Akunis at Hanukkah candle lighting in Manhattan: 'We are fighting for our land and our faith'

Israel's Consul General in New York, Ofir Akunis, lit candles at a Chabad event in downtown Manhattan.

"We are now fighting for our land, for our state and for our faith. Just like 2000 years ago. We won then – and we are winning now and changing the face of the Middle East," Akunis said.