 welcome the government's creation and 08:34.121 --> 08:36.288 the unity and resolve that it reflects 08:36.288 --> 08:39.388 across Israel society . We're 08:39.398 --> 08:41.849 delivering on our word , supplying 08:41.859 --> 08:44.530 ammunition interceptors to replenish 08:44.539 --> 08:46.700 Israel's iron dome alongside other 08:46.710 --> 08:49.549 defense material for shipments of us . 08:49.559 --> 08:52.580 Military support have already arrived 08:52.590 --> 08:56.229 in Israel . And more is on the way as 08:56.239 --> 08:58.461 Israel's defense needs evolve , we will 08:58.461 --> 09:00.517 work with Congress to make sure that 09:00.517 --> 09:02.683 they're met . And I can tell you there 09:02.683 --> 09:04.969 is overwhelming overwhelming bipartisan 09:04.979 --> 09:07.035 support in our Congress for Israel's 09:07.035 --> 09:10.669 security here in Israel and 09:10.679 --> 09:13.400 everywhere we will reaffirm the crystal 09:13.409 --> 09:15.353 clear warning that President Biden 09:15.353 --> 09:19.059 issued yesterday to any adversary state 09:19.119 --> 09:21.710 or non state thinking of taking 09:21.719 --> 09:23.663 advantage of the current crisis to 09:23.663 --> 09:27.119 attack Israel . Don't the United States 09:27.130 --> 09:30.989 has Israel's back . We deployed the 09:31.000 --> 09:33.299 world's largest aircraft carrier to the 09:33.309 --> 09:35.729 Eastern Mediterranean . We bolstered 09:35.739 --> 09:37.906 the presence of us fighter aircraft in 09:37.906 --> 09:40.729 the region . We're providing other 09:40.739 --> 09:42.909 support as well . We continue working 09:42.919 --> 09:44.808 closely with Israel to secure the 09:44.808 --> 09:47.030 release of the men , women , Children , 09:47.030 --> 09:50.130 elderly people taken hostage by Hamas . 09:51.330 --> 09:53.274 We're pursuing intensive diplomacy 09:53.274 --> 09:55.330 throughout the region to prevent the 09:55.330 --> 09:57.441 conflict from spreading . And I'll be 09:57.441 --> 09:59.552 doing that over the course of my trip 09:59.552 --> 10:02.440 in the coming days . Too often in the 10:02.450 --> 10:06.090 past , leaders have equivocated in the 10:06.099 --> 10:07.988 face of terrorist attacks against 10:07.988 --> 10:10.929 Israel and its people . That's why 10:10.940 --> 10:13.789 we've been adamant with all countries 10:14.119 --> 10:16.940 in the wake of these attacks . There is 10:16.950 --> 10:20.219 no excuse , there is no justification 10:21.000 --> 10:24.849 for these trust . You heard the Prime 10:24.859 --> 10:28.739 Minister say it , this is , this must 10:28.750 --> 10:32.549 be a moment for moral clarity . The 10:32.559 --> 10:34.392 failure to unambiguously condemn 10:34.392 --> 10:36.609 terrorism puts at risk , not only 10:36.619 --> 10:39.190 people in Israel , but people 10:39.200 --> 10:42.789 everywhere . Look at what just happened . 10:43.530 --> 10:46.900 Individuals from 36 countries killed or 10:46.909 --> 10:48.798 missing in the aftermath of Hamas 10:48.798 --> 10:52.599 attacks , Europe , Asia , Africa , the 10:52.609 --> 10:56.000 Americas , no region has escaped hamas' 10:56.010 --> 10:59.820 bloody reach anyone who 10:59.830 --> 11:03.090 wants peace and justice must condemn 11:03.099 --> 11:06.820 hamas' reign of terror . We know Hamas 11:06.830 --> 11:08.719 doesn't represent the Palestinian 11:08.719 --> 11:10.929 people or their legitimate aspirations 11:11.070 --> 11:13.403 to live with equal measures of security , 11:13.403 --> 11:16.380 freedom , justice , opportunity and 11:16.390 --> 11:19.590 dignity . We know Hamas instead of 11:19.599 --> 11:21.377 promoting the well being of its 11:21.377 --> 11:24.479 citizens rules repressively and 11:24.489 --> 11:26.489 dedicates the resources . It has to 11:26.489 --> 11:29.729 terror tunnels and rockets . We know 11:29.739 --> 11:31.795 Hamas didn't commit its heinous acts 11:31.795 --> 11:33.683 with the interests of Palestinian 11:33.683 --> 11:36.900 people in mind . We know Hamas does not 11:36.909 --> 11:39.140 stand for the future that Palestinians 11:39.150 --> 11:41.039 want for themselves and for their 11:41.039 --> 11:44.570 Children . Hamas has only one agenda 11:45.679 --> 11:48.260 to destroy Israel and to murder Jews . 