Benjamin Netanyahu Quotes

The history of Israel is divided into two parts. One, under attack that we have had to defend ourselves. When you defend yourself your thinking is totally different from when you want to make peace. So under attack you behave like if you want a hawk, when peace comes you become a dove.

Israel is becoming a fortress. Fences along the borders with Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria.

If the Jewish people want to have an independent state, they must always have the sword in one hand.

Thousands of trained killers are plotting to attack us, and this terrible knowledge requires us to act differently.

I think you believe in these words, I think - three very important words, peace through strength, right. Peace through strength.

It is my strong belief that Israel has not just the right but the obligation to protect itself.

Switzerland is part of the fight against terrorism. There is no neutrality against this threat.

True terrorism, you know, weaponized fear. In defense of ourselves, we're fighting - actively fighting something else. But if you're going to fight terrorism, to me, you fight the root causes of terrorism.

The Palestinian Authority refuses on an ongoing basis to take the necessary steps to prevent terrorists from getting into Israel.

The war on terror, I believe, will be waged by effective intelligence and police work and cruise missiles.

I believe the war on terror is the vital discussion of this decade and of our generation, probably. To win the war on terror, you need a good offense and a good defense. On defense, I regret to say, basically, this administration has not come close to doing what is necessary.

Our ports and our borders are the most unprotected fronts in the war on terror.

The terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, changed the way we think about security.

The dividing line for Yisrael Beiteinu is who supports terror and who fights terror.

This war on terrorism is going to continue for an indefinite period of time.

Israel always has to be in a position to defend itself against any adversary and against any threat of any kind.

We are not going to damage our safety and our security. We're not going to give those extremists the privilege to come so freely to Israel in order to carry out more attacks against us and kill us one day after another.

The administration asserts that two thirds or three quarters of al-Qaeda’s managers have been captured or killed, and that al-Qaeda must therefore be on the ropes. Why spend vast sums defending against it?

Let no one expect us to disarm unilaterally. We are not a naive people.

National security involves education for our children as well as silos for our missiles.

Are we in a state of war against terrorism, or does that require a declaration in order for us to fight.

With terrorism becoming the increasing tactic of choice, the military component would become a smaller component of our national security system.

Fighting terrorists does not require half a trillion dollars worth of conventional and nuclear forces.

… the war on terrorism will serve as the justification for restraints on civil liberties.

Contributing to the maintenance of peace by making clear its determination to exercise the right of individual or collective self-defense … should any armed attack occur affecting its national security.