08/10/2025
75 years ago, the Jewish people returned to the land of their ancestors.
They bought land with their own money — simply to live there. At that time, they had no country, no army. Just as Jewish children were slaughtered in the Tufan al-Aqsa, immediately after the nation of Israel was born, seven Islamic countries united and launched a war against them. There were only about 65,000 Jews then — and no one came to their aid. It was only the one true God, Yahweh, who saved them. Even today, evil forces continue their attacks against them.
Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia, and many other nations showed them no mercy. Everyone wanted them destroyed — but they survived.
Years earlier, after being exiled from their homeland and later returning, much of the land the Jews lawfully purchased was handed over to the Arabs by the British. Despite the injustice of that decision, the Jews agreed to accept only 22% of their ancestral homeland (the British Mandate of Palestine) in the hope of peace. Even when the remaining 78% of their homeland was carved out to create Jordan for the Arabs, they did not protest. When the Arabs then claimed the remaining 22%, the Jews resisted. Still, the UN granted the Jews only about 65% of that 22% — mostly desert land — and even though Jerusalem, the heart of the Jewish people, was not given to them, they accepted it, for the sake of peace for future generations.
When the Jews turned Israel — soaked with their blood — into a land of gold and prosperity, the Arabs once again claimed ownership. Like a thief coveting another man’s property, they demanded control “from the river to the sea.” Yet the Jews held fast to the land they had lawfully received, calling it their own nation, for it represented their very hope and identity.
They have never forgotten:
They escaped from Pharaoh.
They escaped from Greece.
They escaped from Rome.
They escaped from Spain.
They escaped from Hi**er.
They escaped from the Arab nations.
They escaped from Saddam.
They escaped from Gaddafi.
By the grace of Yahweh, the true God, and through His redemptive history, they will overcome Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran as well.
The Jewish capital, Jerusalem, has been attacked 52 times, besieged 23 times, destroyed 39 times, completely razed three times, and captured 44 times — yet the Jews have never forgotten Jerusalem. It is not merely in their hearts — it is their heart. It lives in their minds, and as long as they live, Jerusalem will remain in their souls.
Let the world remember: those who sought to destroy the Jews are no more.
Egypt, Lebanon, Babylon, Greece, Alexander’s empire, Rome — all exist only in history books.
But the Jew still lives.
The Islamists desire the annihilation of the Jewish people.
They have taken Jewish traditions and corrupted them.
They seized the teachings of Jewish prophets and distorted them.
Thus, Abraham became Ibrahim, Solomon became Sulaiman, David became Dawood — reshaping everything with the intent to erase the Jews.
Then one day they said to the Jews, “Your prophet Muhammad has come among us.”
But the Jews did not accept a deceiver who broke their covenant.
How could they? They firmly believed that the time for the true Messiah had not yet come.
When Muhammad commanded them to “accept Islam” and “acknowledge him,” they refused.
For this, they were mercilessly killed.
Their cities and homes were seized.
The Jewish city of Yathrib was renamed Medina.
The Jews were massacred and expelled from Arabia.
There were 200,000 Jews in Mecca all were killed.
They were branded enemies and slaughtered in Syria and Oman, where 300,000 were killed.
In Iraq, there were 200,000 Jews; in Turkey, 400,000 Jews — everywhere, Jews were massacred.
Their cities, money, wealth, homes, livestock, and honor were taken .yet they survived.
Under Islamic rule, in 1,300 years, millions of Jews were killed .
yet God’s promise endured, and the Jews live among us today.
Seventy-five years ago, Islamists spat on Jews, insulted them, and beat them.
That was the fate of the Jews then — but they held firm in their faith and leadership.
Today, the Jews have their own nation — in their ancestral land.
They have their own army, their own economy.
Within this time, Jews created Intel, Microsoft, IBM, Facebook, and many more organizations.
Jewish doctors produce medicines, Jewish writers write books — all for the good of humanity.
The Jews turned the desert green.
They shared their fruits, medicines, tools, and satellites with their friends.
Because they desire friendship with all, their blessings are for all.
They are enemies of no one.
They have never sworn to destroy anyone, never plotted against anyone.
They only wish to live in dignity — in their own land, in their own country.
For thousands of years, Jews were persecuted, expelled, and oppressed —
but they were never erased, never defeated.
And they never will be.
They will prevail.
For 3,000 years, they lived outside Jerusalem — sustained only by hope.
Today, the Jews are once again in their first nation — Israel.
Jerusalem was Jewish, is Jewish, and will remain Jewish.
Jerusalem is of the Jews, and the Jews are of Jerusalem.
Speech by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
“Once a candle, now a roaring lion — Benjamin Netanyahu.”
