By COLlive reporter
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu once again mentioned the Rebbe during a public speech in an effort to rally support from Dutch Jews and non Jewish pro Israelis.
Speaking last week at the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, Netanyahu thanked the Netherlands for their role in countering the Iranian nuclear threat, saying that sanctions must be imposed against Iran’s central bank.
“The Netherlands (were) one of the handful of countries who refused to participate in the theater of absurd and stood up and voted on the (UN) Human Rights Council against the Goldstone Report,” he said.
He added, “at the U.N. this past September, I spoke about a meeting I had with the Lubavitcher Rebbe shortly after I came to serve as Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations. And the Rebbe told me that even in the darkest hall, the light of a single candle can be seen from a great distance.”
“In this remarkable synagogue, you are used to the light of the candles. I ask the Jews of the Netherlands and and the many non Jewish friends of Israel that inhabit this great land to continue to light candles of truth,” Netanyahu said to the sound of applause.
He than implored, “Let us work together to insure that this light can be seen far and wide and let everyone know of our shared commitment to defend the one and only Jewish state, to secure our common values and to advance a lasting and secure peace for all.”
Among the people in the crowd was Chabad Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs, Chief Rabbi of the Inter Provincial Chief Rabbinate (IPOR) and a senior member of the Rabbinical Centre of Europe.
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this is not the first time he mentions about his visit to 770…!!!
and the more he says it shows that the rebbe had an inpact on him!!! a verry srtong one!
and i think since Shaza”r, he is the first to talk about the rebbe so opendly… this shows that chabad is ruling everywhere at all times!!! the rebbe is still with us and the messages he gave us will for ever light!!
8:30 mark
to #8, bibi DID PUT ON a kipah on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! STOP LACHON ARA, ALL KLALL ISRAEL WILL BE BETTER!
look closley he is wearing one!!
he is wearing one
He is wearing a kippah; it’s black.
It would only proper if Bibi put on a Kipah when he comes in to a shul, where is his respect for Jews, if a non jew puts on a kipah out of respect when they come to the Kotel, why can’t Bibi show his respect?
Who ever mentioned Tzadik? and how do you draw that conclusion from what Bibi said? You are certainly on a different page than the rest of us. Personally, I think it’s wonderful to know that the message has penetrated enough that he should even be mentioning it. I think you don’t realize the strength of the Rebbe’s outlook and message, everyone in the world is busy trying to fight or ate least tame the bad, but the Rebbe is pointing out with the candle metaphor that if you bring out the good even just a bit of it, and the… Read more »
its around the 8 minute mark
Bibi is carrying the message of the Rebbe like a dedicated Shliach on a mission to protect Eretz yisroel through the ways of nature. Aibishter will see to it that our enemies be destroyed and all the world should come to recognize Hashem’s greatness through the yidden!
Could someone specify where he mentions the Rebbe so I wont have to see the whole video.
you are a little off
get a life, when a head of a state or any famous person mentions the rebbe it’s cool.
that probably means the rebbe was a tzadik!
yup. if bibi says so then i know it’s true…..
NOW SERIOUSLY!!! WHO CARES IF HE KNOWS IT OR NOT??? FOR SOME REASON YOU HAVE TO KEEP REASSURING YOURSELF;
it’s ridiculous. every two days you have another proof that the rebbe is a tzadik