Benjamin Netanyahu quotes - page 3

Populism is dangerous. (Benjamin Netanyahu)
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. View quote
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Our policy is very simple. The Jewish state was set up to defend Jewish lives, and we always reserve the right to defend ourselves. View quote
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I always lose the election in the polls, and I always win it on election day. View quote
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The purpose of the Jewish state is to secure the Jewish future. That is why Israel must always have the ability to defend itself, against any threat. View quote
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The greatest threat facing humanity is a radical Islamist regime meeting up with nuclear weapons. View quote
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President Abbas, you've dedicated your life to advancing the Palestinian cause. Must this conflict continue for generations, or will we enable our children and our grandchildren to speak in years ahead of how we found a way to end it? That's what we should aim for, and that's what I believe we can achieve. View quote
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Certainly the international community is putting a lot of pressure on Iran and making clear that its nuclear program must stop. If it stops with the sanctions, the combinations of sanctions, diplomacy, other pressures, I, as the prime minister of Israel, will be the happiest person in the world. View quote
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My first name, Benjamin, dates back a thousand years earlier to Benjamin - Binyamin - the son of Jacob, who was also known as Israel. Jacob and his 12 sons roamed these same hills of Judea and Samaria 4,000 years ago, and there's been a continuous Jewish presence in the land ever since. View quote
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As far as a nuclear weapons-free zone, you know, when the lion lies down with the lamb, and you don't need a new lamb every day to satisfy the lion, then we might have this kind of transformation in the Middle East. View quote
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The Obama presidency has two great missions: fixing the economy, and preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons. (Benjamin Netanyahu)
If we accept the notion that terrorists will have immunity because as they fire on civilians they hide behind civilians, then this tactic will be legitimized and the terrorists will have their greatest victory. View quote
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I'm the prime minister who removed 400 checkpoints, barriers, road-blocks and so on to facilitate the growth of the Palestinian economy. View quote
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The rules of engagement have become so rigid that governments often straightjacket themselves in the face of unambiguous aggression. View quote
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I'm not naturally manipulative. View quote
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Why are we talking about talking? Why negotiating about negotiating? It's very simple. If you want to get to peace, put all your preconditions on the side, sit down opposite a table, not in a studio, by the way. View quote
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Some will criticize me no matter what I do. View quote
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I think that a strong Israel is the only Israel that will bring the Arabs to the peace table. View quote
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Israel has always been pro-American. Israel will always be pro-American. View quote
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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." View quote
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The Iranian acquisition of nuclear weapons would be infinitely more costly than any scenario you can imagine to stop it. (Benjamin Netanyahu)
I think that peace will require two states, a Palestinian state that recognizes the Jewish state. View quote
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We don't point a pistol at our own forehead. That is not the way to conduct negotiations. View quote
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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. View quote
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The application of military force, or the prospect of such application, inhibits terrorist violence. View quote
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