Peace is purchased from strength. It’s not purchased from weakness or unilateral retreats.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUPeace is purchased from strength. It’s not purchased from weakness or unilateral retreats.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUI’m not consumed with political machinations.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUIsrael should have exploited the repression of the demonstrations in China, when world attention focused on that country, to carry out mass expulsions among the Arabs of the territories.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUI want to tell you that Israel is a democracy and every citizen is automatically registered to vote. There’s a commitment in our declaration of independence, guaranteed under Israel’s law, that all our citizens, Arab and Jews, alike, have the right to vote.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUThe rules of engagement have become so rigid that governments often straightjacket themselves in the face of unambiguous aggression.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUWhat were they thinking? Were they that stupid? They weren’t stupid. There is an irrationality there, and there is madness in this method.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUMost 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 NETANYAHUI’m very proud to be the prime minister of all of Israel’s citizens, Arabs and Jews alike.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUThe 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.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUThe Romans used to say that courage is not the only virtue, but it’s the only one that makes the other virtues possible.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUHistory has shown us time and again that what is right is not what is popular.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUWe are using missile defense to protect our civilians, and they’re using their civilians to protect their missiles.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUIsrael has no better friend than America. And America has no better friend than Israel. We stand together to defend democracy.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUI 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.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUI know Donald Trump. I know him very well. And I think his attitude, his support for Israel is clear.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUThe instability in the region is not a result of Israel and the Palestinians. That was never the cause of this instability. Instead, the disfunctionality of many of these societies that have failed to modernize.
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