“I Am Deeply Worried”

December 10, 2007

Protesting Ahmadinejad

Tzipi Livni, Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs “Make no mistake. Iran is not only a threat to Israel, and not only a threat to its neighbors, but a threat to the entire world. And today we ask—where is the world? Where are its values? Why does it hesitate while Iran casts its dark shadow of terror across the globe, while its president mocks the Holocaust…

“We are here to tell the world—to demand from the world—to wake up before it is too late!! We are here to demand that Iran’s terrorist allies—Hamas and Hizbullah—release our sons Eldad Regev, Udi Goldwasser, and Gilad Shalit—and release them now!

“We are here to protect democracy—true democracy—from those who abuse it to advance tyranny and terror. And we are here—united—to stand for the Jewish state, my homeland Israel—a proud and vibrant democracy—whose rights cannot be denied and whose will cannot be broken.

“This is not a rally of fear—it is a rally of determination. It is a rally of those who believe in peace and coexistence. But it is also a rally of those who expect the United Nations, and the states of the world, to live up to their promise.

“To say enough is enough! To defend their values! To end their hypocrisy! We will not rest, and we will not be silent until they do. We will stand strong, together and united, against this evil. And we will prevail.”

—Tzipi Livni, Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, excerpts of her speech at a protest rally in front of the UN during Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit,               September 24, 2007