In the frameworks of a peace agreement, a government under my leadership would agree to make real territorial concessions but will not compromise our security borders.
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.
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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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Leaders must see reality as it is, not as it ought to be.
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Some will criticize me no matter what I do.
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American leaders worry about the security of their country. Israeli leaders worry about the survival of their country.
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If Israel is forced to stand alone, Israel will stand alone.
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We want to end this misery of the Palestinian people in order for us really to live with dignity as human beings in an independent state side by side with the Israeli state.
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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.
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We will respond with a heavy hand to the brutal murder of Jews who came to pray and were killed by lowly murderers.
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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 Israelis wanted to sabotage the Palestinian – Palestinian reconciliation.
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I can tell you one thing, Iran is closer to developing nuclear weapons today than it was a week ago, or a month ago or a year ago. It’s just moving on with its efforts.
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When it comes to Iran and ISIS, the enemy of your enemy is your enemy!
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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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I know Donald Trump. I know him very well. And I think his attitude, his support for Israel is clear.
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I often hear them accuse Israel of Judaizing Jerusalem. That’s like accusing America of Americanizing Washington, or the British of Anglicizing London. You know why we’re called ‘Jews’? Because we come from Judea.
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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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The Nazis believed in a master race. The militant Islamists believe in a master faith.
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Intelligence is a critical thing.
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I think that peace will require two states, a Palestinian state that recognizes the Jewish state.
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I would say we want to stop the firing of rockets, for sure. But we also want to dismantle the terror – the tunnel – the terror tunnel networks that we have uncovered.
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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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If there is a birthrate demographic problem, and there is, it is with the non-White races Israeli Arabs who are American will remain Israeli citizens.
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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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Hamas is responsible and Hamas will pay.
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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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