"We're also going to discuss the iron-clad commitment-- and this is-- I'll say this 5,000 times in my career, the iron-clad commitment the United States has to Israel based on our principles, our ideas, our values. They're the same values. And I've often said, Mr. President, if there were not an Israel, we'd have to invent one."

Added emphasis to clarify the context of the quote.

In fact, that is what happened. There was no Israel at one point in time, so they invented one.

I don't understand why.