What were they thinking? Were they that stupid? They weren’t stupid. There is an irrationality there, and there is madness in this method.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUThe 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.
More Benjamin Netanyahu Quotes
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Every time an Arab leader truly wanted peace, they got it. If the Palestinians truly want peace, we will make peace.
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Most of the approaches to peace between Israel and the Palestinians, have been directed at trying to resolve the most complex problems, like refugees and Jerusalem, which is akin to building the pyramid from the top down.
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Leaders must see reality as it is, not as it ought to be.
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The history of warfare has not yet enabled any army, any civilized army, the army of a democracy like Israel, to be able to deal with a ruthless terrorist enemy that uses civilians as a human shield without having some incidental civilian casualties.
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We don’t point a pistol at our own forehead. That is not the way to conduct negotiations.
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I’m not naturally manipulative.
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Israel has to accommodate the Palestinian demands and aspirations for ending occupation and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. That is the only answer.
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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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I think it’s my responsibility, to speak up when something threatens our very future.
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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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Israelis do not need to be lectured about the importance of peace by foreign leaders.
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The US-Israel partnership transcends politics and it always will
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I had differences of opinion with President Obama and most well-known, of course, is Iran.
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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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The real reason we haven’t had peace is because of a persistent refusal of the Palestinians to recognize a Jewish state in any border.
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The people of Israel will have to be convinced that the Palestinians are ready for peace.
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Israel produces more conceptual products than any other country.
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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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I’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 know Donald Trump. I know him very well. And I think his attitude, his support for Israel is clear.
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I think that a strong Israel is the only Israel that will bring the Arabs to the peace table.
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No partial solution, not even the total redressing of the grievance he complains of, will satisfy him — until our social system is destroyed or delivered into his hands.
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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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You can only end a negotiation for peace if you begin it.
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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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The right combination is between a free economy and social policy that addresses the needs of society and creates equal opportunity.
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