American leaders worry about the security of their country. Israeli leaders worry about the survival of their country.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUThe 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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Our policy is very simple. The Jewish state was set up to defend Jewish lives, and we always reserve the right to defend ourselves.
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In my office in Jerusalem, there’s an ancient seal. It’s a signet ring of a Jewish official from the time of the Bible.
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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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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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I know that Israel does not stand alone. I know that America stands with Israel.
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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.
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Intelligence is a critical thing.
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The truth is that if Israel were to put down its arms there would be no more Israel. If the Arabs were to put down their arms there would be no more war.
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You don’t have people chanting ‘Death to America’ in Israel.
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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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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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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 of the fact that Israel is the one country in a very broad radius that – in which Arabs have free and fair elections. That’s sacrosanct. That will never change. I wasn’t trying to suppress a vote.
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You can only end a negotiation for peace if you begin it.
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Why are we talking about talking? Why negotiating about negotiating? It’s very simple. If you want to get to peace, put all your preconditions on the side, sit down opposite a table, not in a studio, by the way.
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