Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Knesset Plenum, during a remembrance ceremony for Ze’ev Jabotinsky, in which he drew a line of equivalence between Nazism and communism of the early 20th century to extreme Islamism of today. Netanyahu warned that the dangers of radical Islam must not be taken lightly as it is an existential threat, both to the Jewish state, as well as to the entire free world and beyond. “The Nazism and the Communize endangered freedom societies in the 20th century. Radical Islam is endangering freedom societies in the 21st century. Radical Islam with both its factions, the Shiite faction led by Iran, and the Sunni faction led by ISIL, both strive to place their flags on the ruins of the free world.” He added, “And also today, self-denial won’t help, the strengthening of radical Islam including its attempts to obtain nuclear weapons pose an existential threat on us certainly, but also on various parts of the free world, and I am telling you that not only on the free world. The choice is clear and sharp, we can ether witness the threat escalating with increased blood shedding, or the freedom camp will come to its senses and demonstrate willingness to be at the forefront of a broad international and effective front, in order to eradicate the evil and lift the threat that is imposed on us,” Netanyahu said.
Prime Minister Netanyahu stressed that Israel will stand strong in the forefront against the radical Islamism and will continue to do so with power and determination.