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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.

Benjamin Netanyahu

What were they thinking? Were they that stupid? They weren’t stupid. There is an irrationality there, and there is madness in this method.
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Country Irrationality Madness Method Thinking
American leaders worry about the security of their country. Israeli leaders worry about the survival of their country.
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Country Leader Security Survival Worry
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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Country Decide Force Military
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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Country Czech International Republic
I think that a strong Israel is the only Israel that will bring the Arabs to the peace table.
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Country Peace Strong Thinking
I’m not naturally manipulative.
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Country Manipulative Naturally
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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Country People World
We will respond with a heavy hand to the brutal murder of Jews who came to pray and were killed by lowly murderers.
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Country Hands Murder Praying
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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Fire Greatest Tactics Victory
Israel can make peace with an organization that seeks its destruction. That’s Hamas. But Israel can make peace with the Palestinian Authority. It requires a lot of courage from both sides including President Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority.
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Country Make Organization Peace President
They’re trying to basically detour around peace negotiations by going to the U.N. and have the automatic majority in the U.N. General Assembly give them, give them a state.
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Assembly Country General Negotiation Peace State
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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Cities Looks President
To defeat ISIS and let Iran get nuclear weapons would be to win the battle and lose the war.
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Battle War Weapon Winning
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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Opposites Simple Talking
I often hear them accuse Israel of Judaizing Jerusalem. That’s like accusing America of Americanizing Washington, or the British of Anglicizing London. You know why we’re called ‘Jews’? Because we come from Judea.
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Accuse Country Hear Judaizing Often Weapon
Israelis do not need to be lectured about the importance of peace by foreign leaders.
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