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Benjamin Netanyahu

Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu (Hebrew: בִּנְיָמִין "בִּיבִּי" נְתַנְיָהוּ‬ (help·info); born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician serving as the 9th and current Prime Minister of Israel since 2009, previously holding the position from 1996 to 1999. Netanyahu also currently is a member of the Knesset and the Chairman of the Likud party. Netanyahu is the first Israeli Prime Minister born in Israel after the establishment of the state.

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I don't think that anyone should doubt Israel's determination to defend itself against terror and destruction.

Defend, Determination, Israel, Think, Thinking

I unequivocally condemn the striking of the soldier from the Ethiopian community and those responsible will be brought to justice but nobody has the right to take the law into their own hands, immigrants from Ethiopia and their families are dear to us and Israel is making great efforts to ease their integration in society.

Brought, Hands, Israel, Law, Striking

I don't know of any army that does more than an Israeli army does to avoid civilian casualties. But incidental and unintended casualties accompany every war.

Army, Avoid, Doe, Unintended, War

[The decision to travel to Washington and deliver the speech] has injected a degree of partisanship, which is not only unfortunate, I think it's destructive of the fabric of the relationship

Decision, Israel, Think, Thinking, Washington

I'm not consumed with political machinations.

Consumed, Machinations, Political

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.

Attacks, Israel, Law, Laws, War

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.

Continue, Israel, Powerful, States, United States

The people of Israel will have to be convinced that the Palestinians are ready for peace.

Israel, Palestinian, Palestinians, Peace, People, Ready

We will take whatever action is necessary to protect our people,including against the terror tunnels that they are trying to dig against us.

Against, Dig, People, Trying, Tunnels

The Czech Republic stood with the U. S. , Canada and a handful of other countries against the prevailing international current, but history has shown us time and again that what is right is not what is popular.

Canada, Country, Current, Czech Republic, History

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

Iran, Missions, Obama, Two, Usa

As far as a nuclear weapons-free zone, you know, when the lion lies down with the lamb, and you don't need a new lamb every day to satisfy the lion, then we might have this kind of transformation in the Middle East.

Lamb, Lion, Lying, Middle East, Needs, Satisfy

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

Leader, Palestinian, Peace, Time, Want

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

Leader, Ought, Reality, See

There is a structural difference between the way that Europe views Israel, and America views Israel. The European view is informed by the importance of colonialism in Europe's past. So for Europeans we are like Belgiums in the Congo, or the French in Alger, or the British in India. Strange interlopers in somebody else's land. But in fact, we [Israeli] have been here for 4,000 years. This is our ancestral homeland.

Past, Differences, America, Difference, Interlopers

The prime minister of Israel is welcome to speak in the United States, obviously. But we don't want to see this turned into some great political football

Football, Israel, Obviously, Political, Speak, States

Some will criticize me no matter what I do.

Criticize, Matter, No Matter What

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.

Basically, Detour, Giving, Israel, Peace, Thinking

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.

Believe, Cause, Children, Continue, Years

Hamas is responsible and Hamas will pay.

Hamas, Pay, Responsible

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