"These are irregular times," Netanyahu told the Knesset plenum in opening marks to his speech, shortly after outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert spoke his parting words.
"Today Israel is faced with two tests - an economic crisis and a security crisis. The source of these crises are neither our past actions nor past mistakes… our [current] actions, however, will determine the results of these crises," Netanyahu insisted.
Netanyahu pointed to the "spread of extreme Islam in our area, and all over the world," warning against the severe danger of nuclear armament of these extreme forces, hinting at the development of Iran's nuclear activities. "The Iranian leader's plan to erase Israel falls on deaf ears around the world," and is almost accepted as "routine," Netanyahu said.
