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
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Peace is purchased from strength. It's not purchased from weakness or unilateral retreats.
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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.
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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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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.'
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We aren't ready to accept that murderous acts will be part of our daily lives every few weeks and months ...
We are not susceptible to pressure. We will do what is right,
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I don't think you can rely on Iran. I don't think you can rely on other radicals like the Taliban. They dispatched Al Qaida to bomb New York and Washington. What were they thinking? Were they that stupid? They weren't stupid. There is an irrationality there, and there is madness in this method.
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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.
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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'