Mitt Romney

thank you __PUNCT__ ron __PUNCT__

i appreci your kind introduct __PUNCT__

ron wa a great support of mine dure my presidenti_campaign __PUNCT__

i also want to take a moment to acknowledg my old friend ed levi __PUNCT__ who wa also most gener to support my campaign __PUNCT__

and ed attornei in detroit is a partner with my brother scott __PUNCT__ the law_firm is honigman __PUNCT__ miller __PUNCT__ schwartz and cohen __PUNCT__

scott is the token mormon __PUNCT__

it is a pleasur to particip in thi nation summit __PUNCT__

the work you do ha alwai been import __PUNCT__ work to make israel more secur __PUNCT__ ensur that american_support remain_strong __PUNCT__ and confirm that israel and america stand shoulder __PUNCT__ to __PUNCT__ shoulder in an increasingli danger world __PUNCT__

i believ that your work is about to becom far more import __PUNCT__

it is for that reason that i flew here todai to speak with you __PUNCT__

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i have been to israel twice __PUNCT__ mostli recent in __NUM__ __PUNCT__

i came awai encourag by what i saw __PUNCT__

on that last trip __PUNCT__ i travel __PUNCT__ with some of the peopl in thi room __PUNCT__ by helicopt to al __PUNCT__ fai menasha __PUNCT__

it wa to tour a strateg span in the secur fenc __PUNCT__ stand between the center of israel and the west_bank __PUNCT__

it is at that point that on can see just how narrow the waist of israel actual is __PUNCT__

i wa struck dure that tour by the idf offic that wa brief us __PUNCT__

he bent over backward to explain how low and how unobtrus the fenc wa __PUNCT__ how much effort had been expend to keep it from be too impos __PUNCT__

at on point __PUNCT__ i respectfulli interrupt him to explain that he didn't need to apolog __PUNCT__ at least not to thi american __PUNCT__

becaus if america live in a neighborhood like israel __PUNCT__ with suicid_bomber cross into our countri to kill children in school buse __PUNCT__ we be build a fenc that wa higher __PUNCT__ thicker and hard as concret __PUNCT__

israel should be proud that it valu the blood of it countrymen __PUNCT__ of it children __PUNCT__ abov the approb of foreign bureaucrat __PUNCT__

dure my last trip __PUNCT__ i wa impress with the busi_commun __PUNCT__

as you know __PUNCT__ my career wa in busi __PUNCT__ as a manag_consult __PUNCT__ a ventur_capitalist and as a privat_equiti investor __PUNCT__

while in israel __PUNCT__ we met with entrepreneur and busi peopl __PUNCT__

their ingenu demonstr why it is that israel ha the highest densiti of start __PUNCT__ up in the world __PUNCT__ and more compani on nasdaq than all of india __PUNCT__ china __PUNCT__ korea __PUNCT__ japan __PUNCT__ and europ combin __PUNCT__

i understand that there is talk among some european organ about boycot isra product and bar isra academ __PUNCT__

if thei do __PUNCT__ thei will be punish themselv more than thei hurt israel __PUNCT__

brilliant innov and technolog have alwai been abl to penetr the wall built by the uninform __PUNCT__ protectionist and prejud __PUNCT__ and thei alwai will __PUNCT__

most of all __PUNCT__ i wa impress with the peopl of israel __PUNCT__

that peopl actual immigr to israel __PUNCT__ rather than flee from the threaten and violent neighborhood of the middl_east __PUNCT__ is a testament to their courag __PUNCT__ faith and charact __PUNCT__

it is an inspir to an often self __PUNCT__ indulg world __PUNCT__

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america and israel ar bound togeth by common commit and share valu __PUNCT__

we believ in repres_democraci and human right __PUNCT__

we believ in the rule of law __PUNCT__ in learn __PUNCT__ scholarship __PUNCT__ and free inquiri __PUNCT__

we believ in the digniti of the human_soul and in it god __PUNCT__ given right to ascend abov govern domin __PUNCT__ with freedom to speak __PUNCT__ worship __PUNCT__ associ and think as on desir __PUNCT__

