Quotes by Benjamin Netanyahu

“It doesn't matter if justice is on your side. You have to depict your position as just.”

“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.”

“Peace is purchased from strength. It's not purchased from weakness or unilateral retreats.”

“You know, I'm just not going to get into American politics.”

“The Israeli government has proved over the past year its commitment to peace, both in words and deeds. By contrast, the Palestinians are posing preconditions for renewing the diplomatic process in ...”

“Peace is something very dear. If you've been through wars and operations and battles, you want peace.”

“The Palestinians want a state, but they have to give peace in return. What they're trying to do in the United Nations is to get a state without giving Israel peace or giving Israel peace and securi...”

“You can only end a negotiation for peace if you begin it.”

“I think that a strong Israel is the only Israel that will bring the Arabs to the peace table.”

“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 right combination is between a free economy and social policy that addresses the needs of society and creates equal opportunity.”

“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.”

“We are benefiting from one thing, and that is the attacks on the twin towers and the pentagon and the American struggle in Iraq. These events swung American public opinion in our favor”

“The root cause of terrorism lies not in grievances but in a disposition toward unbridled violence. This can be traced to a world view which asserts that certain ideological and religious goals just...”

“This is the heart of the Israeli consensus. This is an area in which Jews lived up until 1948. They were expelled after a great massacre took place there. The sons of the very people who lived on t...”

“But then the question came up of just who would define what Defined Military Sites were. I received a letter – to my and to Arafat, at the same time – which said that Israel, and only Israel, would...”

“[Asked about the effect of 9/11 on Israeli-American relations] It’s very good. [...]Well, not very good, but it will generate immediate sympathy.[It will] strengthen the bond between our two people...”

“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.”

“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.”

“We are benefiting from one thing, and that is the attack on the Twin Towers and Pentagon, and the American struggle in Iraq. [... The events] swung American public opinion in our favor.”