Netanyahu Quotes

You know, I'm just not going to get into American politics. - Benjamin Netanyahu

You know, I think, I think the Palestinians are trying to get away without negotiating. They're trying to get a state to continue the conflict with Israel rather than to end it. They're trying to basically detour around peace negotiations by going to the U.N. and have the automatic majority in the U.N. General Assembly give them, give them a state. - Benjamin Netanyahu

You know, I said in the U.N., I said to President Abbas, 'Look, we're in the same city, we're in the same building, for God's sake, the U.N. Let's just sit down and begin to talk peace.' - Benjamin Netanyahu

You don't have people chanting 'Death to America' in Israel. - Benjamin Netanyahu

You can only end a negotiation for peace if you begin it. - Benjamin Netanyahu

Yasser Arafat must be made to live up to his promise to fight the terrorists -- to stop coddling them... If he does, it would be a major move forward and we could move toward achieving a final settlement. - Benjamin Netanyahu

Within the context of security arrangements. - Benjamin Netanyahu

With the Palestinians, I think we have started to move closer, also on the issue of reciprocity. - Benjamin Netanyahu

Why are we talking about talking? Why negotiating about negotiating? It's very simple. If you want to get to peace, put all your preconditions on the side, sit down opposite a table, not in a studio, by the way. - Benjamin Netanyahu

When I was offered the position of finance minister I knew I was going to get hurt. We are now facing the smoke screens of populism sweeping over the state. When I took on the post, Israel was a few weeks away from total collapse like in Argentina, and the Central bank's governor warned that the bank was on the verge of a breakdown. - Benjamin Netanyahu