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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.

Benjamin Netanyahu

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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Country Moving People Years
Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon now presides over the UN Security Council. This means, in effect, that a terror organization presides over the body entrusted with guaranteeing the world’s security. You couldn’t make this thing up.
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Hezbollah Mean Organization
There is an irreplaceable ally. It’s called the United States of America.
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Call Irreplaceable United States
I don’t want a one-state solution. But I certainly don’t want a zero-state solution, a no-state solution, where Israel’s very existence would be jeopardized. And that’s what the people of Israel overwhelmingly elected me to do.
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Country People Zero
I’ve been right more than I’ve been wrong.
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Been More Right Wrong
But … the days that the Jewish people remain passive in the face of genocidal enemies — those days are over.
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Enemy Faces Over People
If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more ‎violence. If the Jews put ‎down their weapons ‎today, there would be no ‎more Israel’‎
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Country Down Violence Weapon
I think that a strong Israel is the only Israel that will bring the Arabs to the peace table.
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Country Peace Strong Thinking
Israel is very much endangering.
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Country Endangering Much Very
While Israel is prepared to make generous compromises for peace, it cannot go back to the 1967 lines…
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Compromise Country Lines
Peace is purchased from strength. It’s not purchased from weakness or unilateral retreats.
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Peace Purchased Retreat Weakness
You know, I said in the U.N., I said to President Abbas, “Look, we’re in the same city, we’re in the same building, for God’s sake, the U.N. Let ‘s just sit down and begin to talk peace.”
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Cities Looks President
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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Bible Kings Office Ring Wall Years
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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Country Democracy Organization Shield
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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Addresses Country Needs Opportunity
Hamas is simply continuing all its operations. And Israel will not let this terror operation decide when it’s convenient for them and not convenient for them to attack our people.
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Country Operation People
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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Country Europe Past Years
American leaders worry about the security of their country. Israeli leaders worry about the survival of their country.
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Country Leader Security Survival Worry
First of all, Arafat is wrong. Jerusalem is Israel’s capital, will never be divided, and will remain the capital of the State of Israel, the capital of the Jewish people, for ever and ever.
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Capital Country First Wrong
Immigrants from Ethiopia and their families are dear to us and Israel is making great efforts to ease their integration in society.
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Country Families Immigrants Integration Making
The Israelis wanted to sabotage the Palestinian – Palestinian reconciliation.
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Palestinian Sabotage Wanted
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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Country Strong Support Thinking
I was trying to get something to counter a foreign-funded effort to get votes that are intended to topple my party. And I was calling on our voters to come out.
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Come Counter Efort Intended Out Something Toppel Voters
I told John Kerry and General Allen, the Americans’ expert, ‘We live here, I live here, I know what we need to ensure the security of Israel’s people.’
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Country Experts People
I think the Israeli people understand now what I always say: that there cannot be a situation, under any agreement, in which we relinquish security control of the territory west of the River Jordan.
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Agreement River Thinking
You know, I think, I think the Palestinians are trying to get away without negotiating. They’re trying to get a state to continue the conflict with Israel rather than to end it.
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Negotiating Thinking Trying
Those in the international community that refuse to put red lines before Iran don’t have a moral right to place a red light before Israel.
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International Light Moral Right

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