In his opening remarks of the AIPAC Policy Conference’s Monday plenary session, AIPAC’s executive director, Howard Kohr, focused primarily on the threat posed by a nuclear-armed Iran, which he called a “danger to America and to the world” and “an existential threat to Israel.”
In an impassioned address to the 13,000 attendees, Kohr emphasized that all options should be on the table, “except the policy of containment.”
“As President Obama stated yesterday morning…containment is not the answer. Preventing Iran from ever having a nuclear weapons capability, that is the answer,” Kohr stated.
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Kohr commended the work of the Obama administration and the bipartisanship of Congress for bringing “pressure to bear on Iran through biting economic sanctions” more than at any time in history.
The threat posed by Iran has been on the minds of everyone present at this policy conference and Kohr’s address emphasized that this was a crucial year for Israel and the United States to stop Iran.
He stated that if Israel does not view an attack on Iran as a first resort, but treats it as the last resort.
“Israel has never treated force as the first resort. It has always been — and still is — the last resort,” Kohr said. “But if Israel is forced into taking military action that she and the world did their best to avoid, then America must stand with the Jewish state.”
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