Did you watch Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech on Tuesday to a joint session of Congress? It was a doozy, garnering front-page headlines across the nation. It seems everyone’s got an opinion, ranging from Netanyahu being all rhetoric and no action to other lauding him for telling it like it is.
So what’s yours?
His talk was full of clever turns of phrases, and here are a few that caught our attention. Did we pick the right ones, or did we miss some of his key points?
BEST QUOTE OF THE MORNING: "Even if Israel has to stand alone, Israel will stand." #NetanyahuSpeech
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Bibi: For the first time in generations, we the Jewish people can defend ourselves. #NetanyahuSpeech
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Alternative to this bad deal is not war, but a better deal. "A deal we may not like, but with which we could live, literally."
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Bibi: "If Irans wants to be treated like a normal country it must act like a normal country." #NetanyahuSpeech
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We also noticed a decidedly literary theme to the speech, from the use of alliteration to allusions to Frost and Hemingway. Seems like the PM has an English major on staff!
Nice Hemingway reference: This deal won't be a Farewell to Arms, it is a farewell to arms control. #NetanyahuSpeech
— IJN (@IJN_Colorado) March 3, 2015
