Our friendship will weather the current disagreement as well, to grow even stronger in the future.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUI’m very proud to be the prime minister of all of Israel’s citizens, Arabs and Jews alike.
More Benjamin Netanyahu Quotes
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If the world powers are not prepared to insist that Iran change its behavior before a deal is signed, at the very least they should insist that Iran change its behavior before a deal expires.
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I don’t think Israel can accept an Iranian terror base next to its major cities any more than the United States could accept an al Qaeda base next to New York City.
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You know, I’m just not going to get into American politics.
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So I think we should stay focused on the real problem in the Middle East. It’s not Israel. It’s these dictatorships that are developing nuclear weapons with the specific goal of wiping Israel away.
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I always lose the election in the polls, and I always win it on election day.
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And I represent the entire people of Israel who say, ‘Thank you, America.” And we’re friends of America, and we’re the only reliable allies of America in the Middle East.
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The people of Israel will have to be convinced that the Palestinians are ready for peace.
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Every time an Arab leader truly wanted peace, they got it. If the Palestinians truly want peace, we will make peace.
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You don’t have people chanting ‘Death to America’ in Israel.
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I don’t think that anyone should doubt Israel’s determination to defend itself against terror and destruction.
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Israel has always been pro-American. Israel will always be pro-American.
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Why are we talking about talking? Why negotiating about negotiating? It’s very simple. If you want to get to peace, put all your preconditions on the side, sit down opposite a table, not in a studio, by the way.
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You can make peace with an enemy, if the enemy abandons the idea of destroying you. That is the critical test. Democracies fail to understand what I just said.
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The Palestinian society is split into two – those who are openly calling for Israel’s destruction like Hamas, and those who are not calling openly for Israel’s destruction but refuse to confront those who do. And that’s the Palestinian authority.
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The only peace that can endure is a peace that can be defended.
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I think that peace will require two states, a Palestinian state that recognizes the Jewish state.
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I’m a proud member of the rabble.
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The real reason we haven’t had peace is because of a persistent refusal of the Palestinians to recognize a Jewish state in any border.
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My level of intervention in the press, trying to control stories, is zero. Subzero.
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Hamas is firing at our cities, at our people, firing from these areas, from these homes, from these schools, from mosques, from hospitals. They are actually using them as weapon storage, as command posts and as firing positions, or right next to them.
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Populism is dangerous.
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The Czech Republic stood with the U.S., Canada and a handful of other countries against the prevailing international current, but history has shown us time and again that what is right is not what is popular.
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The Israelis wanted to sabotage the Palestinian – Palestinian reconciliation.
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The relationship between Israel and the United States is a bond of – it’s just a very powerful bond. It was, it is, and will be and will continue to be.
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We want there to be less friction. We want to remove outposts to help the Palestinian population. We will not reoccupy the Palestinian population.
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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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