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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.

Benjamin Netanyahu

When I say that terrorism is war against civilization, I may be met by the objection that terrorists are often idealists pursuing worthy ultimate aims — national or regional independence, and so forth. I do not accept this argument.
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Civilization Impact Objection War
They deny the rights of women, deny democracy, brutalize their own people, don’t give freedom of religion.
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Country Deny Freedom Religion Rights
Some will criticize me no matter what I do.
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Criticize Matter Some
I know that Israel does not stand alone. I know that America stands with Israel.
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Alone Country Know Stand
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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Leader Palestinian Peace Want
I’m very proud of the fact that Israel is the one country in a very broad radius that – in which Arabs have free and fair elections. That’s sacrosanct. That will never change. I wasn’t trying to suppress a vote.
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Country Free Party
But so far, you know who’s been violating the nuclear nonproliferation pact day and night? Those who signed it. Iran, Iraq, Libya and Iran violates it while calling for Israel’s destruction and racing to develop atomic weapons to that end.
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Country Destruction Night Nonproliferation
I don’t think that anyone should doubt Israel’s determination to defend itself against terror and destruction.
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Country Determination Thinking
I would say we want to stop the firing of rockets, for sure. But we also want to dismantle the terror – the tunnel – the terror tunnel networks that we have uncovered.
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Dismantle Rockets Tunnel Want
I had differences of opinion with President Obama and most well-known, of course, is Iran.
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Country Differences President
I told John Kerry and General Allen, the Americans’ expert, ‘We live here, I live here, I know what we need to ensure the security of Israel’s people.’
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Country Experts People
Donald Trump feels very warmly about the Jewish state, about the Jewish people and about Jewish people. There’s no question about that.
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People States Trump Warmly
I don’t want a single state. And I talked about two states where a demilitarized Palestinian state recognizes the Jewish state, and I stand by that. I haven’t retracted my position; I haven’t changed it.
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Demilitarized States Two Want
I think they’re timid, they’re afraid to actually stand up to these killers. And I think that they’re afraid, maybe for their own sake, for their own political hides, sometimes for their own physical safety. And they don’t take that necessary plunge.
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Killer Physical Sake Sometimes Think Timid
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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Cities Country Home School
I will say that I think Israel enjoys strong bipartisan support in the United States. It’s really above and beyond American politics.
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Country Strong Support Thinking

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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