Benjamin Netanyahu

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

We don't point a pistol at our own forehead. That is not the way to conduct negotiations.

The rules of engagement have become so rigid that governments often straightjacket themselves in the face of unambiguous aggression.

The Obama presidency has two great missions: fixing the economy, and preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons.

The Iranian acquisition of nuclear weapons would be infinitely more costly than any scenario you can imagine to stop it.

The application of military force, or the prospect of such application, inhibits terrorist violence.

Israel produces more conceptual products than any other country.

Israel is so tiny. It's, you know, a little less than the length of Manhattan, without the West Bank, without Judea and Samaria.

Israel has, enjoys bipartisan support - both Democrats and Republicans - and we extend bipartisan hospitality to both Democrats and Republicans.

I'm the prime minister who removed 400 checkpoints, barriers, road-blocks and so on to facilitate the growth of the Palestinian economy.

I'm not consumed with political machinations.

I will say that I think Israel enjoys strong bipartisan support in the United States. It's really above and beyond American politics.

The Palestinians want a state, but they have to give peace in return. What they're trying to do in the United Nations is to get a state without giving Israel peace or giving Israel peace and security. And I think that's, that's wrong. That should not succeed. That should, that should fail.

President Abbas, you've dedicated your life to advancing the Palestinian cause. Must this conflict continue for generations, or will we enable our children and our grandchildren to speak in years ahead of how we found a way to end it? That's what we should aim for, and that's what I believe we can achieve.

My level of intervention in the press, trying to control stories, is zero. Subzero.

I don't want to govern the Palestinians. I don't want them as subjects of Israel or as citizens of Israel. I want them to have their own independent state but a demilitarized state.

First of all, Arafat is wrong. Jerusalem is Israel's capital, will never be divided, and will remain the capital of the State of Israel, the capital of the Jewish people, for ever and ever.

The greatest threat facing humanity is a radical Islamist regime meeting up with nuclear weapons.

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

The right combination is between a free economy and social policy that addresses the needs of society and creates equal opportunity.

As far as a nuclear weapons-free zone, you know, when the lion lies down with the lamb, and you don't need a new lamb every day to satisfy the lion, then we might have this kind of transformation in the Middle East.

If we accept the notion that terrorists will have immunity because as they fire on civilians they hide behind civilians, then this tactic will be legitimized and the terrorists will have their greatest victory.

The purpose of the Jewish state is to secure the Jewish future. That is why Israel must always have the ability to defend itself, against any threat.

Those in the international community that refuse to put red lines before Iran don't have a moral right to place a red light before Israel.

I think that peace will require two states, a Palestinian state that recognizes the Jewish state.

Peace is purchased from strength. It's not purchased from weakness or unilateral retreats.

Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon now presides over the UN Security Council. This means, in effect, that a terror organization presides over the body entrusted with guaranteeing the world's security. You couldn't make this thing up.

I often hear them accuse Israel of Judaizing Jerusalem. That's like accusing America of Americanizing Washington, or the British of Anglicizing London. You know why we're called 'Jews'? Because we come from Judea.

I don't think Israel can accept an Iranian terror base next to its major cities any more than the United States could accept an al Qaeda base next to New York City.

Some will criticize me no matter what I do.