The Struggle Against the Oslo Accords

00:02 Speaker 1 Ladies and gentlemen, friends, supporters of the Jewish people, the Land of Israel and Israel’s security. A few days of limited terrorism have passed, and on that basis they tell us that Arafat has fulfilled all his commitments to their complete satisfaction. I have said it before, I have said it many times, and I will say it again tonight: It is quite possible that the cunning serpent Arafat will hold his fire for a while, together with his friends in Hamas, until they establish their state. Only afterward, when they have that state, when they hold the hills above Tel Aviv, when they hold the very heart of the country, will they renew the attacks and the killing. Then they will bring the Arab confrontation states in alongside them. That is exactly what Arafat writes in his plan of stages. Anyone who wants, anyone who expects this government to stop this course of action, these stages, must stand up now and act with us against it. We say to you: We will not lend a hand to this. We will not lend a hand to the plan of stages for the destruction of the State of Israel. What we are fighting for is true peace, not a false peace. What we are fighting for is the expansion of Jewish settlement, not its reduction. What we are fighting for is the advancement of Jewish immigration, not the advancement of the right of return. What we are fighting for is a stronger IDF, not the entrusting of our security to a terrorist army bent on destroying us. Our alternative, our alternative has a name. It is called Zionism. That is our alternative: Zionism. Not post-Zionism, not anti-Zionism, but Zionism in the plain sense of the word. At the heart of Zionism is Zion: a united Jerusalem under Israeli sovereignty. Arafat will never enter Jerusalem. And I ask this enormous crowd: Is there anyone among you who believes Yasser Arafat?

03:10 Speaker 2 No.

03:10 Speaker 1 Is there anyone here willing to entrust Israel’s security to the PLO?

03:18 Speaker 2 No.

03:18 Speaker 1 You say no, you say no. Well, I ask: What does move him? What Darawshe says moves him. What Rakah says, what Hadash says—those who keep his coalition in power—that moves him. And of course, what Arafat says certainly moves him, because he has placed all his trust in him. I know of no other government that would hand over the heights overlooking its cities and communities to Yasser Arafat and his associates. There is no room here for individual positions. Every Knesset member in the national camp must vote against this agreement, standing as one in firm opposition. There can be no deviation from this line. I am saying what you already know: The Jewish people will not abandon their land. The Jewish people will not abandon their security. The Jewish people will not trade the hopes of generations for a fool’s dream. The Jewish people live, and we will prevail. The Jewish people live, and we will succeed.