These are steps that could not have happened even two years ago. It would have been unthinkable, suicidal for us even to try them.

a number unthinkable even two years ago.

a number unthinkable, even two years ago.

We should not be so detached from reality as to treat an advisory opinion as though it were binding, and binding Palestinian obligations as though they were nonexistent. This is not a recipe for progress, it is a sure recipe for failure.

Thank God that the fate of Israel and of the Jewish people is not decided in this hall.

This is not a dramatic development, as Israel also favors a Middle East clean of nuclear weapons, when no threat will exist. The Iranian issue is what the UN is dealing with. The message is clear: Iran poses an immediate and terrifying global threat and it is good that the world has come to its senses.