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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.

Benjamin Netanyahu

I know Donald Trump. I know him very well. And I think his attitude, his support for Israel is clear.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU

Attitude Country Thinking
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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Congo Country Else India Land People Somebody
I think that a strong Israel is the only Israel that will bring the Arabs to the peace table.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU

Country Peace Strong Thinking
The purpose of the Jewish state is to secure the Jewish future. That is why Israel must always have the ability to defend itself, against any threat.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU

Country Purpose States
In my office in Jerusalem, there’s an ancient seal. It’s a signet ring of a Jewish official from the time of the Bible.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU

Bible Kings Office Ring Wall Years
The Iranian acquisition of nuclear weapons would be infinitely more costly than any scenario you can imagine to stop it.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU

Acquisition Imagine Nuclear Weapon
I’m not naturally manipulative.
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Country Manipulative Naturally
I say that to my colleagues, by the way, in the internal Cabinet meetings, I say, ‘Look, I want to be very clear about what I want.’ I just – I don’t want a peace process, I want a peace result.
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Cabinets Country Want Way
If terror tunnels were dug underneath your border in order to come in and explode your kindergartens and massacre your people and kidnap American citizens.
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Certainty Citizen Country Other Percent Population
You can only end a negotiation for peace if you begin it.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU

Country Ends Negotiation
Most of the approaches to peace between Israel and the Palestinians, have been directed at trying to resolve the most complex problems, like refugees and Jerusalem, which is akin to building the pyramid from the top down.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU

Down Israel Pyramids Top
Anyone who is going to establish a Palestinian state, anyone who is going to evacuate territories today, is simply giving a base for attacks to the radical Islam against Israel.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU

Country Giving Going Simply Territory
I’m not intervening in Syria. But at the same time, if Syria tries to intervene with us, if Iran tries to use Syria to attack us, we’ll stop it.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU

Attack Country Intervening Stop Tries
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.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU

Change Country World Signed
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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Commitment Country Past Years
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.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU

Killer Physical Sake Sometimes Think Timid

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 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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