You don’t have people chanting ‘Death to America’ in Israel.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUThe idea of imposing peace from the outside doesn’t work.
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There is a structural difference between the way that Europe views Israel, and America views Israel. The European view is informed by the importance of colonialism in Europe’s past.
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Intelligence is a critical thing.
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I can tell you one thing, Iran is closer to developing nuclear weapons today than it was a week ago, or a month ago or a year ago. It’s just moving on with its efforts.
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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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The rules of engagement have become so rigid that governments often straightjacket themselves in the face of unambiguous aggression.
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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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My level of intervention in the press, trying to control stories, is zero. Subzero.
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The minute Mr. Putin decided to put his military forces in Syria, I went to see him. And I said, “Look, here’s what I’m doing.
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I always lose the election in the polls, and I always win it on election day.
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Some will criticize me no matter what I do.
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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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The Israeli aggression on Gaza does not bring peace to Israel. We know that. We want end of occupation.
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I think it’s my responsibility, to speak up when something threatens our very future.
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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 we accept the notion that terrorists will have immunity because as they fire on civilians they hide behind civilians, then this tactic will be legitimized and the terrorists will have their greatest victory.
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I don’t think you can rely on Iran. I don’t think you can rely on other radicals like the Taliban. They dispatched Al Qaida to bomb New York and Washington.
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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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We are using missile defense to protect our civilians, and they’re using their civilians to protect their missiles.
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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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I’m a proud member of the rabble.
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I’ve been right more than I’ve been wrong.
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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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I don’t want a one-state solution. But I certainly don’t want a zero-state solution, a no-state solution, where Israel’s very existence would be jeopardized. And that’s what the people of Israel overwhelmingly elected me to do.
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The Israeli government has proved over the past year its commitment to peace, both in words and deeds. By contrast, the Palestinians are posing preconditions for renewing the diplomatic process in a way they have not done over the course of 16 years.
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I don’t want a one-state solution. I want a sustainable, peaceful two-state solution, but for that circumstances have to change.
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