Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Congressional speech
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Netanyahu warns of 'potential nuclear nightmare'
If sanctions are lifted, Iran could have the capacity to possess a "nuclear arsenal" of 190,000 centrifuges, Netanyahu warns.
Any nuclear deal President Barack Obama and international negotiators might sign with Iran is "bad."
"It doesn't block Iran's path to the bomb," he says. "It paves Iran's path to the bomb." -
Netanyahu speaks of the deal as if it's been made.by Jeffrey Goldberg via twitter 3/3/2015 4:35:55 PM -
"This deal has two major concessions: leaving Iran with a vast nuclear program & lifting the restrictions after a decade." #NetanyahuSpeechby בנימין נתניהו via twitter 3/3/2015 4:36:42 PM -
Netanyahu to Iran: 'Stop threatening to annihilate my country'
Netanyahu says Iran must agree to three things before any negotiations can be considered:
1. "Stop its aggression against its neighbors in the Middle East."
2. "Stop supporting terrorism around the world."
3. "Stop threatening to annihilate my country, Israel, the one and only Jewish state."
"If Iran wants to be treated like a normal country, act like a normal country." -
Pelosi really doesn't look happy. On the last applause line, Hoyer clapped, Pelosi say with her hands crossed.by Matt Fuller via twitter 3/3/2015 4:42:52 PM -
Iran's nuclear program "can be rolled back" more than emerging deal -- keep sanctions on, insist Iran buckle to demands.by Olivier Knox via twitter 3/3/2015 4:43:18 PM -
Now Bibi has to explain how to get a much better deal with a balky Iran.by Jeffrey Goldberg via twitter 3/3/2015 4:44:13 PM
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"If Iran wants to be treated like a normal country, let it act like a normal country." #NetanyahuSpeechby בנימין נתניהו via twitter 3/3/2015 4:44:59 PM
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Netanyahu is basically making the case that Iran must be sanctioned and contained until there is regime change in Tehranby JacksonDiehl via twitter 3/3/2015 4:45:55 PM -
Netanyahu receives a standing ovation for this line: “For over a year, we’ve been told that no deal is better than a bad deal. Well, this is a bad deal. It’s a very bad deal. We are better off without it.”
"No country has a greater stake than Israel," he continues. "We must now choose between two paths."
One leads to a "nuclear Iran," the prime minister says. The other leads to a "better deal" that paves the way for peace, not war. -
by Heritage via twitter 3/3/2015 4:46:20 PM -
So Bibi's alternative is: walk away from talks, assume sanctions regime doesn't collapse, toughen it, restart talks w/tougher demandsby Olivier Knox via twitter 3/3/2015 4:48:38 PM
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#NetanyahuSpeech big cheers when he says Jewish people will never be passive again. 19th standing ovation by our count.by Jeremy Bowen via twitter 3/3/2015 4:49:10 PM -
"The days when the Jewish people remain passive in the face of genocidal enemies, those days are over." #NetanyahuSpeechby בנימין נתניהו via twitter 3/3/2015 4:49:30 PM
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#Netanyahu May Israel and America always stand together.by Chad Pergram via twitter 3/3/2015 4:51:34 PM -
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Hoyer enthusiastically clapping, Pelosi not so much. Gives a golf clap, stops clapping, then claps with just her fingertips.by Matt Fuller via twitter 3/3/2015 4:52:28 PM
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"I know that Israel does not stand alone. I know that America stands with Israel. I know that you stand with Israel." #NetanyahuSpeechby בנימין נתניהו via twitter 3/3/2015 4:53:04 PM
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.@Netanyahu’s speech had nothing significantly new on substance, but was powerfully stated. http://t.co/W5F2vxSq2b http://t.co/CAQrj5PtMg
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What President Obama and Elizabeth Warren did during Benjaimin Netanyahu’s address: on.msnbc.com/1M4UV0z (Getty) http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B_MY4P7VEAA2rP8.jpg
by msnbc via twitter 3/3/2015 6:44:58 PM -
Netanyahu's 'Game of Thrones' reference reverberates online
While comparing Iran and IS, Netanyahu referenced HBO's "Game of Thrones."
