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With less than two weeks before Israelis head to the polls for the fifth time in less than four years, former Prime Minister and leader of the opposition Benjamin Netanyahu waxed biblical in an interview with Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) CEO Gordon Robertson on the 700 Club program.
In the interview, Netanyahu, who has just released his autobiography, emphasized how the establishment of the State of Israel represented the fulfillment of the biblical prophecy. He also thanked Evangelical Christians for their support of the Jewish State.
“The founding of Israel came after centuries of exile” he explained. “Pilgrims, massacre, culminating in the greatest massacre of them all, The Holocaust.
“The founding of the state was really meant to do two things,” he added. “One, to fulfill the biblical prophecy of the ingathering of the exiles. And also the renewal of Jewish sovereignty in our ancient homeland, the land of Israel. That was achieved. But once it was achieved, it wasn’t necessarily permanently guaranteed unless we made sure it was guaranteed.”
The first prime minister to be born in Israel after its Declaration of Independence, Netanyahu sat in the prime minister’s seat for 15 years, making him the longest-serving prime minister.
In the interview, he discussed how he felt that securing the state after its establishment represented the mission of his generation and of his own life.
“While my father’s generation was charged with founding the state, my generation was charged with securing its future,” he noted. “I devoted my life to make Israel strong, economically strong, militarily strong, and diplomatically to be able to create what I call the iron triangle of peace. We’re so strong that the Arab countries around us, instead of seeking to destroy us recognize that we’re here to stay. And so, one by one we made peace with them. And we just made, as you said, the four historic Abraham Accords which I describe in detail how that was achieved with the help of President Trump and his team.”
The Israeli leader also emphasized how what Israel has become must be considered nothing short of a modern day miracle.