and becaus we share the same valu __PUNCT__ we also share mani of the same adversari __PUNCT__

we reject oppress __PUNCT__ terror __PUNCT__ authoritarian __PUNCT__

violent jihadist have refer to america as the __PUNCT__ great satan __PUNCT__ and to israel as the __PUNCT__ littl satan __PUNCT__ of cours __PUNCT__ thei don't recogn the ironi __PUNCT__ commit as thei ar to the imposit of power over other __PUNCT__ to violenc __PUNCT__ to brutal __PUNCT__ to the subjug of women and girl and to bigotri and racism __PUNCT__

israel ha been fight all of these thing from the moment it wa born __PUNCT__

as the unit_state carri on that fight in countri scatter across the globe __PUNCT__ we know that israel is america most ardent alli in the middl_east __PUNCT__

the world is fast becom a more danger place __PUNCT__

liberti and peac ar threaten in new and fright wai __PUNCT__

russia is return to it authoritarian wai __PUNCT__ fuel by it energi stranglehold on europ __PUNCT__

china ha marri the power of free_enterpris with the oppress of communist rule __PUNCT__

violent jihadist ar fight to crush peopl and nation across the globe __PUNCT__

and rogu nation with maniac autocrat ar recklessli pursu nuclear_capabl that put the world in jeopardi __PUNCT__

left uncheck __PUNCT__ a nuclear race will be join by mani __PUNCT__ mani other __PUNCT__

for all these reason __PUNCT__ america need strong alli __PUNCT__

thi is on reason why i am so veri concern by the current drift in our govern relationship with israel __PUNCT__

in pursuit of a peac_process __PUNCT__ the unit_state todai ha exert substanti pressur on israel while put almost no pressur on the palestinian and the arab_world __PUNCT__

consid how littl we ask of the arab world __PUNCT__

why is it that onli egypt and jordan have peac agreement with israel __PUNCT__ what about saudi_arabia __PUNCT__ the saudi govern will not even sit in the same room as the isra __PUNCT__ let alon normal relat or work toward a realist peac agreement __PUNCT__

in __NUM__ at the height of the olmert __PUNCT__ abba peac track __PUNCT__ the saudi were demand that more u. __PUNCT__ compani compli with their boycott of israel __PUNCT__

israel __PUNCT__ on the other hand __PUNCT__ ha repeatedli demonstr it commit to a last and realist peac __PUNCT__

as you know well __PUNCT__ in __NUM__ for exampl __PUNCT__ israel hand over the gaza_strip to the palestinian __PUNCT__

thi gener __PUNCT__ unilater act wa met in return with rocket fire into israel __PUNCT__ with a coup by hama in gaza __PUNCT__ and with two war __PUNCT__ on on the lebanes border and anoth in gaza __PUNCT__

inexplic __PUNCT__ the unit_state now place the burden on israel to make still more unilater concess __PUNCT__

at the unit_nation __PUNCT__ we decri the build of new isra_settlement but ignor the launch of palestinian rocket __PUNCT__

how is thi possibl __PUNCT__ have we not yet learn from the concess in gaza __PUNCT__ as well as from all record histori __PUNCT__ that give in to the demand of oppressor alwai and onli lead to more demand __PUNCT__ not to peac __PUNCT__

we can encourag both parti in the conflict __PUNCT__ but we must never forget which on is our alli __PUNCT__

nor must we forget that hama __PUNCT__ like other violent jihadist __PUNCT__ doe not have a two __PUNCT__ state_solut as it object __PUNCT__ it ha the conquest and annihil of israel as it object __PUNCT__

the notion that hama and violent jihadist ar motiv by __PUNCT__ share interest __PUNCT__ and __PUNCT__ common_goal __PUNCT__ is naïv in the extrem and danger to the entir free_world __PUNCT__

thi is on reason why america must never cede to the unit_nation our commit to israel __PUNCT__ our leadership of the free_world and our defens of liberti __PUNCT__

