Candidate Mike Bloomberg spoke out this mornings aipac conference. U. S. Israel policy vision. Good morning. I cannot tell you how glad i am here to be here this morning at aipac. [cheering and applause] i dont think ive ever talked to as big of a crowd, certainly not one ive respected as much as this one. Thank you all for doing this. [cheering and applause] israel is small we know, but resilient and surrounded by adversary. If you caught the last couple of president ial debates, you know i can empathize. [applause] let me think lord chair friedman for inviting me to join you all today. I want to congratulate the new chair and wish her well as she begins one of the easiest jobs in washington. Betsy, i dont know a congratulation or condolences are in order, but good luck. Let me also say hello to all the new yorkers in the room. [cheering and applause] i just hope all of you voted correctly for the merrill candidate back in 2001, 2005 and 2009. If you did not, you will have a chance to atone in 2020. I want to think all of you for being here. Especially the young people in this room. More than 4000 students from all over the country. America needs your voices more than ever and your presence here and the pro israel identity you proudly bring to your classes and campuses bring me hope. Strong supporters of israel feeling unwelcome and social justice conversations, your refusal to be intimidated reminds them of the coverage and integrity that we need in our political discourse. Dont stop. [applause] i could not be more proud of you or more grateful to be here with you this morning at aipac is one of the great things in my life. Thank you for what you do. It aint easy. Just do it. The work that all of you are doing to support israel is very personal to me. Growing up my mother was our temple president and kept a kosher house. My parents taught me that judaism is much more than our rituals. It is also about living our values. My parents generation that meant realizing the dream of a jewish holy land and for us it is about revering the miracle that is now the modern state of israel. [applause] now, my mother and father never had the means to visit israel when i was a child. I have been lucky enough to travel there many times. More than once as an adult. I went with my mother. We named after my father. [applause] and the hospital wing that we named after my mother. [applause] an in 2014 when the faa banned american carriers from flying during operation protective edge , i traveled to israel. They were not afraid to fly. You know, sometimes gestures matter and in my own little way i wanted to show the world that friends of israel will never let fear of terrorism keep us out of our holy land. [applause] that was true back in 2014 when israel faced attacks from gaza, it was true when i had to take shelter as rockets raining down and it is still in 2020 when rockets continue to be launched as innocent places across the state. For as long as israel has existed, terrorist have threatened our homeland. Guess what. The state of israel, the jewish people and the proisrael community will never back down in the face of hatred. If i am elected president , i can promise you i will always have israels back. [cheering and applause] because israel has a right to defend itself by it self. [cheering and applause] and that means i will never impose conditions on military aid no matter what government is in power. [cheering and applause] and that includes threepoint weve billion in Security Assistance and 500 million in Missile Defense we provide israel every single year thanks to the 2016 memorandum of understanding. Israel is on the front line countering american enemies in the region and sharing valuable intelligence and experience with us. Conditioning foreign aid would not only impair israels ability to keep itself safe, but our ability to keep ourselves safe as well. American security in israel safety are linked. [applause] as president , i give you my word. I will never ever compromise on the safety and security of israel. [applause] i also promise to always oppose the movement to deed you legitimize and punish the state of israel as already have. I will stand up to hold israel to a double standard. While i believe it should have been done as part of a piece of negotiation, i have always supported the u. S. Embassy, moving the u. S. Embassy to jerusalem. The eternal capital of the jewish state. [cheering and applause] as president , i will leave it there because that is where it belongs. [cheering and applause] now, i will also never stop working for a please plan that has at its foundation to states. One jewish and one palestinian achieved through direct negotiations. Israel must remain a stable jewish democracy and because palestinians deserve dignity, democracy and opportunity as well. [applause] bipartisan support for israel has been a defining feature of american politics since 1948. This organization has played a critically Important Role in fostering it. The relationship between our two countries has been so strong, precisely because it transcends partisan politics. Both here and in israel and because it is built on shared values. Freedom and democracy. Law and justice. Integrity and compassion. Innovation and ingenuity. In recent years, we have begun to see cracks in that bipartisanship and that is deeply disturbing. Unfortunately, not all of my fellow democrats in this race have attended and aipac conference. Senator sanders has spent 30 years boycotting this event. As you heard by now, he called aipac a racist platform. Let me tell you, he is dead wrong. This is a gathering of 20,000 israel supporters of every religious denomination, ethnicity, faith, color, Sexual Identity and Political Party. Calling it a racist platform is an attempt to discredit those voices. Intimidate people from coming here and we can the u. S. Israel relationship. The reality is, aipac does not fuel hatred. It works to combat it and the violence it can produce. [applause] and if more elected officials spoke to the people here, they would understand that. [applause] now, i have always believed you should meet with people who may disagree with you and listen to them. But, there is one thing i know about jewish people. We do not agree on anything. We cannot even agree on who was the funniest new yorker. Jerry seinfeld or me. Just for the record, it probably is not me, but i did appear in curve your enthusiasm and throw larry david out of new york. I dont remember what he did, but i am sure he deserved it. Strong supporters of israel. We dont need to agree with everything and Israeli Government does and i certainly dont. Proud american patriots of america, we do not need to support everything that our government does either and i definitely dont. Differences of opinion are healthy even on big issues. Let me give you an example. Like many of you, i was against the iran nuclear deal. [applause] but because the deal