Israel Quotes - page 33

I often hear them accuse Israel of Judaizing Jerusalem. That's like accusing America of Americanizing Washington, or the British of Anglicizing London. You know why we're called 'Jews'? Because we come from Judea. (Benjamin Netanyahu)
I don't want to govern the Palestinians. I don't want them as subjects of Israel or as citizens of Israel. I want them to have their own independent state but a demilitarized state. View quote
Benjamin Netanyahu
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. View quote
Benjamin Netanyahu
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. View quote
Benjamin Netanyahu
Certainly the international community is putting a lot of pressure on Iran and making clear that its nuclear program must stop. If it stops with the sanctions, the combinations of sanctions, diplomacy, other pressures, I, as the prime minister of Israel, will be the happiest person in the world. View quote
Benjamin Netanyahu
My first name, Benjamin, dates back a thousand years earlier to Benjamin - Binyamin - the son of Jacob, who was also known as Israel. Jacob and his 12 sons roamed these same hills of Judea and Samaria 4,000 years ago, and there's been a continuous Jewish presence in the land ever since. View quote
Benjamin Netanyahu
I think that a strong Israel is the only Israel that will bring the Arabs to the peace table. View quote
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel has always been pro-American. Israel will always be pro-American. View quote
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel has, enjoys bipartisan support - both Democrats and Republicans - and we extend bipartisan hospitality to both Democrats and Republicans. View quote
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel is so tiny. It's, you know, a little less than the length of Manhattan, without the West Bank, without Judea and Samaria. View quote
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel produces more conceptual products than any other country. (Benjamin Netanyahu)
There's no one in Israel who appreciates more than me the importance of American support for Israel. View quote
Benjamin Netanyahu
I will say that I think Israel enjoys strong bipartisan support in the United States. It's really above and beyond American politics. View quote
Benjamin Netanyahu
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 security. And I think that's, that's wrong. That should not succeed. That should, that should fail. View quote
Benjamin Netanyahu
You don't have people chanting 'Death to America' in Israel. View quote
Benjamin Netanyahu
So I think we should stay focused on the real problem in the Middle East. It's not Israel. It's these dictatorships that are developing nuclear weapons with the specific goal of wiping Israel away. View quote
Benjamin Netanyahu
And by the way, a piece of news, Israel is the one country in which everyone is pro-American, opposition and coalition alike. And I represent the entire people of Israel who say, 'Thank you, America.' And we're friends of America, and we're the only reliable allies of America in the Middle East. View quote
Benjamin Netanyahu
Well, this is an unfortunate part of the UN institution. It's the - the theater of the absurd. It doesn't only cast Israel as the villain; it often casts real villains in leading roles: Gadhafi's Libya chaired the UN Commission on Human Rights; Saddam's Iraq headed the UN Committee on Disarmament. View quote
Benjamin Netanyahu
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. View quote
Benjamin Netanyahu
We are entering a world of rapidly multiplying nuclear stand-offs like this. India vs Pakistan. Iran vs Israel. America vs.China. Within decades, North Korea vs Japan and South Korea. Not one Cold War, but many - and the risk is doubled each time. View quote
Johann Hari
If one acknowledges that Islam has always oppressed the Jews, one accepts that Israel was a necessary refuge for the Jews fleeing not only the European, but also the Islamic variety of anti- Judaism. (Anders Behring Breivik)
Palestinians living in the Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria have been massacred both by Bashar al-Assad's troops and throat-cutting mujahideen from ISIS. The massacre of Christians, Yazidis and Druze minorities by Islamist groups in Syria and Iraq contrasts with the safety those groups enjoy in Israel. View quote
Amir Taheri
Israel ranks her priorities in the following way: security, land, and water. View quote
Bashar al-Assad
It is only with this Israel of the early biblical period that I shall deal in my Advent sermons. View quote
Michael von Faulhaber
There are red lines that I as a democrat, say you cannot cross. I see it as defiance against Israel and Jerusalem as its capital as well as another protest against the historical narrative, a matter already pending before the High Court. View quote
Reuven Rivlin