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.’
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUWhile Israel is prepared to make generous compromises for peace, it cannot go back to the 1967 lines…
More Benjamin Netanyahu Quotes
-
-
Intelligence is a critical thing.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU -
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.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU -
The idea of imposing peace from the outside doesn’t work.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU -
I 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 NETANYAHU -
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.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU -
This is why, as a prime minister of Israel, I can promise you one more thing: Even if Israel has to stand alone, Israel will stand. But I know that Israel does not stand alone. I know that America stands with Israel.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU -
The only peace that can endure is a peace that can be defended.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU -
In order to restore security for Israeli citizens, every home, mother and child in Israel, and to establish a stable and strong government that will unite the nation…I hereby declare my candidacy.
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.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU -
The entire world is focusing on the compromises that are necessary from Israel’s side. But people [in the world] are not focusing on the fact that the Palestinians refuse to make the necessary compromises that are required on their side for peace.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU -
Every time an Arab leader truly wanted peace, they got it. If the Palestinians truly want peace, we will make peace.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU -
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.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU -
I always lose the election in the polls, and I always win it on election day.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU -
I don’t want a one-state solution. I want a sustainable, peaceful two-state solution, but for that circumstances have to change.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU -
The Israeli aggression on Gaza does not bring peace to Israel. We know that. We want end of occupation.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU