at the herzliya conference. what was timely then has become urgent today. et me turn from iran to other nations in the middle east, where we have seen rising tumult and chaos. to the north, syria is on the brink of a civil war. the dictator in damascus, no friend to israel and no friend to america, slaughters his own people as he desperately clings to power. your other neighbor to the north, lebanon, is under the growing and dangerous influence of hezbollah. after a year of upheaval and unrest, egypt now has an islamist president, chosen in a democratic election. hopefully, this new government understands that one true measure of democracy is how those elected by the majority respect the rights of those in the minority. the international community use its considerable influence to ensure that the new government honors the peace agreement with israel that was signed by the government of anwar sadat. [applause] as you know only too well, since hamas took control of the gaza strip in 2007, thousands rockets have rained on israeli homes and cities. i have walked

at the herzliya conference. what was timely then has become urgent today. et me turn from iran to other nations in the middle east, where we have seen rising tumult and chaos. to the north, syria is on the brink of a civil war. the dictator in damascus, no friend to israel and no friend to america, slaughters his own people as he desperately clings to power. your other neighbor to the north, lebanon, is under the growing and dangerous influence of hezbollah. after a year of upheaval and unrest, egypt now has an islamist president, chosen in a democratic election. hopefully, this new government understands that one true those elected by the majority respect the rights of those in the minority. the international community must use its considerable to ensure that the new government honors the peace agreement with israel that was signed by the government of anwar sadat. [applause] as you know only too well, since hamas took control of the gaza strip in 2007, thousands rockets have rained on israeli homes and cities. its people. and now, new attacks have been sin