i will happili agre that the un ha done some good in it histori __PUNCT__

but i will also insist that it ha also done terribl damag to the caus it claim to uphold __PUNCT__

and on no issu ha it been more irrespons and moral reckless than when consid the fate of israel __PUNCT__

time and time again __PUNCT__ the un ha becom a forum for invect against the jewish_state __PUNCT__

we saw it in __NUM__ when the un pass an anti __PUNCT__ semit resolut that condemn israel as racist __PUNCT__

and we have seen it in just the last few week __PUNCT__ when the un gave a platform to a holocaust __PUNCT__ denier who ha pledg over and over again that he will wipe out israel __PUNCT__

it wa a grotesqu moment and anoth stain on the reput of the unit_nation __PUNCT__

and congratul to prime_minist netanyahu for have the moral courag to sai what need to be said to those member of the unit_nation who stai to listen to mahmoud achmadinejad __PUNCT__ have you no shame __PUNCT__

but the outrag did not stop there __PUNCT__

a report __PUNCT__ titl __PUNCT__ unit nation fact find mission on the gaza conflict __PUNCT__ wa the latest in a long_line of infam act __PUNCT__

the so __PUNCT__ call goldston_report took israel to task for defend itself after be pummel by more than __NUM__ missil fire on israel by hama __PUNCT__

hama not onli wa target innoc_civilian __PUNCT__ it wa also us innoc palestinian as human shield __PUNCT__

israel took extraordinari measur to prevent civilian_casualti __PUNCT__

yet who did the un human right council see fit to condemn __PUNCT__ israel __PUNCT__

again __PUNCT__ the word of prime_minist netanyahu __PUNCT__ a democraci legitim defend itself against terror is moral hang __PUNCT__ drawn and quarter __PUNCT__ and given an unfair trial to boot __PUNCT__

a world in which america is more attun to the approb of the unit_nation than to it alli israel is a world in peril __PUNCT__

mai thi never be so __PUNCT__

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my concern extend to our entir foreign_polici __PUNCT__

if the u. __PUNCT__ govern engag tyranni and autocraci __PUNCT__ countri like iran and north_korea __PUNCT__ syria and russia __PUNCT__ sudan and zimbabw __PUNCT__ base on the convict that we ar deal with common_interest more than compet interest __PUNCT__ it will not end well __PUNCT__

dean acheson __PUNCT__ presid truman secretari of state __PUNCT__ offer wise and time counsel __PUNCT__

follow the __NUM__ world_war __PUNCT__ america had recogn that not everi power on thi planet share our goal and valu __PUNCT__

and thi realiz is what shape the foreign_polici that ha guid us for __NUM__ or so year __PUNCT__

truman __PUNCT__ he said __PUNCT__ had been __PUNCT__ releas from the accept of a dogma that builder and wrecker of a new world_order could and should work happili and successfulli togeth __PUNCT__ truman __PUNCT__ wa free to combin our power and coordin our action with those who did have a common_purpos __PUNCT__

our approach to intern_relat must continu to adher to the vision of truman and acheson __PUNCT__

first __PUNCT__ we should treat our alli like the alli thei ar __PUNCT__

that mean __PUNCT__ for starter __PUNCT__ not be harder on them __PUNCT__ or demand more from them __PUNCT__ than we do from our adversari __PUNCT__

it mean treat them with respect rather than offens __PUNCT__

it mean strive to make their live easier rather than harder __PUNCT__

in short __PUNCT__ we should honor the basic rule that govern state __PUNCT__ to __PUNCT__ state affair __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ foreign_polici commit ar not to be made and unmad at will __PUNCT__ margaret_thatcher onc said __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ we cannot expect other to keep their word to us __PUNCT__ unless we keep our word to them __PUNCT__

keep our word to our alli is a matter of honor __PUNCT__ but it is also a matter of self __PUNCT__ interest __PUNCT__

the unit_state need alli for econom __PUNCT__ polit __PUNCT__ and nation_secur reason __PUNCT__

