To subdivide this land into two unstable, insecure nations, to try to defend what is indefensible, is to invite disaster. Carving Judea and Samaria out of Israel means carving up Israel.
Benjamin NetanyahuThe rules of engagement have become so rigid that governments often straightjacket themselves in the face of unambiguous aggression.
Benjamin NetanyahuA legitimate democracy cannot act against a terror organization because it is using civilians as a human shield, and therefore it should absorb attacks on its own civilians.
Benjamin NetanyahuOur friendship will weather the current disagreement as well, to grow even stronger in the future.
Benjamin NetanyahuThere 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.
Benjamin Netanyahu