Israeli Ambassador to the USA Dr. Michael Oren (a native of New Jersey) spoke this evening at Cincinnati’s Mayerson JCC. It is still rather icy out and over 700 people came to hear him. These are not his exact words, just my notes on some things he said:
Someone asked how we live with uncertainty – we do it every day and have done so since 1948.
Keeping in mind what Iran has done without nuclear weapons, can you imagine what Iran will do with them?
We want Bashar Assad to go. We would like all of our neighbors to be peace-loving democracies.
We face many challenges but are far from helpless.
We have signed onto the Iran sanctions for the last 2 years.
Combined with a credible military threat, sanctions may dissuade Iran.We are meeting our challenges every day and embody the resilience of the Jewish people. We are even exporting wine to France!
You can be certain of our resilience!
Q&A Session:
There are tactical disagreements with the Obama administration but our security cooperation is excellent!
The greatest threat to peace is Iran’s nuclear program.