Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu addressed AIPAC's annual policy conference on Tuesday, sending his condolences to the families of those killed earlier in the day in a string of attacks in Brussels, Belgium.
Speaking via live video feed, Netanyahu said that the chain of attacks currently being seen from Paris to San Bernadino and now in Brussels is one continuous assault that includes the daily attacks in Israel.
"In all these cases the terrorists have no resolvable differences," Netanyahu said. "What they seek is our utter destruction," he added."Their basic demand is that we should disappear," Netanyahu told the conference. "That's not going to happen," he vowed.
Netanyahu said that political unity and moral clarity were needed to "defeat terrorism."
He thanked AIPAC for its support for Israel during last year's debate on the Iran nuclear deal. The prime minister said that despite their differences, the unbreakable alliance between Israel and the US was not broken.
Speaking of the peace process with the Palestinians, Netanyahu said that the best formula for peace remains a negotiated solution that would bring about two states for two peoples.
He said that he was happy to have heard that the presidential candidates from both parties rejected the idea of a UN Security Council resolution forcing a solution to the conflict from the outside.
Netanyahu said that he remains prepared to begin negotiations with the Palestinians immediately, while Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has shot down efforts to restart talks.
He slammed Abbas for inciting violence against Israel. The prime minister showed a video in which Palestinian Authority schools and leaders' incitement against Israel was displayed.