good alli and strong allianc allow us to share the burden we carri __PUNCT__ complement and supplement our effort __PUNCT__ and present a unit_front against those who wish us harm __PUNCT__

when we treat ani alli in a desultori manner __PUNCT__ and especi if we act in a wai that caus them to question our reliabl __PUNCT__ our resolv __PUNCT__ our commit and stai power __PUNCT__ then thei as well as our other alli __PUNCT__ all of whom ar watch veri close __PUNCT__ will turn to other for their secur __PUNCT__

when poland and the czech_republ ar humili by us __PUNCT__ thei lose confid in america support for them __PUNCT__ and thei mai decid that thei must inclin more toward russia __PUNCT__

if our friend in latin_america like colombia becom convinc that we ar turn our back on them __PUNCT__ thei mai feel_compel to becom more accommod to hugo_chavez __PUNCT__

if japan believ the unit_state is weaken it commit in the pacif __PUNCT__ it mai distanc itself from america and draw closer to china __PUNCT__

when defend of democraci and the rule of constitut and law in hondura find that we have side with their pro __PUNCT__ chavez illeg opposit __PUNCT__ freedom_fighter across the world __PUNCT__ re __PUNCT__ calcul their chanc for success __PUNCT__

and if arab_nation believ that we will accommod iran ambit to domin the middl_east with nuclear_weapon __PUNCT__ thei will move_closer to that veri nation __PUNCT__

whenev or wherev america step awai from on of it friend and alli __PUNCT__ or shrink in the face of belliger tyrant __PUNCT__ those who ar alli with us mai understand or inevit step closer to our foe __PUNCT__

the advanc of human right and the defens of liberti demand that america stand firm with it alli __PUNCT__ all of them __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ i now want to sai more about iran __PUNCT__

the iranian leadership is the greatest immedi threat to the world sinc the fall of the soviet_union __PUNCT__ and befor that __PUNCT__ nazi_germani __PUNCT__

mr __PUNCT__ ahmadinejad __PUNCT__ ha gone well beyond the boundari of outrag __PUNCT__ begin with hi calcul desecr of histori __PUNCT__

when he deni the holocaust __PUNCT__ he could care less about histori __PUNCT__

hi point is about the present and the futur __PUNCT__

hi purpos is not mere to deni the holocaust __PUNCT__ but also to deni israel __PUNCT__

he is test the water __PUNCT__

he want to know who will object __PUNCT__

and how thei will regist their object __PUNCT__

the iranian_regim threaten not onli israel __PUNCT__ but also everi other nation in the region __PUNCT__ and ultim the world __PUNCT__

it is a repress regim __PUNCT__ an intract enemi of liberti and human right __PUNCT__ the world_lead sponsor of terror and subvers war __PUNCT__

the threat it pose to the world would take on an entir new dimens if iran were allow to becom a nuclear_power __PUNCT__

earlier thi month __PUNCT__ senior_staff staff_member of the u.n __PUNCT__ nuclear agenc conclud in a confidenti analysi that iran ha acquir __PUNCT__ suffici inform to be abl to design and produc a workabl __PUNCT__ atom_bomb __PUNCT__

we also learn of a previous secret __PUNCT__ illeg uranium enrich facil that the iranian had been hide near qom __PUNCT__

a nuclear_iran would be a tip_point in the prolifer of nuclear regim __PUNCT__

it is beyond the scope of thi address to provid a detail tactic and strateg approach to iran __PUNCT__ as i endeavor to do at the herzylia confer two year_ago __PUNCT__

in that address __PUNCT__ i detail the six critic step that would have to immedi be taken to dissuad iran from nuclear folli __PUNCT__

not a singl on of them ha been taken by america __PUNCT__

at thi late stage i would simpli sai that it is long past time for america to recogn the natur of the regim we ar deal with __PUNCT__

the iranian_regim is unalloi evil __PUNCT__ run by peopl who ar at onc ruthless and fanat __PUNCT__

