00:00 Mr. Prime Minister, I'm grateful to be back in Israel in this incredibly difficult moment
00:15 for this nation, but in fact for the entire world.
00:22 If you'll permit me, personal aside, I come before you not only as the United States Secretary
00:31 of State, but also as a Jew.
00:36 My grandfather, Maurice Blinken, fled pogroms in Russia.
00:42 My stepfather, Samuel Pizar, survived concentration camps, Auschwitz, Dachau, Majdanek.
00:55 So Prime Minister, I understand on a personal level the harrowing echoes that Hamas's massacres
01:02 carry for Israeli Jews, indeed for Jews everywhere.
01:09 People of Israel have long and rightly prided themselves on their self-reliance, on their
01:14 ability to defend themselves, even when the odds are stacked against them.
01:20 The message that I bring to Israel is this.
01:23 You may be strong enough on your own to defend yourself, but as long as America exists, you
01:29 will never, ever have to.
01:32 We will always be there by your side.
01:36 That's the message that President Biden delivered to the prime minister from the moment this
01:42 crisis began.
01:44 It's the message that I and my other colleagues in the government have delivered to our Israeli
01:48 counterparts on a daily, even an hourly basis.
01:53 It's the message that I bring with me to our discussions today, and it's what I'll affirm
01:58 when I meet with the members of Israel's newly formed National Emergency Government.
02:03 We welcome the government's creation and the unity and resolve that it reflects across
02:08 Israel's society.
02:11 We're delivering on our word, supplying ammunition, interceptors to replenish Israel's Iron Dome,
02:18 alongside other defense material.
02:20 First shipments of U.S. military support have already arrived in Israel, and more is on
02:26 the way.
02:28 As Israel's defense needs evolve, we will work with Congress to make sure that they're
02:32 ready for that.
02:33 And I can tell you, there is overwhelming, overwhelming bipartisan support in our Congress
02:38 for Israel's security.
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