The prime minister of Israel is welcome to speak in the United States, obviously. But we don’t want to see this turned into some great political football
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Peace is purchased from strength. It’s not purchased from weakness or unilateral retreats.
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You know, I said in the U.N., I said to President Abbas, “Look, we’re in the same city, we’re in the same building, for God’s sake, the U.N. Let ‘s just sit down and begin to talk peace.”
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The truth is that if Israel were to put down its arms there would be no more Israel. If the Arabs were to put down their arms there would be no more war.
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If Israel is forced to stand alone, Israel will stand alone.
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I know Donald Trump. I know him very well. And I think his attitude, his support for Israel is clear.
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The Israelis wanted to sabotage the Palestinian – Palestinian reconciliation.
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So for Europeans we are like Belgiums in the Congo, or the French in Alger, or the British in India. Strange interlopers in somebody else’s land. But in fact, we [Israeli] have been here for 4,000 years. This is our ancestral homeland.
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The US-Israel partnership transcends politics and it always will
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The entire world is focusing on the compromises that are necessary from Israel’s side. But people [in the world] are not focusing on the fact that the Palestinians refuse to make the necessary compromises that are required on their side for peace.
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The application of military force, or the prospect of such application, inhibits terrorist violence.
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I don’t want to govern the Palestinians. I don’t want them as subjects of Israel or as citizens of Israel. I want them to have their own independent state but a demilitarized state.
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If I have to reduce all of the laws of war into a single sentence, it is this. You divide the world into two, combatants and noncombatants.
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If diplomacy has any chance to work, it must be coupled with a credible military threat.
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Israel has to accommodate the Palestinian demands and aspirations for ending occupation and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. That is the only answer.
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The Israeli aggression on Gaza does not bring peace to Israel. We know that. We want end of occupation.
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