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The Israelis wanted to sabotage the Palestinian - Palestinian reconciliation.

But ... the days that the Jewish people remain passive in the face of genocidal enemies - those days are over.

I think that peace will require two states, a Palestinian state that recognizes the Jewish state.

The only peace that can endure is a peace that can be defended,

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 that.

The Obama presidency has two great missions: fixing the economy, and preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons.

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 don't want a one-state solution. I want a sustainable, peaceful two-state solution. But for that, circumstances have to change.

The Nazis believed in a master race. The militant Islamists believe in a master faith.

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 think that anyone should doubt Israel's determination to defend itself against terror and destruction.

The rules of engagement have become so rigid that governments often straightjacket themselves in the face of unambiguous aggression.

I'm the prime minister who removed 400 checkpoints, barriers, road-blocks and so on to facilitate the growth of the Palestinian economy.

Israel produces more conceptual products than any other country.

Israel is so tiny. It's, you know, a little less than the length of Manhattan, without the West Bank, without Judea and Samaria.

Leaders must see reality as it is, not as it ought to be.

Our friendship will weather the current disagreement as well, to grow even stronger in the future.

We are using missile defense to protect our civilians, and they're using their civilians to protect their missiles.

The Iranian acquisition of nuclear weapons would be infinitely more costly than any scenario you can imagine to stop it.

I've been right more than I've been wrong.

[S]aving lives is more important than preserving the quality of life. Quality of life is always amenable to improvement. Death is permanent.

I'm a proud member of the rabble.

Don't be fooled. The battle between Iran and ISIS doesn't turn Iran into a friend of America.

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.

We will respond with a heavy hand to the brutal murder of Jews who came to pray and were killed by lowly murderers.

The State of Israel can be proud of what we're doing.

The world should be very clear about making sure that Iran does not get nuclear weapons, period.

The application of military force, or the prospect of such application, inhibits terrorist violence.

Israel has always been pro-American. Israel will always be pro-American.

Hamas is responsible and Hamas should held accountable for civilian deaths.

History has shown us time and again that what is right is not what is popular.

I'm not consumed with political machinations.

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.

The greatest threat facing humanity is a radical Islamist regime meeting up with nuclear weapons.

Hamas is responsible and Hamas will pay.

Israel is very much endangering.

Once we squeeze all we can out of the United States, it can dry up and blow away.

If Israel is forced to stand alone, Israel will stand alone.

If the Palestinians do their part, we shall do our part and we shall have an agreement.

The enemy of your enemy is your enemy!

We don't point a pistol at our own forehead. That is not the way to conduct negotiations.

If there is willingness on the Palestinian side to reach an agreement, it is possible. We are conducting the negotiations with goodwill.

If diplomacy has any chance to work, it must be coupled with a credible military threat.

Populism is dangerous.

I think placing preconditions before negotiations is the quickest way to undermine peace.

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.

I always lose the election in the polls, and I always win it on election day.

I think that anyone who moves to establish a Palestinian state and evacuate territory gives territory away to radical Islamist attacks against Israel.

The Romans used to say that courage is not the only virtue, but it's the only one that makes the other virtues possible.

While Israel is prepared to make generous compromises for peace, it cannot go back to the 1967 lines.

We'll attack anyone who tries to harm our citizens

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

Every time an Arab leader truly wanted peace, they got it. If the Palestinians truly want peace, we will make peace.

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

Some will criticize me no matter what I do.

Our policy is very simple. The Jewish state was set up to defend Jewish lives, and we always reserve the right to defend ourselves.

To defeat ISIS and let Iran get nuclear weapons would be to win the battle and lose the war,

My level of intervention in the press, trying to control stories, is zero. Subzero.

You don't have people chanting 'Death to America' in Israel.

The idea of imposing peace from the outside doesn't work.

The U.S. has a stronger military than Israel, but, but don't short-change Israel, either. Don't short-change them.

The people of Israel have come home never to be uprooted again,

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

I'm not naturally manipulative.

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 US-Israel partnership transcends politics and it always will

We wanted peace and we wanted to come to terms with the Israelis.

There's no one in Israel who appreciates more than me the importance of American support for 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.

Israel does not target civilians. It targets the terrorists.

Israel has, enjoys bipartisan support - both Democrats and Republicans - and we extend bipartisan hospitality to both Democrats and Republicans.

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

Everything should be done to prevent Iran, the world's most dangerous regime, from developing the world's most dangerous weapons.

I will say that I think Israel enjoys strong bipartisan support in the United States. It's really above and beyond American politics.

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

If Iran wants to be treated like a normal country, let it act like a normal country.

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

American leaders worry about the security of their country. Israeli leaders worry about the survival of their country.

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