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BENJAMIN NETANYAHUWhy 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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Hamas is firing at our cities, at our people, firing from these areas, from these homes, from these schools, from mosques, from hospitals. They are actually using them as weapon storage, as command posts and as firing positions, or right next to them.
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To defeat ISIS and let Iran get nuclear weapons would be to win the battle and lose the war.
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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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Hamas is responsible and Hamas will pay.
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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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The Nazis believed in a master race. The militant Islamists believe in a master faith.
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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 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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There is an irreplaceable ally. It’s called the United States of America.
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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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The only peace that can endure is a peace that can be defended.
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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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You can make peace with an enemy, if the enemy abandons the idea of destroying you. That is the critical test. Democracies fail to understand what I just said.
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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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I think that a strong Israel is the only Israel that will bring the Arabs to the peace table.
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Leaders must see reality as it is, not as it ought to be.
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If I have to reduce all of the laws of war into a single sentence, it is this. You divide the world into two, combatants and noncombatants.
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I think that anyone who moves to establish a Palestinian state and evacuate territory gives territory away to radical Islamist attacks against Israel.
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I will say that I think Israel enjoys strong bipartisan support in the United States. It’s really above and beyond American politics.
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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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Israel has always been pro-American. Israel will always be pro-American.
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Peace is purchased from strength. It’s not purchased from weakness or unilateral retreats.
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I 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.
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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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American leaders worry about the security of their country. Israeli leaders worry about the survival of their country.
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If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons today, there would be no more Israel’
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