Israel Must Secure Prophetic Fulfillment, Insists Netanyahu

In the interview, Netanyahu thanked Evangelical Christians for their support of Israel, and reminded them that the Jewish state’s rebirth is a “fulfillment of biblical prophecy.”

He stressed, however, that it is now up to Israel and her friends to secure that prophetic fulfillment:

“While my father’s generation was charged with founding the state, my generation was charged with securing its future.”

Even so, the Israeli acknowledged that achieving that goal has required divine assistance:

“A tiny state on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean is now ranked as the world’s eighth power with one-tenth of 1 percent of the world’s population. That’s not something that you can explain away. It’s a miracle of faith and fortitude.”