Benjamin Netanyahu Quotes
Tell the terrorists that we will not give in to your demands. We insist you free the hostages. If you do not do so peacefully, we are ready to use force…. The only ‘deal’ we are prepared to do with you is this: If you surrender without a fight, you will stay alive.
See {587287} for a later complementary statement.
Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel (Likud), Recommendation for dealing with terrorists who are holding hostages, Terrorism: How the West Can Win, 1986
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He argues that even if the concession to terrorists is seemingly small, there is much greater damage in that the minimal concession will also stimulate more attempts to gain other victories. See {629723} for his complementary statement on dealing with terrorists.
The first clause of the disjunction was a favorite quote used by Lyndon Johnson during negotiations over civil rights legislation, 1964-1965. While he did not utter the second clause, many familiar with the Bible and Johnson’s tactics, took its meaning also.
This appears to be the first American utterance of a longstanding doctrine of foreign policy.
He controlled a Shiite political party with its own armed militia.
He had a lifelong hatred toward the Internal Revenue Service. Finally he crashed his single engine airplane into the IRS offices, killing an IRS agent and committing suicide in a different version of suicide bombing.
Islamic Religious Fundamentalist Terrorists in Algeria had kidnapped over 100 Western Hostages including some Americans. One of the terrorist’s “demands” was for the release of convicted murderers and terrorists in the United States. The official policy which she stated was not totally accurate. On several occasions, U. S. Officials or third parties representing them had “unofficially” negotiated with terrorists. In many cases this was a tactic to buy time and military action followed and in other cases unofficial ransoms were actually paid. The United States has had to contend with this problem with Islamic Terrorists and Pirates since the Thomas Jefferson Presidency when he argued against John Adams who wanted to pay the tribute while Jefferson preferred military action.
- Born: October 21, 1949
- Nationality: Israeli
- Profession: Leader
Benjamin Netanyahu is an Israeli politician serving as the prime minister of Israel since 2009, having previously served in that role from 1996 to 1999. Netanyahu is also the chairman of the Likud – National Liberal Movement. He is the longest-serving Israeli prime minister in history and the first to be born in Israel after its Declaration of Independence.