"In this deadly 'Game of Thrones,' there's no place for America or for Israel, no peace for Christians, Jews or Muslims who don't share the Islamist medieval creed, no rights for women, no freedom for anyone,” Netanyahu said.
The prime minister's pop culture nod did not go unnoticed..@Netanyahu drops Game of Thrones in Congress speech on Iran http://t.co/rWLNjUxfoN #BibiSpeech http://t.co/fatGyhq3vK
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Say what you want about that Netanyahu speech, but I was not expecting an explicit Game of Thrones referenceMar. 3, 2015- Reply
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Bibi mentioned Game of Thrones in his speech, so we had to: #NetanyahuSpeech in #GoT gifs!: http://t.co/ioJx0DMy5i http://t.co/CybeiKlWRh
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Bibi speech had more references than a Drake song: Game of Thrones, Google, tweets, Farewell to Arms, Robert Frost, Moses #NetanyahuSpeechMar. 3, 2015- Reply
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Game of Thrones. Tweeting. Googling. This dude is hip. #NetanyahuSpeechMar. 3, 2015- Reply
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ABC News' Alexander Mallin went as far as to declare Netanyahu a "secret millennial." -
by Dylan Stableford via YouTube 3/3/2015 8:44:13 PM
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Chris Matthews: Netanyahu 'tried to take over U.S. foreign policy'
On MSNBC, Chris Matthews had some sharp words about Netanyahu's speech.
"Let me get to the heart of this now,” the "Hardball" said. “This man, from a foreign government, walked into the United States legislative chamber and tried to take over U.S. foreign policy. He said, ‘You should trust me, not your president, on this. I am the man you should trust, I am your true leader on this question of geopolitics.’”
Matthews also criticized Netanyahu for not offering an alternative to the nuclear deal the prime minister assailed.
"He didn't mention a single [country] that was willing to sustain tougher sanctions or to sustain these sanctions," Matthews continued. "He never mentioned the real world out there. By the way, never ever forget he was the one — he talked about the countries in which Iran has influence, Baghdad, the war he talked us into. The reason Baghdad is under control of the Shia and under the control of Iran is he pushed that! And he never mentioned that! So, being a hawk all the time takes away some of your credibility, always being a hawk." -
by Dylan Stableford via YouTube 3/3/2015 8:44:20 PM
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Ted Cruz compares Iran to Nazi Germany
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's comments on Netanyahu's speech, via Slate's Betsy Woodruff:
“The deal being negotiated today is reminiscent of Munich in 1938,” the slow-talking Texan said, referring to the Munich Agreement that let Nazi Germany annex part of Czechoslovakia. “And when the administration comes back to America and promises peace in our time, we shouldn’t believe them now any more than we should have believed them then.”
Comparing the Obama administration to Neville Chamberlain, the British leader whose historic legacy is that he tried and failed to appease Hitler, is quite a strong statement. When a reporter asked Cruz if today was really comparable to the rise of the Third Reich, Cruz said, “Yes.”
“There is one threat, and one threat only, on the face of the globe with the potential to once again annihilate 6 million Jews,” Cruz continued. “A nuclear Iran poses an existential threat to the nation of Israel, that’s what Prime Minister Netanyahu has told us.”Ted Cruz’s takeaway from Netanyahu’s speech: "We’re on the verge of another Nazi Germany." http://t.co/YTeie3U7qZ http://t.co/FSX9Y9J1MC
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Word cloud of Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B_M5-qCVIAAvhhy.png
by timmybicicleta via twitter 3/3/2015 9:06:08 PM -
Iran's reaction to Netanyahu's speech: Boring!
“Netanyahu’s lie-spreading campaign against Iran’s peaceful nuclear program has become boring and repetitive,” Iran’s foreign ministry spokeswoman, Marzieh Afkham, said on Tuesday shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech before Congress, according to the Guardian newspaper. “The speech by the Zionist regime’s prime minister was a piece of deceitful theatre which is part of the hardliners’ election campaign in Tel Aviv.”
