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Source: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-857739
Israel to UN Security Council: "How Long Did the World Expect Us to Wait?"
(Jerusalem Post-Media Line) Leah Schwartz - Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon told an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Friday that the mission of Israel's operation in Iran was to "dismantle Iran's nuclear program, eliminate the architects of its terror and aggression, and neutralize the regime's ability to follow through on its repeated public promise to destroy the state of Israel." "How long did the world expect us to wait?...Until they assembled the bomb? Until they mounted it on a Shahab missile? Until it was en route to Tel Aviv or Jerusalem, like the more than 100 missiles that they sent an hour ago?" "When Iran marched toward nuclear capability, you said nothing. When they crossed line after line, you drew none of your own. So we acted. We acted to ensure our people live. We acted so that Jewish children in Jerusalem will not wake up to the sound of air raid sirens triggered by a nuclear launch." What Israel was seeking from the Security Council, Danon said, was not permission but recognition: "Recognition that Israel did what the world should have done. Recognition that the Iranian regime violated every obligation they ever undertook. Recognition that Israel had the undeniable right and duty to defend its people from extermination."