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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.

Benjamin Netanyahu

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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Civilization Impact Objection War
You know, I’m just not going to get into American politics.
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Country Going Known Politics
The prime minister of Israel is welcome to speak in the United States, obviously. But we don’t want to see this turned into some great political football
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Country Football Political
I want to tell you that Israel is a democracy and every citizen is automatically registered to vote. There’s a commitment in our declaration of independence, guaranteed under Israel’s law, that all our citizens, Arab and Jews, alike, have the right to vote.
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Commitment Country Law
History has shown us time and again that what is right is not what is popular.
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Again History Popular Right Shown
What were they thinking? Were they that stupid? They weren’t stupid. There is an irrationality there, and there is madness in this method.
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Country Irrationality Madness Method Thinking
Everything should be done to prevent Iran, the world’s most dangerous regime, from developing the world’s most dangerous weapons.
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Country Developing Regime
[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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Country Decision Partisanship Thinking
I’m very proud to be the prime minister of all of Israel’s citizens, Arabs and Jews alike.
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Citizen Country Minister Proud
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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Congo Country Else India Land People Somebody
You can make peace with an enemy, if the enemy abandons the idea of destroying you. That is the critical test. Democracies fail to understand what I just said.
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Abandon Democracy Destroy Enemy Ideas
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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Call Country Openly Palestinian Society
If Iran wants to be treated like a normal country, let it act like a normal country.
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Country Let Normal Treated
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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Cabinets Country Want Way
I always lose the election in the polls, and I always win it on election day.
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Election Poll Winning
Donald Trump feels very warmly about the Jewish state, about the Jewish people and about Jewish people. There’s no question about that.
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People States Trump Warmly

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