11:49.909 --> 11:51.969 No country can or would tolerate the 11:51.979 --> 11:54.710 slaughter of its citizens or simply 11:54.719 --> 11:56.830 return to the conditions that allowed 11:56.830 --> 11:59.830 it to take place . Israel has the right 12:00.349 --> 12:02.729 indeed , the obligation to defend 12:02.739 --> 12:06.000 itself and to ensure that this never 12:06.010 --> 12:09.219 happens again . As the Prime Minister 12:09.229 --> 12:11.710 and I discussed how Israel does this 12:11.719 --> 12:14.849 matters . We democracies distinguish 12:14.859 --> 12:16.970 ourselves from terrorists by striving 12:16.970 --> 12:19.419 for a different standard even when it's 12:19.429 --> 12:21.580 difficult and holding ourselves to 12:21.590 --> 12:24.020 account when we fall short , our 12:24.099 --> 12:27.000 humanity , the value that we place on 12:27.010 --> 12:29.539 human life and human dignity , that's 12:29.549 --> 12:32.630 what makes us who we are and we count 12:32.640 --> 12:34.584 them among our greatest strength . 12:35.309 --> 12:37.365 That's why it's so important to take 12:37.365 --> 12:39.539 every possible precaution to avoid 12:39.549 --> 12:42.179 harming civilians . And that's why we 12:42.190 --> 12:44.979 mourn the loss of every innocent life , 12:45.809 --> 12:47.859 civilians , of every faith , every 12:47.869 --> 12:49.869 nationality who have been killed . 12:51.309 --> 12:54.330 Tragically , the number of innocent 12:54.340 --> 12:56.562 lives claimed by hamas' heinous attacks 12:56.562 --> 12:59.719 continues to rise among those . We now 12:59.729 --> 13:02.440 know that at least 25 American citizens 13:02.450 --> 13:04.820 were killed . We joined families in 13:04.830 --> 13:07.409 Israel in the United States around the 13:07.419 --> 13:09.729 world in mourning . They're 13:09.739 --> 13:13.659 immeasurable loss . Nearly 15 13:13.669 --> 13:16.140 years ago , my stepfather , who I 13:16.150 --> 13:19.020 alluded to earlier , Samuel Piz came 13:19.030 --> 13:21.460 here to Yad Vashem to perform the 13:21.469 --> 13:23.358 mourner's prayer that he wrote to 13:23.358 --> 13:25.358 accompany Leonard Bernstein's third 13:25.358 --> 13:29.070 symphony Kish , reflecting on the 13:29.080 --> 13:31.191 unspeakable horrors that he'd endured 13:31.191 --> 13:33.136 as a boy in the Nazi concentration 13:33.136 --> 13:37.119 camps . He wrote that man 13:37.950 --> 13:41.270 though created in your image and 13:41.280 --> 13:43.224 endowed with the freedom to choose 13:43.479 --> 13:46.859 between good and evil remains capable 13:46.869 --> 13:50.840 of the worst as of the best of 13:50.849 --> 13:54.159 hatred , as of love of 13:54.169 --> 13:57.950 madness . As a genius in this 13:57.960 --> 14:01.590 moment or evil , hatred 14:01.869 --> 14:05.169 and madness have once more taken so 14:05.179 --> 14:08.510 many innocent lives . We must stand 14:08.520 --> 14:12.190 together , resolve to confront what is 14:12.200 --> 14:15.659 worst among humanity with what is best . 14:16.809 --> 14:19.349 We must provide an alternative to the 14:19.359 --> 14:22.340 vision of violence and fear . Nihilism 14:22.349 --> 14:25.020 and terror presented by Hamas . 14:26.229 --> 14:28.507 That is what the United States will do , 14:28.719 --> 14:31.369 standing with Israel , working together 14:31.380 --> 14:33.659 with its people and all those in this 14:33.669 --> 14:36.270 region who remain committed to the 14:36.280 --> 14:38.619 vision of a more peaceful , more 14:38.630 --> 14:42.000 integrated , more secure , a more 14:42.010 --> 14:44.489 prosperous Middle East . Thank you very 14:44.500 --> 14:44.880 much .