Netanyahu on ‘The New Miracle of Purim’

Stand for Israel  |  March 14, 2025

As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participated in the traditional reading of the Book of Esther during the observance of Purim Thursday evening at Israel’s National Police Academy, he likened the Israel’s current conflict with Iran to its deliverance from annihilation in biblical times:

“Heroes like you have arisen—the heroes of our people. And with stratagem, heroism and courage we turned the tables upside down, and we are breaking the Persian axis,” he said, referring to Iran.

“That’s what’s happening these days. If history repeats itself, at least the people are the same people. This is the new miracle of Purim. This miracle is thanks to you; thanks to our heroic soldiers, our heroic fighters, the policemen and women, who stopped the disaster with endless heroism, and fought back,” he said, referring to the actions of the police on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas-led terrorists invaded the western Negev.