#rae

The relationship between Israel and the United States is a bond of - it's just a very powerful bond. It was, it is, and will be and will continue to be. ↗

— Benjamin Netanyahu

#bond #continue #israel #just #powerful

There's no one in Israel who appreciates more than me the importance of American support for Israel. ↗

— Benjamin Netanyahu

#appreciates #importance #israel #me #more

Well, this is an unfortunate part of the UN institution. It's the - the theater of the absurd. It doesn't only cast Israel as the villain; it often casts real villains in leading roles: Gadhafi's Libya chaired the UN Commission on Human Rights; Saddam's Iraq headed the UN Committee on Disarmament. ↗

— Benjamin Netanyahu

#cast #casts #commission #committee #disarmament

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

#assembly #automatic #away #basically #conflict

I have always thought that Israel, as an independent and sovereign nation, had a right to defend itself. ↗

— Don Nickles

#defend #had #i #independent #israel

In Israel we tend to be carried away by our emotions. ↗

— Ehud Olmert

#carried #emotions #israel #our #tend

Growing up in Israel, how can I not be an optimist? When you remember what Israel was 50 years ago and you see Israel now, one of the most successful countries in the world, stable, democratic, with an enormously stable economy despite everything that has happened in the global economy in the last few years, how can I not be an optimist? ↗

— Ehud Olmert

#countries #democratic #despite #economy #enormously

I never thought that Syria and Israel should engage in a violent confrontation because I don't think that there is any particular interest for any of us to do it. ↗

— Ehud Olmert

#because #confrontation #engage #i #interest

Iran is a major threat to the well-being of Europe and America just as much as it is for the state of Israel. ↗

— Ehud Olmert

#europe #iran #israel #just #major

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

— Ehud Olmert

#against #always #any #defend #israel