If diplomacy has any chance to work, it must be coupled with a credible military threat.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUEvery time an Arab leader truly wanted peace, they got it. If the Palestinians truly want peace, we will make peace.
More Benjamin Netanyahu Quotes
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But … the days that the Jewish people remain passive in the face of genocidal enemies — those days are over.
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I’ve been right more than I’ve been wrong.
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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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When it comes to Iran and ISIS, the enemy of your enemy is your enemy!
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The Nazis believed in a master race. The militant Islamists believe in a master faith.
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Throw people from the sixth floor, their own people. … They’re the enemies of peace, they’re the enemies of Israel, they’re the enemies of all civilized countries. And I believe they’re the enemies of the Palestinians themselves.
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We stand together to advance peace. We stand together to fight terrorism.
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Don’t be fooled. The battle between Iran and ISIS doesn’t turn Iran into a friend of America.
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Israel does not target civilians. It targets the terrorists.
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The 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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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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Everything should be done to prevent Iran, the world’s most dangerous regime, from developing the world’s most dangerous weapons.
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Israel has done enormous amount of, for peace. I myself have done things that no prime minister previously had done.
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There’s no one in Israel who appreciates more than me the importance of American support for Israel.
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The US-Israel partnership transcends politics and it always will
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I don’t want a one-state solution. I want a sustainable, peaceful two-state solution, but for that circumstances have to change.
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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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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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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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Most 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.
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I’m not intervening in Syria. But at the same time, if Syria tries to intervene with us, if Iran tries to use Syria to attack us, we’ll stop it.
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When I say that terrorism is war against civilization, I may be met by the objection that terrorists are often idealists pursuing worthy ultimate aims — national or regional independence, and so forth. I do not accept this argument.
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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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To defeat ISIS and let Iran get nuclear weapons would be to win the battle and lose the war.
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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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While Israel is prepared to make generous compromises for peace, it cannot go back to the 1967 lines…
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