Israel is not interested in escalation, but we will do everything required to protect ourselves, this could take time. What is needed is stamina and cool-headedness. Benjamin Netanyahu More Quotes by Benjamin Netanyahu More Quotes From Benjamin Netanyahu 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. Benjamin Netanyahu israelwould-bewar History has shown us time and again that what is right is not what is popular. Benjamin Netanyahu To defeat ISIS and let Iran get nuclear weapons would be to win the battle and lose the war. Benjamin Netanyahu isiswinningwar We [Israel people] always blame Moses, that he was our greatest leader and one of the most gifted people in the world. He brought us the moral code and so on, belief in one God, but then he was a bad navigator. He brought us to the only part of the Middle East without any gas, without any oil. Benjamin Netanyahu oilisraelpeople 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' Benjamin Netanyahu weaponsisraelwould-be 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. Benjamin Netanyahu democracyenemyideas This is why, as a prime minister of Israel, I can promise you one more thing: Even if Israel has to stand alone, Israel will stand. But I know that Israel does not stand alone. I know that America stands with Israel. Benjamin Netanyahu israelamericapromise Peace is purchased from strength. It's not purchased from weakness or unilateral retreats. Benjamin Netanyahu retreatweakness 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. Benjamin Netanyahu independentcitizensisrael Terrorism is carried out purposefully, in a cold-blooded, calculated fashion. The declared goals of the terrorist may change from place to place. He supposedly fights to remedy wrongs -- social, religious, national, racial. But for all these problems his only solution is the demolition of the whole structure of society. No partial solution, not even the total redressing of the grievance he complains of, will satisfy him -- until our social system is destroyed or delivered into his hands. Benjamin Netanyahu fashionfightingreligious When it comes to Iran and ISIS, the enemy of your enemy is your enemy! Benjamin Netanyahu last-sacrificevampire-academyenemy The Nazis believed in a master race. The militant Islamists believe in a master faith. Benjamin Netanyahu racebelievehistory I often hear them accuse Israel of Judaizing Jerusalem. That's like accusing America of Americanizing Washington, or the British of Anglicizing London. You know why we're called 'Jews'? Because we come from Judea. Benjamin Netanyahu jerusalemisraelamerica Leaders must see reality as it is, not as it ought to be. Benjamin Netanyahu oughtleaderreality If I have to reduce all of the laws of war into a single sentence, it is this. You divide the world into two, combatants and noncombatants. You can attack deliberately combatants, but not deliberately noncombatants. Israel acts that way. It attacks combatants and accidentally kills noncombatants. But in the case of the terrorists, it's the exact opposite. They deliberately attack combatants - noncombatants, civilians, deliberately. Benjamin Netanyahu israellawwar Saving lives is more important than preserving the quality of life. Quality of life is always amenable to improvement. Death is permanent. Benjamin Netanyahu qualityimprovementimportant You know, I think, I think the Palestinians are trying to get away without negotiating. They're trying to get a state to continue the conflict with Israel rather than to end it. They're trying to basically detour around peace negotiations by going to the U.N. and have the automatic majority in the U.N. General Assembly give them, give them a state. Benjamin Netanyahu israelgivingthinking First of all, Arafat is wrong. Jerusalem is Israel's capital, will never be divided, and will remain the capital of the State of Israel, the capital of the Jewish people, for ever and ever. Benjamin Netanyahu jerusalemisraelpeople Israel does not target civilians. It targets the terrorists. Benjamin Netanyahu targetisraeldoe 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. Benjamin Netanyahu insecuretwomean
