If Israel is forced to stand alone, Israel will stand alone.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUI often hear them accuse Israel of Judaizing Jerusalem. That’s like accusing America of Americanizing Washington, or the British of Anglicizing London. You know why we’re called ‘Jews’? Because we come from Judea.
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The idea of imposing peace from the outside doesn’t work.
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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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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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I don’t want a single state. And I talked about two states where a demilitarized Palestinian state recognizes the Jewish state, and I stand by that. I haven’t retracted my position; I haven’t changed 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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The people of Israel will have to be convinced that the Palestinians are ready for peace.
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Israel can make peace with an organization that seeks its destruction. That’s Hamas. But Israel can make peace with the Palestinian Authority. It requires a lot of courage from both sides including President Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority.
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Hamas is responsible and Hamas will pay.
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Hamas is ISIS, and ISIS is Hamas. They’re branches of the same tree. People who wantonly rocket our cities and want to conduct mass killings. And when they can, they murder children, teenagers, shoot them in the head.
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The only peace that can endure is a peace that can be defended.
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If there is willingness on the Palestinian side to reach an agreement, it is possible. We are conducting the negotiations with goodwill.
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They deny the rights of women, deny democracy, brutalize their own people, don’t give freedom of religion.
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The seal was found right next to the Western Wall, and it dates back 2,700 years, to the time of King Hezekiah. Now, there’s a name of the Jewish official inscribed on the ring in Hebrew. His name was Netanyahu.
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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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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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And by the way, a piece of news, Israel is the one country in which everyone is pro-American, opposition and coalition alike.
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I often hear them accuse Israel of Judaizing Jerusalem. That’s like accusing America of Americanizing Washington, or the British of Anglicizing London. You know why we’re called ‘Jews’? Because we come from Judea.
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I’ve been right more than I’ve been wrong.
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Israel has always been pro-American. Israel will always be pro-American.
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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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Our friendship will weather the current disagreement as well, to grow even stronger in the future.
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Some will criticize me no matter what I do.
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The Romans used to say that courage is not the only virtue, but it’s the only one that makes the other virtues possible.
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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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There’s no one in Israel who appreciates more than me the importance of American support for Israel.
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So I think we should stay focused on the real problem in the Middle East. It’s not Israel. It’s these dictatorships that are developing nuclear weapons with the specific goal of wiping Israel away.
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