I was trying to get something to counter a foreign-funded effort to get votes that are intended to topple my party. And I was calling on our voters to come out.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUIsrael can make peace with an organization that seeks its destruction. That’s Hamas. But Israel can make peace with the Palestinian Authority. It requires a lot of courage from both sides including President Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority.
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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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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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Leaders must see reality as it is, not as it ought to be.
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I know that Israel does not stand alone. I know that America stands with Israel.
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So for Europeans we are like Belgiums in the Congo, or the French in Alger, or the British in India. Strange interlopers in somebody else’s land. But in fact, we [Israeli] have been here for 4,000 years. This is our ancestral homeland.
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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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I’m very proud to be the prime minister of all of Israel’s citizens, Arabs and Jews alike.
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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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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.
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The rules of engagement have become so rigid that governments often straightjacket themselves in the face of unambiguous aggression.
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The people of Israel will have to be convinced that the Palestinians are ready for peace.
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I’m the prime minister who removed 400 checkpoints, barriers, road-blocks and so on to facilitate the growth of the Palestinian economy.
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Israelis do not need to be lectured about the importance of peace by foreign leaders.
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I don’t think that anyone should doubt Israel’s determination to defend itself against terror and destruction.
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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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