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Portrait of Benjamin Netanyahu

Benjamin Netanyahu

(1949) Politician Israel

175 quotes in 794 categories

Benjamin Netanyahu’s statements often combine strategic framing with personal conviction. This collection of 175 quotes provides a snapshot of the themes and tone that dominate his public discourse.

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Benjamin Netanyahu is a politician from Israel, best known for Fighting Terrorism.

Quick Facts About Benjamin Netanyahu

Born: October 21, 1949
Nationality: Israel
Profession: Politician
Notable works: Fighting Terrorism
Known for: A Place Among the Nations, Fighting Terrorism, Terrorism: How the West Can Win, Bibi: My Story
Spouse: Sara Netanyahu

About Benjamin Netanyahu

Benjamin Netanyahu, nicknamed "Bibi", is an Israeli politician and diplomat who has served as Prime Minister of Israel since 2022. Having previously held office from 1996 to 1999 and from 2009 to 2021, Netanyahu is Israel's longest-serving prime minister.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Irving Kristol Award Tzeltner Prize Jabotinsky Medal Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross honorary doctor of the Bar-Ilan University

Quotes by Benjamin Netanyahu

Populism is dangerous.

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Dangerous

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Intelligence is a critical thing.

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Critical

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I'm not naturally manipulative.

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Manipulative

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Some will criticize me no matter what I do.

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Criticize

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The enemy of your enemy is your enemy!

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Enemy

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

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Right

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Israel is very much endangering.

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Israel

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I'm a proud member of the rabble.

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Member

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

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Come home

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I'm not consumed with political machinations.

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Consumed

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Israelis do not need to be lectured about the importance of peace by foreign leaders.

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Importance

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

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Congress

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Israel does not target civilians. It targets the terrorists.

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Civilians

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

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Civilian deaths

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The US-Israel partnership transcends politics and it always will

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Inspirational

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We'll attack anyone who tries to harm our citizens.

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Attack

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

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Action

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Saving lives is more important than preserving the quality of life. Quality of life is always amenable to improvement. Death is permanent.

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Amenable

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The truth is that if Israel were to put down its arms there would be no more Israel. If the Arabs were…

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Arms

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

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Country

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The only good thing I can say about the deal with Iran is that it brought the Arab states and Israel closer…

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Deals

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We want Israel as a democratic and Jewish state. So you have to maintain a Jewish majority, and you want to do…

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Democratic

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

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Civilians

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If there is a birthrate demographic problem, and there is, it is with the non-White races Israeli Arabs who are American will…

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Citizens

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Well, this is an unfortunate part of the UN institution. It's the - the theater of the absurd. It doesn't only cast…

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Absurd

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Israel can make peace with an organization that seeks its destruction. That's Hamas. But Israel can make peace with the Palestinian Authority.…

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Abba

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If we accept the notion that terrorists will have immunity because as they fire on civilians they hide behind civilians, then this…

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Accepting

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The instability in the region is not a result of Israel and the Palestinians. That was never the cause of this instability.…

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Causes

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I don't want to govern the Palestinians. I don't want them as subjects of Israel or as citizens of Israel. I want…

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Citizens

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The Czech Republic stood with the U.S., Canada and a handful of other countries against the prevailing international current, but history has…

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Canada

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Most of the approaches to peace between Israel and the Palestinians, have been directed at trying to resolve the most complex problems,…

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Approach

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To subdivide this land into two unstable, insecure nations, to try to defend what is indefensible, is to invite disaster. Carving Judea…

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Carving

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Terrorism is carried out purposefully, in a cold-blooded, calculated fashion. The declared goals of the terrorist may change from place to place.…

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Cold

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The Palestinian society is split into two - those who are openly calling for Israel's destruction like Hamas, and those who are…

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Calling

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I'm very proud of the fact that Israel is the one country in a very broad radius that - in which Arabs…

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Broads

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Hamas is ISIS, and ISIS is Hamas. They're branches of the same tree. People who wantonly rocket our cities and want to…

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Believe

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If I have to reduce all of the laws of war into a single sentence, it is this. You divide the world…

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Cases

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90 percent, 85 to 90 percent of Israeli citizens in Judea-Samaria, in the West Bank, live in clusters, in urban blocks. Everybody…

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Block

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When I say that terrorism is war against civilization, I may be met by the objection that terrorists are often idealists pursuing…

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Accepting

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There is a structural difference between the way that Europe views Israel, and America views Israel. The European view is informed by…

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America

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Benjamin Netanyahu by topic

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