Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a delegation of Chabad rabbis on the 30th year since the passing of the Lubavitcher Rebbe that “Israel can win this war.”
He said, ““We can win this war. We’re going to win it. We are winning it in fact. Pummeling our enemies with the force and the indomitable courage of our soldiers. They are tremendous heroes. No question about it.”
Present at the delegation were Israeli cabinet secretary Yossi Fuchs, Chabad on Campus Chief Operating Officer Rabbi Avi Weinstein, Chabad on Campus Israel Director Rabbi Moshe Shilat and Harvard University Chabad Emissary Rabbi Hirschy Zarchi.
Netanyahu recalled meeting the Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneersohn.
“I saw the Rebbe the first time in Simchat Torah, 42 years ago. He said three things: Ahavat Yisrael [loving Israel], defend Eretz Yisrael [the Land of Israel] and fight the lies,” Netanyahu said.
“In each generation they rise up to destroy us. And God will redeem us from their hands]. But we have to help the Kadosh Baruch Hu [God]. We have to take our own active action against our would-be destroyers,” he continued.
Netanyahu told the Chabad rabbis to bring the “message of truth” to the world.
“The most important message I have for you is don’t bend, don’t cower, don’t surrender, not to these antisemitic lies, not to the fear, not to the intimidation. You are our ambassadors in the spirit of the Rebbe,” Netanyahu said.
