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Paths tread by our patriarchs, abraham, isaac and jacob, but we blaze new trails in science, technology, medicine, agriculture. in israel the past and the future find common ground. unfortunately that s not the case in many other countries. for today a great battle is being waged between the modern and the medieval. the forces of modernity seek a bright future in which the rights of all are protected. in which an ever expanding digital library is available in the palm of every child. in which every life is sacred. the forces of medievalism seek a ....
The forces of medievalism seek a world in which women and minorities are subjugated in which knowledge is suppressed, and in which not life but death is glorified. these forces clash around the globe. but nowhere more starkly than in the middle east. israel stands proudly with the forces of mod dernty. we protect the rights of all of our citizens, men and women, jews and arabs, muslims and christians, all are equal before the law. israel is also making the world a better place. our scientists winnow bell prizes. our know-how is in every cell phone and computer that you re using. we prevent hunger by irrigating air rid lands in africa and asia. ....
It s not clear that that would happen. what is the nightmare scenario for you? that you get another iran. you had a revolution five years ago in lebanon. 1 million lebanese, equivalent to 20 million egyptians, walked in the streets of beirut, chanting for freedom, chanting for secular reformist liberal lebanese state. five years later, lebanon is controlled by hezbollah which is controlled by iran. that s what we don t want to see. we don t want to see the stark medievalism that represses women, that crushes the rights of people, that rolls us back a millennium, that fosters violence and does everything that we abhor to take over. i think these are the two poles. one is real democratic change and another is descent to militant islamism that squashes ....
Paradise and all these people will come to power. that s obviously what people in the west and people in free societies would like to see. it s not clear that that would happen. what is the nightmare scenario for you? that you get another iran. you had a revolution five years ago in lebanon. a million lebanese, walked in the streets of beirut chanting for freedom, chanting for secular reformist liberal lebanese state. five years later, lebanon is controlled by hezbollah which is controlled by iran. that s what we don t want to see. we don t want to see the stark medievalism that represses women, that crushes the rights of people, that rolls us back a millennium, that fosters violence and does everything that we abhor to take over. ....
Medievalism that represses women, that crushes the rights of people, that rolls us back a millennium, that fosters violence and does everything that we abhor to take over. one is real democratic change and another is descent to militantism that threatens everyone. i remember watching the scenes from tahrir square in cairo when they were jubilant at the thought of mubarak going and then we doubt scenes from gaza we cut to scenes from gaza where there were equally wild celebrations. as you say, they were not celebrating the expansion of democratic freedom in egypt. they were celebrating the overthrowing of mubarak and the possibility perhaps for them to do a similar thing potentially in israel. well, look, mubarak kept the peace. egypt kept the peace for over 30 years, and it should be remembered and appreciated. ....