should have done more to address iran Ballistic Missile program, because we never should have unfrozen their money without mandating that they and their financing of terrorism and because many of the restrictions came with an expiration date. Let me be clear. Our commitment to israel must never sunset. [applause] also, also i know that unilaterally abandoning the deal rather than leading our allies to strengthen it was giving iran permission to relaunch its Nuclear Program. After years of compliance, iran is once again marching towards the development of Nuclear Weapon capability. As president i will work to make the strongest deal possible to constrain the Iranian Regime transgression animation and put an end to their Nuclear Program forever. Because the world must never allow iran to threaten israel and the whole region with a nuclear attack. [applause] the larger point that i am making is we can disagree with specific positions of president s on both sides of the aisle without resorting to personal attacks or trying to claim israel as the exclusive domain of one Political Party. It is not. Whenever an elected official suggests otherwise, we should be unequivocal in condemning them. Israel should never be a football that american politicians kick around in an effort to score points. [applause] maintaining bipartisan support for israel is more important now than it has ever been in my lifetime. Today we are confronted by things we thought we would never see outside of black and white newsreels. Synagogues attacked, jews murdered, neonazis marching by torch light. Not in some other country, but right here in the United States. Tree of life was a synagogue that my sister attended when she lived in pittsburgh many years ago. She has many fond memories of her time there. It was an especially tragic day for her and for our whole family as well. I know there are many people in this audience personally affected by the tragedy as well. Since that attack, jews have been targeted for murder and more than a dozen synagogues in america. The new york area, bullets ripped through a kosher store in new york city. The windows of a brooklyn synagogue smashed. Jews have been beaten and harassed in the streets. The fact is, attacks on jews have been taking place with horrifying regularity. Here is why that is relevant to aipac mission. Because when hatred against jews rises, so too does hatred against the worlds only jewish state. Israel always winds up paying the price. If we are going to defend our most important ally, it is not enough to stand up to their adversaries in the middle east. We need to also stand up to antisemitism everywhere, including here in the United States. [applause] when we look around america, it is clear we are facing not only another epidemic of antisemitism, but a rising tide of hatred because the fact is, there has been an increase on attacks of all groups and a long history of being scapegoated and repressed from being other, different, lesser and less than fully america. I am not only talking about jews, but im also talking about immigrants, muslims, black americans, women and the lgbtq community. [applause] we must stand up to those. I remember visiting a couple years ago. Whenever i think about the holocaust, i am reminded of a teaching from a rabbi from great britain. The hate that starts with the jews never ends there. But we also know, dont we, that what starts with others often ends with us. The jewish people and with israel. We need to stand up against all bigotry and hatred. 412 years as mayor, i led the largest and most diverse city in the nation. I was never prouder than when i stood in the shadow of the statue of liberty and argued that muslim new yorkers had every right to build a mosque anywhere in our city, including near the world trade center. [applause] that was the right thing to do and it was also the smart thing to do. Our city was safer because we declared loudly and clearly that everyone was welcome in new york. No matter what they look like, who they loved or to whom they prayed. In recent years, we have seen hate crimes increase which raises the question, what has changed . There is no single answer and no Single Person or Political Party that isnt entirely to blame. Antisemitism is hardly the exclusive domain of any one group. It can be found on both the right and the left. On town squares and campus quads there is one fact that we cannot ignore. President ial leadership matters. It sets the tone. Either inclusive or exclusive. Divisive or uniting. Insinuate area or charming. [applause] i believe the only way we can make progress as a country is by bringing people together, not tearing them apart. And i can just tell you, i will never stand idly by in the face of antisemitism or in the face of hatred against anyone because i know all of our states are linked. And, as doctor Martin Luther king jr. Said, we are all tied together in a single garment of destiny. I want to be clear. If i am elected president i will strongly condemn antisemitism whenever and wherever it appears. Americans will never have to choose between supporting israel and supporting our values here at home. I will defend both because i know they have always been linked and a strong relationship with israel is based on our values. At this moment in our history, we are called to stand up. Not for Political Party, but for our country and our values and tradition of bipartisan support that is always defined our relationship with israel. This is about defining the meaning of america and recognizing that all groups that have been marginalized, excluded, repressed, scapegoated and far worse rise and fall to gather. Our best hope, our only hope in standing together rejecting those who try to seduce us by dividing us. An uniting behind the only shield that can protect us as american citizens. Our common humanity as gods children. That is what this moment was about. That is why i am here at aipac. The people in this room can help lead the way in bringing america back together. Here is the bottom line. When america is strong, israel is strong. As you know, it is true as well. When america is strong, israel is strong. When america isnt, neither is israel. Thank you all for everything you are doing to make the relationship between the United States in israel grow stronger more bite bipartisan than ever before. I will be standing with you every step of the way. Thank you. God bless. [cheering and applause] Sarah Burnett of the Associated Press is reporting this afternoon that amy clover char has ended her democratic Residential Campaign and plans to endorse joe biden in an effort to beautify behind the former Vice PresidentS White House bid. Senator klobuchar will be flying to dallas joining joe biden at his rally tonight according to her campaign. The second president ial candidate to exit the race following Pete Buttigieg late on sunday. 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