Quotes by Benjamin Netanyahu

About Benjamin Netanyahu:

Benjamin is the current Prime Minister of Israel. He also currently serves as a member of the Knesset and Chairman of the Likud party.
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I don't want to govern the Palestinians. I don't want them as subjects of Israel or as citizens of Israel. I want them to have their own independent state but a demilitarized state.

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Some will criticize me no matter what I do.

Benjamin Netanyahu

I don't think Israel can accept an Iranian terror base next to its major cities any more than the United States could accept an al Qaeda base next to New York City.

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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.

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But so far, you know who's been violating the nuclear nonproliferation pact day and night? Those who signed it. Iran, Iraq, Libya and Iran violates it while calling for Israel's destruction and racing to develop atomic weapons to that end.

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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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I've been right more than I've been wrong.

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I'm not consumed with political machinations.

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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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Israel is so tiny. It's, you know, a little less than the length of Manhattan, without the West Bank, without Judea and Samaria.

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The world should be very clear about making sure that Iran does not get nuclear weapons, period.

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You can't end negotiations unless you begin them. And you can't begin them if you continually negotiate about the terms to begin negotiations.

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The U.S. has a stronger military than Israel, but, but don't short-change Israel, either. Don't short-change them.

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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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The State of Israel can be proud of what we're doing.

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Israel has always been pro-American. Israel will always be pro-American.

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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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My level of intervention in the press, trying to control stories, is zero. Subzero.

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The greatest threat facing humanity is a radical Islamist regime meeting up with nuclear weapons.

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The application of military force, or the prospect of such application, inhibits terrorist violence.

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Both peoples, both nations, deserve a nation-state of their own. Palestinians, if they wish so, will go to the Palestinian state; Jews, if they so wish, can go to the Jewish state. And we'll have to have security and demilitarization agreements betwe...

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Author Bio

  • NameBenjamin Netanyahu
  • DescriptionIsraeli prime minister
  • AliasesBibi; Bibi Netanyahu; Benyamin Netanyahu; Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu; ?????? ??????; Binyamin Netanyahu; Netanyahu, Benjamin; Netanyahu
  • BornOctober 21, 1949
  • CountryIsrael
  • ProfessionPolitician; Diplomat; Author; Political Writer