The rules of engagement have become so rigid that governments often straightjacket themselves in the face of unambiguous aggression.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUWhile Israel is prepared to make generous compromises for peace, it cannot go back to the 1967 lines…
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If the Palestinians do their part, we shall do our part and we shall have an agreement.
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Peace is purchased from strength. It’s not purchased from weakness or unilateral retreats.
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Israel is doing what any other country would do, and certainly the U.S. would do. If 80 percent of your population were under fire and you had 60 seconds or 90 seconds to get into bomb shelters.
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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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Iran is a country that talks about, denies the Holocaust, promises to wipe out Israel, is engaged in terror throughout the world. This is a regime that is giving vent to the worst impulses that you see right now in the Middle East.
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If Iran wants to be treated like a normal country, let it act like a normal country.
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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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A legitimate democracy cannot act against a terror organization because it is using civilians as a human shield, and therefore it should absorb attacks on its own civilians.
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But so far, you know who’s been violating the nuclear nonproliferation pact day and night? Those who signed it. Iran, Iraq, Libya and Iran violates it while calling for Israel’s destruction and racing to develop atomic weapons to that end.
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The Romans used to say that courage is not the only virtue, but it’s the only one that makes the other virtues possible.
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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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The only peace that can endure is a peace that can be defended.
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Our friendship will weather the current disagreement as well, to grow even stronger in the future.
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We are using missile defense to protect our civilians, and they’re using their civilians to protect their missiles.
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Intelligence is a critical thing.
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