Jerusalemites express overwhelming support for Netanyahu’s speech

Citing existential fears – coupled with the perceived naiveté of the Obama administration – residents in the capital’s Zion Square on Monday said they overwhelmingly supported Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right to address Israel’s perspective on a nuclear Iran.

 

Despite conceding the diplomatic fallout that such a polarizing Congressional speech would engender, a cross-section of Israelis agreed that the consequences are favorable to making a deal with Tehran that could imperil the country’s already tenuous security.

 

“It’s absolutely imperative that he makes our case,” said Ben Levine, a middle-aged tour guide, “which is that it’s ludicrous to let a country like Iran – with its history of contributing to violence all over the world – have even the faintest possibility of creating a nuclear weapon.”

 

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