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Source: http://www.pmo.gov.il/English/MediaCenter/Speeches/Pages/speech_sarid180218.aspx
Netanyahu: We Can Roll Back Iran's Aggression
(Prime Minister's Office) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Munich Security Conference on Sunday: "Iran is not Nazi Germany. There are many differences between the two....One advocated a master race, the other advocates a master faith....But there are also some striking similarities. Iran openly declares its intention to annihilate Israel with its six million Jews....Iran seeks to dominate our region, the Middle East, and seeks to dominate the world through aggression and terror. It's developing ballistic missiles to reach deep into Europe and to the United States as well." "Henry Kissinger said that Iran must choose between being a country or a cause. Well, the regime in Iran has chosen to be a cause. The commander of the Revolutionary Guard, Ali Jafari, said, 'we're on the path to the rule of Islam worldwide.'...Once armed with nuclear weapons, Iran's aggression will be unchecked and it will encompass the entire world. Look at what they are doing now, before they have nuclear weapons. Imagine what they will do later if, G-d forbid, they'll have them." "Just as was true 80 years ago [in the 1938 Munich Agreement with Hitler], an agreement that was seen as appeasement has only emboldened the regime and brought war closer. The nuclear agreement with Iran has begun the countdown to an Iranian nuclear arsenal in little more than a decade. And the sanction relief that the deal provided has not moderated Iran. It's not made them more moderate internally and it's not made them more moderate externally. In fact, it's unleashed a dangerous Iranian tiger in our region and beyond." "[Last week Iran] sent a drone into Israeli territory, violating Israel's sovereignty, threatening our security. We destroyed that drone and the control center that operated it from Syria, and when our planes were fired upon, Israel destroyed Syrian anti-aircraft batteries. Israel will not allow Iran's regime to put a noose of terror around our neck. We will act without hesitation to defend ourselves. And we will act, if necessary, not just against Iran's proxies that are attacking us, but against Iran itself." "Iran...denies that it committed an act of aggression against Israel last week, that it sent a drone into our airspace to threaten our people. Well, here's a piece of that Iranian drone, or what's left of it after we shot it down. I brought it here so you can see for yourself. [Iranian Foreign Minister] Zarif, do you recognize this? You should. It's yours. You can take back with you a message to the tyrants of Tehran: Do not test Israel's resolve."