Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu; born 21 October 1949) is the current Prime Minister of Israel. Netanyahu also currently serves as a member of the Knesset and Chairman of the Likud party...
NationalityIsraeli
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth21 October 1949
CityTel Aviv, Israel
CountryIsrael
country worry leader
American leaders worry about the security of their country. Israeli leaders worry about the survival of their country.
reality leader ought
Leaders must see reality as it is, not as it ought to be.
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Every time an Arab leader truly wanted peace, they got it. If the Palestinians truly want peace, we will make peace.
created division jerusalem lead precedent starting
He has created a precedent that will lead to the division of Jerusalem. My starting (my campaign) here is not coincidental because Jerusalem is in danger.
lasting lead
lead to a real peace, a lasting peace, not a minute-long peace.
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We lost by a very few votes. There is a very large camp that went against the flow, against the wind, against the pressure, against the leadership and against the temptations,
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Our goal is to be effective, and the only way to be effective is to work with the Israeli government.
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Like us, the United States wants the talks resumed, ... I don't know if Syria wants it. We are looking for a solution in words.
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Now, when we say we want peace, what we want is really for our Palestinian neighbours to have a demilitarized state next to us that recognizes the Jewish State. We're willing to recognize their state, the Palestinian state. But we ask them to recognize the Jewish state.
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I think placing preconditions before negotiations is the quickest way to undermine peace.
unless
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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We're willing to make difficult and hard decisions and compromises to live in peace with our neighbours, but we're entitled to our own country where Jews from around the world can come here, just as Palestinians from around the world can come to the Palestinian state.
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Time is running out ... We have to act responsibly in a united front.
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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.'