I\’ll try to do this in real time, as best I can.

11:08:  Netanyahu enters the chamber to thunderous applause and cheers.  Hugely positive reception.

11:11 Boehner formally introduces Netanyahu.  More enthusiastic applause.

Netanyahu acknowledges Harry Reid and notes that it\’s good to see him on his feet again.  Very wise move, giving a nod to the top Senate Democrat.

First words – never his attention for this to be political, and then a thank you to the USA for its “year after year, decade after decade” support of Israel.  Big applause, and a cheering, standing ovation.

11:15 Netanyahu mentions support of Israel from Harry Truman (the President when modern Israel came into existence) to Barack Obama.  And now he is extolling President Obama for the things he has done on Israel\’s behalf.  Very very smart.  Makes this bipartisan…and makes it that much harder for Obama to slam Netanyahu after the speech is made (not that he won\’t do it).

11:17 Thanks America for working with Israel on its Iron Dome defense system.

Now reminding chamber of Iran\’s overt threats to annihilate Israel and all Jews.

11:22 Reminding chamber that Iran is exporting terrorism to state after state in the middle east.

11:24 States that Iran\’s subjugation and terror must be stopped.  Extended applause.

11:25 Reminds the chamber that ISIS and Iran are fighting to be the king of militant Islam, that whomever wins we lose.  “THe enemy of your enemy, is your enemy”.

11:27 To defeat ISIS but let Iran get nuclear weapons would be to win the battle but lose the war.  We can\’t let that happen. Big applause.

11:28 Now Netanyahu is citing parts of the deal that are public record.  The deal has wo major concessions –  one:  leaves Iran with vast nuclear capability and short breakout time to achieve a bomb.  No removal of nuclear facilities in the deal.  Two – the deal would be overseen by inspectors, but that would not stop Iran – they could just kick out the inspectors, like North Korea did.  And he is reminding the chamber that Iran has denied inspectors access in the past, and played a game of “hide and cheat” with them.

11:32 Reminds chamber that the nuclear inhibitions in the deal, even if they were kept to, are only for 10 years, which is “the blink of an eye for a nation”.

11:34 Reminds chamber that Iran is not putting its missile capabilities on the table at all, and that would enable it to hit any part of the United States.

The deal assumes that Iran will change for the better, or an alternative deal is worse.  Netanyahu disagrees with both.  He points out that this regime has been in place for 36 years and has not gotten any better in this time.  “This is not a farewell to arms, it is a farewell to arms control”  “If anyone thinks this deal kicks the can down the road, think again”

We can insist that retrictions remain as long as Iran continues its aggression in the world.  Extended applause.

11:38 – Iran must do three things:  stop its aggression against its neighbors in the Middle East, second, stop supporting terrorism around the world, “and third, stop threatening to annihilate my country, Israel, the one and only Jewish state”  Extended applause.

“If Iran wants to be treated like a normal country, let it act like a normal country”  Extended applause.

11:40 What about the argument that there is no alternative to this deal?  Nuclear know-how without nuclear material cannot result in making nuclear weapons.  If they threaten to walk out, call their bluff.  They\’ll be back.  They need the deal more than you do.

11:42 No deal is better than a bad deal.  This is a very bad deal.  We\’re better off without it.  Extended applause and cheers.

The alternative to a bad deal is not war.  The alternative to this bad deal is a much better deal. One which does not leave Iran with a vast nuclear capability, no easy path to the bomb.

11:44 we are at a fateful crossroads.  There are two paths.  One leads to a bad deal, a nuclear armed Iran that will lead to war.  The second path, however, difficult, would prevent a nuclearized Iran, a nuclearized Middle east and the horrendous consequences.  The difficult path is the one less traveled, but it will make all the difference……for the peace we all desire.  Extended applause.

11:46 Introduces Elie Weisel to extended applause.  Tells the chamber Weisel\’s life and work give meaning to the words “Never Again” – again to big applause.  Netanyahu guarantees to Weisel (and the chamber) that the days of Jews passively accepting genocidal peace “are over” – huge applause and cheers.

11:48:  We, the Jewish people can defend ourselves (big ovation).  “Even if Israel has to stand alone, Israel will stand”.  But I know that America stands with Israel, you stand with Israel.  Major applause.

You stand with Israel because it is the story of the human spirit that refuses, again and again to succumb to history\’s horrors.

Ends with Moses\’s message:  to be strong and resolute without fear. 

11:51 Final words:  “May God bless the state of Israel, and may God bless the United States of America – thunderous applause, standing ovation.

Tremendous speech.  Hugely important, hugely successful. Not political at all.  Not vindictive toward Obama or Kerry at all.  I doubt it could have been done better.

UPDATE: 

I now know there was a standing-room only audience for Mr. Netanyahu\’s speech – no problem at all finding asses (reference to the body part) to replace the asses (reference to the house members – every one a Democrat) who gave them up. 

And, it is being reported, there were 15 standing ovations – not the BS kind you see at State Of The Union speeches, when the President\’s party is duty bound to bounce up and down like a bunch of NASCAR pistons, but real ones.

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