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“The State of Israel is fighting for its existence and international standing. To this day, there are still some around the world who seek to destroy us and our spectacular project…To this day, our enemies doubt the justice of our existence and our natural and historic right to self-determination.”

“They didn’t know what BDS was then, but it was the same … Israel is dealing with terrorism and orchestrated international delegitimization.”

“As my father, may he rest in peace, said in that speech 40 years ago, words that are reinforced today: ‘We will stand as a united front against those who seek to destroy us, and remind all those who seek to boycott us, isolate us and destroy us, that we will not stand idly by in the face of those heinous attempts`.” (Israeli Opposition leader Isaac Herzog speaking at a Knesset Session to commemorate his Father Chaim Herzog’s speech against the ‘Zionism is Racism’ resolution at the UN, 05/01/2016)