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Benjamin Netanyahu

(1949) Politician Israel

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Benjamin Netanyahu says he often loses the polls but still wins on election day. He calls the United States an irreplaceable ally and warns that peace talks must start before they can end. He also talks about pressuring Iran and using world events to shape Israel’s actions.

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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

He previously held the premiership from 1996 to 1999 and again from 2009 to 2021, making him Israel’s longest‑serving prime minister.

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

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

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The enemy of your enemy is your enemy!

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Enemy

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Hamas is responsible and Hamas will pay.

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Hamas

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I'm a proud member of the rabble.

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Israel is very much endangering.

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Israel

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Some will criticize me no matter what I do.

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Intelligence is a critical thing.

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I'm not naturally manipulative.

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“the art of politics and the idea of cohering interests.”

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Art

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

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When it comes to Iran and ISIS, the enemy of your enemy is your enemy!

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Enemy

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

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Agreement

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

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

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

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Control

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There is an irreplaceable ally. It's called the United States of America.

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Allies

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

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Acquisition

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I would say we want to stop the firing of rockets, for sure. But we also want to dismantle the terror -…

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

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

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

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I can tell you one thing, Iran is closer to developing nuclear weapons today than it was a week ago, or a…

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I'm very proud to be the prime minister of all of Israel's citizens, Arabs and Jews alike.

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

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Giving

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I don't want a single state. And I talked about two states where a demilitarized Palestinian state recognizes the Jewish state, and…

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I will go to the UN General Assembly and, in a clear voice, tell the nations of the world the truth about…

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This is why, as a prime minister of Israel, I can promise you one more thing. Even if Israel has to stand…

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America

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Both peoples, both nations, deserve a nation-state of their own. Palestinians, if they wish so, will go to the Palestinian state; Jews,…

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All I can tell you is that Israel's position in the Arab world has changed because they no longer see Israel as…

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Allies

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In order to restore security for Israeli citizens, every home, mother and child in Israel, and to establish a stable and strong…

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Candidacy

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There is a fundamental situation in which the country has reached rock bottom, that a mother can't send her children out of…

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Hamas is simply continuing all its operations. And Israel will not let this terror operation decide when it's convenient for them and…

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Benjamin Netanyahu by topic

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