Olmert Addresses the Knesset

I haven't been able to find the complete text of the Prime Minister's speech, but here are all the quoted portions I could find.

"I want to offer a big hug to the families of the kidnapped and to the sons themselves."

"We stand at a national moment of truth. Will we agree to live under this evil threat or will we fight…There is no more just struggle than that we are now engaged in,"

"Our enemies were mistaken to think that our desire to show restraint was a sign of weakness,"

"It is of regional and international interest to control and dismantle the terror organizations and remove this threat from the Middle East. We intend to do so."

Hizbullah and Hamas... "are nothing but emissaries, sent and supplied by enemies of peace in Tehran and Damascus."

"[Lebanon] holds full responsibility for the attack launched from its sovereign territory and the same goes for the PA with regard to the Kerem Shalom attack... Opposite the Palestinians we will fight until terrorism ceases, Gilad Shalit is brought home and the Kassam rockets stop,"

"Our position in the north was backed up by the G8 yesterday. We demand a complete end to hostilities, the return of the two kidnapped soldiers and the compliance with the relevant UN resolutions... We withdrew to recognized borders according to the entire international community."

"I am more proud today than any other day in my life to be a citizen of the State of Israel," Olmert concluded. "We will not surrender and we will not back down."

Amen. May God grant peace to Jerusalem, to all of Israel, and His chosen people.