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WASHINGTON-Iran speaks openly of its desire to wipe Israel off the map, and the world does nothing, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told the United Nations General Assembly on Monday."Too many see the danger but walk idly by-hoping that someone else will take care of it," she said, adding that Iran was the most prominent sponsor of terrorist in the world. "It is a major source of instability and conflict in Iraq, Lebanon,Palestine and across the entire Middle East and it is the enemy of Arab-Israeli co-existence," she added.Addressing the issue of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Holocaust denial, Livni said,"No one disagrees that Iran denies the Holocaust and speaks openly of its desire to wipe a member state-mine-off the map."And none disagrees that, in violation of Security Council resolutions, it is actively pursuing the means to achieve this end."But there are still those who, in the name of consensus and engagement, continue to obstruct the urgent steps which are needed to bring Iran's sinister ambitions to a halt."The foreign minister reminded the representatives of the UN member states that the organization was established after the Shoah with the goal of preventing another Holocaust."What is the value, we have to ask, of an organization which is unable to take effective action in the face of a direct assault on the very principles it was founded to protect?"It is time for the United Nations, and the States of the world, to live up to their promise of never again. To say enough is enough, to act now and to defend their basic values."In her speech, Livni also mentioned the three kidnapped IDF soldiers, whose family members were present at the Assembly while she spoke.
'World cannot afford another terror state'
Addressing the negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, Livni said, "There is no substitute for the bilateral process. Failure is not an option – but it is for the parties themselves to define success."The foreign minister said that Israel opposed the return of Palestinian refugees to Israel."The foundation for true peace lies in the vision of two states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security.The world shares this vision, but it is also important that it clearly embraces the two core principles that emerge from it.The first – two states, two homelands - just as Israel is homeland to the Jewish people, so Palestine will be established as the homeland and the national answer for the Palestinian people, including the refugees."The second – living side by side in peace and security - just as a viable and prosperous Palestine in the West Bank and Gaza is an Israeli interest, so a secure Israel must be a Palestinian interest. The world cannot afford another terror state."
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