Natan Sharansky said at the rally in Washington: "This clearness, that as long as we all stand together and fight together we will win, that is what gives us hope today in Israel. Because we in Israel go through difficult days. We go from one funeral of the soldier who fell fighting against Hamas yesterday and another funeral of the family who was tortured and killed five weeks ago but was identified only now. And in-between you go to the family whose children were kidnapped and became hostages. And wherever you go, you hear more and more stories about torture and murder.
"How do you keep going? You keep going by doing it together. When our brave soldiers are fighting, they know very well that they fight for the future of Israel and the Jewish people. When all our country, in solidarity, in mobilization, in devotion, is embracing them, we know again we are one fighting family: Family which is so strong, which has so much love, and you know that there is only one outcome in this battle, our victory."