stop think that a charm offens will talk the iranian out of their pursuit of nuclear_weapon __PUNCT__

it will not __PUNCT__

and agreement __PUNCT__ unenforc and unverifi __PUNCT__ will have no greater impact here than thei did in north_korea __PUNCT__

onc an outstretch hand is met with a clench fist __PUNCT__ it becom a symbol of weak and impot __PUNCT__

presid eisenhow said it well __PUNCT__ the care of freedom is not long entrust to the weak and timid __PUNCT__

the presid of the unit_state can emploi hi admir and good will to actual accomplish someth meaning and real in iran __PUNCT__ comprehens __PUNCT__ wither sanction __PUNCT__ diplomat isol __PUNCT__ and intern support for the forc of freedom within iran __PUNCT__

the peopl of iran repres a major_sourc of strength __PUNCT__

by and larg __PUNCT__ thei have not been radic by their govern and cleric __PUNCT__ in fact __PUNCT__ the regim effort to crush the upris against it ha onli alien the peopl of iran __PUNCT__

thei fear econom_stagnat and thei hate polit repress __PUNCT__

most ar not seek a militari confront with the west __PUNCT__

inde __PUNCT__ most want greater engag with the west __PUNCT__

and the militari option must remain on the tabl __PUNCT__ and that threat need to be credibl __PUNCT__

unfortun __PUNCT__ for reason that ar unfathom to me __PUNCT__ our govern ha signal that the militari option is effect off the tabl __PUNCT__

how can that be countenanc when an alli of the unit_state face an existenti threat __PUNCT__

i don't pretend for a moment that the cours of action to take with iran is easi or obviou __PUNCT__ there ar cost to anyth we do __PUNCT__ but there ar even greater cost if we do noth at all __PUNCT__

if we allow iran under the rule of the mullah to get a nuclear_weapon __PUNCT__ it will make the problem america_face face_todai look like a walk in the park __PUNCT__

the clock is tick __PUNCT__ with no real progress to show for the preciou time that ha alreadi laps __PUNCT__

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earlier i mention presid truman __PUNCT__

i like to end my remark by recount a remark dai in the histori of our two nation __PUNCT__ as told by michael oren __PUNCT__ israel ambassador to the unit_state __PUNCT__

he tell how word of israel birth reach washington on __DATE__ __PUNCT__

at that moment __PUNCT__ the armi of egypt __PUNCT__ lebanon __PUNCT__ syria __PUNCT__ and iraq were mobil for war against the nascent state __PUNCT__

the question on everyon mind wa whether the unit state would recogn thi new nation of israel and it self __PUNCT__ proclaim govern __PUNCT__

alon in the white_hous __PUNCT__ with much of the world and mani in hi own administr against recogn israel __PUNCT__ truman ponder the ramif of hi decis __PUNCT__

at eleven minut past six in the even __PUNCT__ an administr spokesman appear befor report at the white hous __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ thi govern ha been inform that a jewish_state ha been proclaim in palestin and that recognit ha been request by the provision govern thereof __PUNCT__ then __PUNCT__ read from a print text __PUNCT__ underst the moment of hi messag __PUNCT__ the spokesman said __PUNCT__ the unit_state recogn the provision govern as the de_facto author of the state of israel __PUNCT__

truman never regret hi decis or the kei_role he plai in mid __PUNCT__ wife the birth of the jewish_state __PUNCT__

he understood how on everi level __PUNCT__ moral and geopolit __PUNCT__ cultur and histor __PUNCT__ it wa right for america to stand with israel __PUNCT__

harri s __PUNCT__ truman wa a wise and courag presid __PUNCT__ a person of unshak principl __PUNCT__ and a man who help bend histori in the direct of justic __PUNCT__

truman wa a great presid __PUNCT__ in part becaus he wa deepli commit to our friend __PUNCT__ to our nation_charact __PUNCT__ and to the state of israel __PUNCT__

as it wa __PUNCT__ let us hope it shall be again __PUNCT__

thank you veri much __PUNCT__