israel's gulf nations are warming to her. prime oman received minister benjamin netanyahu for a visit. that same year, the u.a.e. played the israel national anthem, not once but twice. [applause] last year, our berani friends allowed israeli journalists to visit for the first time since 1994. [applause] saudi, crown prince said "i believe -- i believe the palestinians and the israelis have the right to have their own land." [applause] and i remember being in that room when ambassadors from ohman, bahrain attended the white house ceremony unveiling the plan for peace where president trump and benjamin netanyahu both offered remarks. [applause] these are small examples. just a few glimpses of harmony and there's still much more progress to be made. at i think these anecdotes is real shift amongst israel's neighborhoods. the more the neighbors embraces israel, the brighter the future will be. that's true for the entire region. [applause] as i said earlier, there are some around the world who still refuse israel shining example or respect israel's rights as a nation. the number one state sponsor of anti-semitism the islamic republic of iran is undou

it became the national anthem of the state of israel. modern israel is committed to fighting anti-semitism and defending jews worldwide, only today anti- semitism is not just active in venezuela or remote areas of yemen, it is being revived in the heart of western civilization. in france, the united kingdom and in germany as well as in the u.s. and canada. this new wave of anti-semitism can be fought with legal tools and with education. anti-semitic incitement can have lethal consequences, so we ask our allies in the west to stand firm and help us vanquish hate speech and vanquish this phenomenon before it games further strength. i want to close with an observation as a former diplomat. we have a very important tool to fight this. in 1948 the international community signed the genocide convention, and the genocide convention contains a specific clause outlawing incitement to genocide. when the iranian leadership spoke about wiping israel off the map, we convened a group of international legal scholars to look into whether they had crosse

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