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We don’t point a pistol at our own forehead. That is not the way to conduct negotiations.

Benjamin Netanyahu

There is a structural difference between the way that Europe views Israel, and America views Israel. The European view is informed by the importance of colonialism in Europe’s past.
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Country Europe Past Years
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
So I think we should stay focused on the real problem in the Middle East. It’s not Israel. It’s these dictatorships that are developing nuclear weapons with the specific goal of wiping Israel away.
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Country Dictatorship Middle Real Thinking
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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Country Families Immigrants Integration Making
And I represent the entire people of Israel who say, ‘Thank you, America.” And we’re friends of America, and we’re the only reliable allies of America in the Middle East.
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Country East Middle People Represent Thank
The Palestinian society is split into two – those who are openly calling for Israel’s destruction like Hamas, and those who are not calling openly for Israel’s destruction but refuse to confront those who do. And that’s the Palestinian authority.
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Call Country Openly Palestinian Society
Israel has always been pro-American. Israel will always be pro-American.
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Always Been Country Pro
No partial solution, not even the total redressing of the grievance he complains of, will satisfy him — until our social system is destroyed or delivered into his hands.
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Complain Deliver Grievance Hand Redressing Satisfy
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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Country Divide Law Sentence War Weapon
Some will criticize me no matter what I do.
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Criticize Matter Some
Hamas is responsible and Hamas will pay.
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Hamas Pay Responsible
They’re in the red zone. They’re in the last 20 yards, and you can’t let them cross that goal line. You can’t let them score a touchdown, because that would have unbelievable consequences, grievous consequences for the peace and security of us all, of the world really.
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Country Goal Last Red Yard Zone
[The decision to travel to Washington and deliver the speech] has injected a degree of partisanship, which is not only unfortunate, I think it’s destructive of the fabric of the relationship
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Country Decision Partisanship Thinking
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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Cities Country Home School
In the frameworks of a peace agreement, a government under my leadership would agree to make real territorial concessions but will not compromise our security borders.
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Agreement Government Real
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

We don’t point a pistol at our own forehead. That is not the way to conduct negotiations.

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