TPMCafe | Talking Points Memo | Netanyahu: 9/11 Was Good For Israel & Martin Peretz Stays Incoherent

In a speech yesterday, leader of the Israeli opposition, Binyamin Netanyahu, said that Israel faces many problems but that not everything is bleak.

“We are benefiting from one thing that happened, which is the terror attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and the Americans’ battle in Iraq. This changed US public opinion significantly in our favor.”

Netanyahu’s remarks echoed those he made on September 11, 2001 when he said about the day’s attacks: “It’s very good. Well, not very good, but it will generate immediate sympathy.’’

He predicted that the attacks would ‘’strengthen the bond between our two peoples, because we’ve experienced terror over so many decades, but the United States has now experienced a massive hemorrhaging of terror.’’