American leaders worry about the security of their country. Israeli leaders worry about the survival of their country.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUYou don’t have people chanting ‘Death to America’ in Israel.
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I unequivocally condemn the striking of the soldier from the Ethiopian community and those responsible will be brought to justice but nobody has the right to take the law into their own hands,
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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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The idea of imposing peace from the outside doesn’t work.
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[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
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I don’t think you can rely on Iran. I don’t think you can rely on other radicals like the Taliban. They dispatched Al Qaida to bomb New York and Washington.
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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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When 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.
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The Palestinian society is split into two – those who are openly calling for Israel’s destruction like Hamas, and those who are not calling openly for Israel’s destruction but refuse to confront those who do. And that’s the Palestinian authority.
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You can only end a negotiation for peace if you begin it.
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Populism is dangerous.
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There is a structural difference between the way that Europe views Israel, and America views Israel. The European view is informed by the importance of colonialism in Europe’s past.
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I always lose the election in the polls, and I always win it on election day.
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I 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.
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My level of intervention in the press, trying to control stories, is zero. Subzero.
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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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