Dutch → English transcript

Well, Madam President, for countries in the region, like for example Israel,

that acute threat from Iran is there every day.

And maybe not with nuclear means, but with weapons, bombs, and grenades,

rockets, everything they have. So there certainly is

for Israel indeed

a acute threat from what Iran is doing.

And it is now less, whatever you may think of it.

The country no longer has an air force, rockets are slowly running out,

they will not suddenly have more tomorrow either. So it really is leading

Dus dat is wel degelijk dat het ergens toe leidt.

But once more about that population, Madam President, and I will be brief.

I have been there, I have been there three times, a long time ago already,

back when I still could. And even then

back when I still could. And even then

and I am really talking about twenty, Twenty- five years, they already said:

er verandert niets. Er verandert niets, wij zijn onvrij.

we are unfree. I sought out the Jewish community in Isfahan,

whom I had to see in back rooms, living in fear. In Tehran I met the people who

were afraid to voice their opinion for fear of being arrested. And now we are 20,

25 years later and nothing has changed.

25 years later and nothing has changed.

That is the background to my story.

Do you understand that those people, and you are right, I also do not know

what ultimately the objectives are of the two countries that are doing this now.

I just hope they have thought it through better than it now seems,

I just hope they have thought it through better than it now seems,

but doing nothing is the worst thing there is for those people.

Doing nothing and just talking about international law and sanctions here and

sanctions there and dual containment,

what have we all seen go by in the last twenty, twenty- five years.

We have to do something, also for those people.

And just saying that everything is wrong does not help them. No.