I don’t think Israel can accept an Iranian terror base next to its major cities any more than the United States could accept an al Qaeda base next to New York City.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUI don’t think Israel can accept an Iranian terror base next to its major cities any more than the United States could accept an al Qaeda base next to New York City.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUIf diplomacy has any chance to work, it must be coupled with a credible military threat.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUIsrael has done enormous amount of, for peace. I myself have done things that no prime minister previously had done.
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.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUI’m not consumed with political machinations.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUThe application of military force, or the prospect of such application, inhibits terrorist violence.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUI think it’s my responsibility, to speak up when something threatens our very future.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU[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
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUI think that anyone who moves to establish a Palestinian state and evacuate territory gives territory away to radical Islamist attacks against Israel.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUI’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.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUI think that peace will require two states, a Palestinian state that recognizes the Jewish state.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUThe purpose of the Jewish state is to secure the Jewish future. That is why Israel must always have the ability to defend itself, against any threat.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUWhen 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.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUI will say that I think Israel enjoys strong bipartisan support in the United States. It’s really above and beyond American politics.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUI say that to my colleagues, by the way, in the internal Cabinet meetings, I say, ‘Look, I want to be very clear about what I want.’ I just – I don’t want a peace process, I want a peace result.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUI’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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