Benjamin Netanyahu Quotes

The only peace that can endure is a peace that can be defended.

To subdivide this land into two unstable, insecure nations, to try to defend what is indefensible, is to invite disaster. Carving Judea and Samaria out of Israel means carving up Israel.

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

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.

Every time an Arab leader truly wanted peace, they got it. If the Palestinians truly want peace, we will make peace.

Israel should have exploited the repression of the demonstrations in China, when world attention focused on that country, to carry out mass expulsions among the Arabs of the territories.

I know Donald Trump. I know him very well. And I think his attitude, his support for Israel is clear.

Israel is very much endangering.

But ... the days that the Jewish people remain passive in the face of genocidal enemies — those days are over.

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

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.

Intelligence is a critical thing.

I will say that I think Israel enjoys strong bipartisan support in the United States. It's really above and beyond American politics.

The relationship between Israel and the United States is a bond of - it’s just a very powerful bond. It was, it is, and will be and will continue to be.

We want to end this misery of the Palestinian people in order for us really to live with dignity as human beings in an independent state side by side with the Israeli state.

I would say we want to stop the firing of rockets, for sure. But we also want to dismantle the terror - the tunnel - the terror tunnel networks that we have uncovered.

We are using missile defense to protect our civilians, and they're using their civilians to protect their missiles.

You don't have people chanting 'Death to America' in Israel.

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

The idea of imposing peace from the outside doesn't work.

I know that Israel does not stand alone. I know that America stands with Israel.

The rules of engagement have become so rigid that governments often straightjacket themselves in the face of unambiguous aggression.

I'm not naturally manipulative.

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.

There is an irreplaceable ally. It's called the United States of America.

[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

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

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.

Israel has done enormous amount of, for peace. I myself have done things that no prime minister previously had done.

We will take whatever action is necessary to protect our people, including against the terror tunnels that they are trying to dig against us.

The people of Israel have come home never to be uprooted again.

The only good thing I can say about the deal with Iran is that it brought the Arab states and Israel closer together.

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."

Hamas is responsible and Hamas should held accountable for civilian deaths.

The Iranian acquisition of nuclear weapons would be infinitely more costly than any scenario you can imagine to stop it.

Israel has, enjoys bipartisan support - both Democrats and Republicans - and we extend bipartisan hospitality to both Democrats and Republicans.

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

I think that anyone who moves to establish a Palestinian state and evacuate territory gives territory away to radical Islamist attacks against Israel.

Israel produces more conceptual products than any other country.

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.

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

Don’t be fooled. The battle between Iran and ISIS doesn’t turn Iran into a friend of America.

There’s no one in Israel who appreciates more than me the importance of American support for Israel.

The US-Israel partnership transcends politics and it always will

The people of Israel will have to be convinced that the Palestinians are ready for peace.

I don't think that anyone should doubt Israel's determination to defend itself against terror and destruction.

I had differences of opinion with President Obama and most well-known, of course, is Iran.

We wanted peace and we wanted to come to terms with the Israelis.

Our friendship will weather the current disagreement as well, to grow even stronger in the future.

I don't want a one-state solution. I want a sustainable, peaceful two-state solution, but for that circumstances have to change.