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Benjamin Netanyahu

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Benjamin Netanyahu is an Israeli politician who has served multiple terms as the Prime Minister of Israel. He is a member of the Likud party and is known for his strong stance on security issues and opposition to the establishment of a Palestinian state. Netanyahu has been a central figure in Israeli politics for decades, advocating for policies that prioritize Israel's national security and economic growth. His leadership has been marked by significant events, including military operations and diplomatic efforts in the Middle East.

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Oct 7, 2023

I think it's possible. I think it's likely because I think Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United States share a common goal, to change history to make this quantum leap, another quantum leap for peace.

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Oct 6, 2023

The cooperation between the bureaucracy in the deep state and the media didn’t work in the United States, and it won’t work here.

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Oct 6, 2023

We are at war, not an operation or in rounds, but at war. This morning Hamas launched a murderous surprise attack against the state of Israel and its citizens. We have been in this since the early morning hours.

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Jul 23, 2023

Critics say the bills undermine the country's checks and balances system and the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing these bills in part to protect himself from his own corruption trial.

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Jul 3, 2023

There’s a lot to lose by going back to conflict, and there’s a lot to gain by moving towards peace.

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Jul 3, 2023

presents opportunities for stability, for security and eventually for peace

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Jun 15, 2023

We will hit every site, every target belonging to the ayatollahs’ regime—everything that they’ve experienced until now will be nothing compared to what they will feel.

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Jun 13, 2023

We’re in the midst of one of the greatest military operations in history.

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May 18, 2023

There is one essential condition: We must not reach a situation of famine, both from a practical standpoint and a diplomatic one.

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Apr 15, 2023

Every democracy, including your own, has continuous tension between the judiciary and the executive or the legislative. That's happening in America. It's happening in France. It's happening in Israel.

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Apr 15, 2023

It's important to understand the judges in my case have already been chosen. I've made it absolutely, abundantly clear that the reform will not affect any judge who today or tomorrow, in the future has to deal with my case.

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Apr 15, 2023

People will see at the end that Israel was a democracy, is a democracy, and will be even a stronger democracy after this democratic reform.

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Apr 15, 2023

I think President Biden has been a great friend of Israel. I've known him for 40 years, from the time he was a senator, through vice president, through president. I know his commitment to Israel's security.

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Apr 15, 2023

The will of the majority, the will of the people, as reflected in the government that is elected and the legislature that is elected.

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Apr 15, 2023

I want to tell you, I don't think you have a better ally in the world than Israel. Because Israel has become a great technological power and a great asset to the United States.

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Apr 15, 2023

There is an issue. It's a real issue. It affects many democracies sooner or later. It's affected Israel because of the imbalance of the three branches of government.

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Apr 15, 2023

I want to make sure the pendulum doesn't swing from an all-powerful judiciary, always independent, but not always all-powerful, that overrules the government or the Parliament.

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Apr 15, 2023

I think trying to bring it back into balance requires, at least for me as prime minister of a democratic – a fiercely, a robustly-democratic country called Israel, to try to do it in as broad an agreement as possible.

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Apr 5, 2023

We will strike our enemies and they will pay the price for any act of aggression.

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Mar 26, 2023

I am demanding from the military and the security to put an end to refusal to serve in the army to stop it.

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Jan 30, 2023

I think this is of monumental importance because I think the peace of the world is at stake, as I think the peace of the world is at stake with Iran getting nuclear weapons.

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Dec 24, 2022

The real problem in the Middle East is not the democracy of Israel that has shown restraint and responsibility, but it's countries like Iran that pursue nuclear weapons.

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Dec 3, 2022

I don't overlook antisemitism. I have a clear position against it, which I voice and I expect others to voice as well.

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Dec 3, 2022

You don't praise Hitler. You don't praise-- how can you praise Hitler? Hitler was the greatest mass killer of all time.

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Dec 3, 2022

I'll deal with anyone who's elected president, those that I worked with in the past and anyone new who comes to the plate because the bond between Israel and America... really is a bond of peoples.

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