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.
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.
More Benjamin Netanyahu Quotes
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You can only end a negotiation for peace if you begin it.
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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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I know Donald Trump. I know him very well. And I think his attitude, his support for Israel is clear.
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I will go to the UN General Assembly and, in a clear voice, tell the nations of the world the truth about Iran’s terrorist regime, which constitutes the greatest threat to world peace.
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Our policy is very simple. The Jewish state was set up to defend Jewish lives, and we always reserve the right to defend ourselves.
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First of all, Arafat is wrong. Jerusalem is Israel’s capital, will never be divided, and will remain the capital of the State of Israel, the capital of the Jewish people, for ever and ever.
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You don’t have people chanting ‘Death to America’ in Israel.
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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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The right combination is between a free economy and social policy that addresses the needs of society and creates equal opportunity.
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I don’t know of any army that does more than an Israeli army does to avoid civilian casualties. But incidental and unintended casualties accompany every war.
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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.
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The Nazis believed in a master race. The militant Islamists believe in a master faith.
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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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My level of intervention in the press, trying to control stories, is zero. Subzero.
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Leaders must see reality as it is, not as it ought to be.
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We stand together to advance peace. We stand together to fight terrorism.
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Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon now presides over the UN Security Council. This means, in effect, that a terror organization presides over the body entrusted with guaranteeing the world’s security. You couldn’t make this thing up.
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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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Israel has always been pro-American. Israel will always be pro-American.
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There is a fundamental situation in which the country has reached rock bottom, that a mother can’t send her children out of the house in the morning. The country has reached rock bottom and this needs to be changed.
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Israel has no better friend than America. And America has no better friend than Israel. We stand together to defend democracy.
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And by the way, a piece of news, Israel is the one country in which everyone is pro-American, opposition and coalition alike.
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I think that peace will require two states, a Palestinian state that recognizes the Jewish state.
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Immigrants from Ethiopia and their families are dear to us and Israel is making great efforts to ease their integration in society.
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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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I think the Israeli people understand now what I always say: that there cannot be a situation, under any agreement, in which we relinquish security control of the territory west of the River Jordan.
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