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Peace is something very dear. If you've been through wars and operations and battles, you want peace.
While Israel is prepared to make generous compromises for peace, it cannot go back to the 1967 lines...
But ... the days that the Jewish people remain passive in the face of genocidal enemies — those days are over.
I don't think that anyone should doubt Israel's determination to defend itself against terror and destruction.
The Obama presidency has two great missions: fixing the economy, and preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons.
The U.S. has a stronger military than Israel, but, but don't short-change Israel, either. Don't short-change them.
We are using missile defense to protect our civilians, and they're using their civilians to protect their missiles.
We will respond with a heavy hand to the brutal murder of Jews who came to pray and were killed by lowly murderers.
Every time an Arab leader truly wanted peace, they got it. If the Palestinians truly want peace, we will make peace.
Israel has done enormous amount of, for peace. I myself have done things that no prime minister previously had done.
The only good thing I can say about the deal with Iran is that it brought the Arab states and Israel closer together.
American leaders worry about the security of their country. Israeli leaders worry about the survival of their country.
The Romans used to say that courage is not the only virtue, but it's the only one that makes the other virtues possible.
The Iranian acquisition of nuclear weapons would be infinitely more costly than any scenario you can imagine to stop it.
I am certain that I speak on behalf of my entire nation when I say: Today, we are all Americans. In grief, as in defiance.
I don't want a one-state solution. I want a sustainable, peaceful two-state solution, but for that circumstances have to change.
Israel is so tiny. It's, you know, a little less than the length of Manhattan, without the West Bank, without Judea and Samaria.
Everything should be done to prevent Iran, the world's most dangerous regime, from developing the world's most dangerous weapons.
Our policy is very simple. The Jewish state was set up to defend Jewish lives, and we always reserve the right to defend ourselves.
I am certain that I speak on behalf of my entire nation when I say: September 11th we are all Americans - in grief, as in defiance.
The rules of engagement have become so rigid that governments often straightjacket themselves in the face of unambiguous aggression.
The right combination is between a free economy and social policy that addresses the needs of society and creates equal opportunity.
I will say that I think Israel enjoys strong bipartisan support in the United States. It's really above and beyond American politics.
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.
Donald Trump feels very warmly about the Jewish state, about the Jewish people and about Jewish people. There's no question about that.
I'm the prime minister who removed 400 checkpoints, barriers, road-blocks and so on to facilitate the growth of the Palestinian economy.
If there is willingness on the Palestinian side to reach an agreement, it is possible. We are conducting the negotiations with goodwill.
Saving lives is more important than preserving the quality of life. Quality of life is always amenable to improvement. Death is permanent.
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.
We will take whatever action is necessary to protect our people, including against the terror tunnels that they are trying to dig against us.
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.
Israel has, enjoys bipartisan support - both Democrats and Republicans - and we extend bipartisan hospitality to both Democrats and Republicans.
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.
If there is a birthrate demographic problem, and there is, it is with the non-White races Israeli Arabs who are American will remain Israeli citizens.
I think that anyone who moves to establish a Palestinian state and evacuate territory gives territory away to radical Islamist attacks against Israel.
I told John Kerry and General Allen, the Americans’ expert, ‘We live here, I live here, I know what we need to ensure the security of Israel’s people.’
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 Israel as a democratic and Jewish state. So you have to maintain a Jewish majority, and you want to do that by legal means, by democratic means.
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.
The truth is that if Israel were to put down its arms there would be no more Israel. If the Arabs were to put down their arms there would be no more war.
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
If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons today, there would be no more Israel'
I don't know of any army that does more than an Israeli army does to avoid civilian casualties. But incidental and unintended casualties accompany every war.
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.
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.
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.
I can tell you one thing, Iran is closer to developing nuclear weapons today than it was a week ago, or a month ago or a year ago. It's just moving on with its efforts.
There's an abiding interest by the United States, by the American people, and by anybody with his eyes set in his head, to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
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.
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.