Top 100 Benjamin Netanyahu Quotes (2026 Update)

1. “Once we squeeze all we can out of the United States, it can dry up and blow away.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

2. “May God bless the state of Israel and may God bless the United States of America.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

3. “The truth is that if Israel were to put down its arms there would be no more Israel. If the Arabs were to put down their arms there would be no more war.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

4. “If Israel is forced to stand alone, Israel will stand alone.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

5. “Israel should have exploited the repression of the demonstrations in China, when world attention focused on that country, to carry out mass expulsions among the Arabs of the territories.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

6. “Peace is purchased from strength. It’s not purchased from weakness or unilateral retreats.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

7. “Populism is dangerous.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

8. “We are using missile defense to protect our civilians, and they’re using their civilians to protect their missiles.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

9. “I’m a proud member of the rabble.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

10. “The enemy of your enemy is your enemy!”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

11. “The idea of imposing peace from the outside doesn’t work.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

12. “Leaders must see reality as it is, not as it ought to be.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

13. “It doesn’t matter if justice is on your side. You have to depict your position as just.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

14. “The Romans used to say that courage is not the only virtue, but it’s the only one that makes the other virtues possible.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

15. “I think the Israeli people understand now what I always say: that there cannot be a situation, under any agreement, in which we relinquish security control of the territory west of the River Jordan.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

16. “I always lose the election in the polls, and I always win it on election day.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

17. “I think that a strong Israel is the only Israel that will bring the Arabs to the peace table.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

18. “Some will criticize me no matter what I do.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

19. “If Iran wants to be treated like a normal country, let it act like a normal country.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

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

— Benjamin Netanyahu

21. “This is why, as a prime minister of Israel, I can promise you one more thing. Even if Israel has to stand alone, Israel will stand. But I know that Israel does not stand alone. I know that America stands with Israel.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

22. “My first name, Benjamin, dates back a thousand years earlier to Benjamin – Binyamin – the son of Jacob, who was also known as Israel. Jacob and his 12 sons roamed these same hills of Judea and Sumeria 4,000 years ago, and there’s been a continuous Jewish presence in the land ever since.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

23. “Israel has to accommodate the Palestinian demands and aspirations for ending occupation and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. That is the only answer. The Israeli aggression on Gaza does not bring peace to Israel. We know that. We want end of occupation.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

24. “I don’t know of any army that does more than an Israeli army does to avoid civilian casualties. But incidental and unintended casualties accompany every war.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

25. “The Nazis believed in a master race. The militant Islamists believe in a master faith.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

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

— Benjamin Netanyahu

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

— Benjamin Netanyahu

28. “So I think we should stay focused on the real problem in the Middle East. It’s not Israel. It’s these dictatorships that are developing nuclear weapons with the specific goal of wiping Israel away.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

29. “Israel does not target civilians. It targets the terrorists.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

30. “I’m not consumed with political machinations.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

31. “Hamas is responsible and Hamas will pay.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

32. “Israel produces more conceptual products than any other country.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

33. “The US-Israel partnership transcends politics and it always will.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

34. “We’ll attack anyone who tries to harm our citizens.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

35. “The Israelis wanted to sabotage the Palestinian – Palestinian reconciliation.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

36. “I’m very proud to be the prime minister of all of Israel’s citizens, Arabs and Jews alike.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

37. “If the Palestinians do their part, we shall do our part and we shall have an agreement.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

38. “I’m not naturally manipulative.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

39. “You know, I’m just not going to get into American politics.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

40. “History has shown us time and again that what is right is not what is popular.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

41. “They’re in the red zone. They’re in the last 20 yards, and you can’t let them cross that goal line. You can’t let them score a touchdown, because that would have unbelievable consequences, grievous consequences for the peace and security of us all, of the world really.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

42. “I don’t want a one-state solution. I want a sustainable, peaceful two-state solution. But for that, circumstances have to change.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

43. “If diplomacy has any chance to work, it must be coupled with a credible military threat.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

44. “Israel has no better friend that America. And America has not better friend than Israel. We stand together to defend democracy. We stand together to advance peace. We stand together to fight terrorism.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

45. “Every time an Arab leader truly wanted peace, they got it. If the Palestinians truly want peace, we will make peace.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

46. “Israel has always been pro-American. Israel will always be pro-American.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

47. “Our friendship will weather the current disagreement as well, to grow even stronger in the future.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

48. “You can only end a negotiation for peace if you begin it.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

49. “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.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu

50. “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.”

— Benjamin Netanyahu