00:00Mr. Speaker, I want to thank you for giving me the profound honor of addressing this great
00:22citadel of democracy for the fourth time.
00:36We meet today at a crossroads of history.
00:41Our world is in upheaval.
00:44In the Middle East, Iran's axis of terror confronts America, Israel, and our Arab friends.
00:53This is not a clash of civilizations.
00:56It's a clash between barbarism and civilization.
01:08It's a clash between those who glorify death and those who sanctify life.
01:22For the forces of civilization to triumph, America and Israel must stand together.
01:38Because when we stand together, something very simple happens.
01:44We win.
01:45They lose.
01:46And my friends, I came to assure you today of one thing.
02:02We will win.
02:04The pain these families have endured is beyond words.
02:12I met with them again yesterday, and I promised them this.
02:17I will not rest until all their loved ones are home, all of them.
02:28As we speak, we're actively engaged in intensive efforts to secure their release.
02:37And I'm confident that these efforts can succeed.
02:40Some of them are taking place right now.
02:48I want to thank President Biden for his tireless efforts on behalf of the hostages and for
02:54his efforts to the hostage families as well.
03:06I thank President Biden for his heartfelt support for Israel.
03:11After the savage attack on October 7th, he rightly called Hamas sheer evil.
03:17He dispatched two aircraft carriers to the Middle East to deter a wider war.
03:22And he came to Israel to stand with us during our darkest hour, a visit that will never
03:28be forgotten.
03:38I just learned there is a fourth hero here, Lieutenant Jonathan Ben-Hammel, who lost a
03:44leg in Gaza and continued to fight.
03:51My friends, these are the soldiers of Israel, unbowed, undaunted, unafraid.
04:15My friends, defeating our brutal enemies requires both courage and clarity.
04:23Clarity begins by knowing the difference between good and evil.
04:30Yet incredibly, many anti-Israel protesters, many choose to stand with evil.
04:38They stand with Hamas.
04:40They stand with rapists and murderers.
04:42They stand with people who came into the kibbutzim, into a home.
04:49The parents hid the children, the two babies, in the attic, in a secret attic.
04:53They murder the families, the parents.
04:56They found the secret latch to the hidden attic and then they murder the babies.
05:02These protesters stand with them.
05:04They should be ashamed of themselves.
05:17And don't be fooled when the blood libels against the Jewish state come from people
05:24who wear fancy silk robes and speak in lofty tones about law and justice.
05:30Here's a case in point.
05:33Well I have a message for these protesters.
05:36When the tyrants of Tehran, who hang gays from cranes and murder women for not covering
05:41their hair, are praising, promoting and funding you, you have officially become Iran's useful
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