Top 100 Netanyahu Quotes & Sayings

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Last updated on April 14, 2025.
Donald Trump has no sympathy with underdogs. They, including the Palestinians, are just "losers." So he will bring words and action together as Netanyahu wishes.
Netanyahu needs to stand before the Israeli public and say, 'I failed.'
I think that at his core, Benjamin Netanyahu is not corrupt. — © Benny Gantz
I think that at his core, Benjamin Netanyahu is not corrupt.
I think that it was - Benjamin Netanyahu almost couldn`t help the Iran deal, but John Boehner sort of walked him into it as well.
Netanyahu's government and its faulty and politicized priorities are leading Israel into bankruptcy.
Why is Netanyahu pushing war? Among several reasons, demonizing Iran reduces pressure on Israel to negotiate seriously with the Palestinians. Many Israelis prefer building Jewish settlements on Palestinians' land instead. Moreover, Israel's rulers oppose any development-such as an Iranian-U.S. detente-that could diminish Israel's U.S.-financed hegemony in the region. War with Iran would be a catastrophe all around. Netanyahu and his hawkish American allies-the same people who gave us the disastrous Iraq war and ISIS-must be repudiated.
My Worst Political Move of the 2015 Year. John Boehner inviting Benjamin Netanyahu to address the joint session of Congress.
Benjamin Netanyahu seems to avoid any initiative.
The reality is that we only have one person whom the public sees as appropriate to be prime minister, and that's a shame. I think that if there were more, it would be better for everyone, including Netanyahu.
There's not a single Democrat here. It's almost like CPAC invited Benjamin Netanyahu to speak. Well, we could have had Hillary here, but we couldn't find a foreign nation to foot the bill.
Abu Mazen has no more hope for Netanyahu's approach. He's searching for a way to establish the Palestinian state. He doesn't want a militarized struggle with Israel.
Bibi Netanyahu is a friend whom we work well with.
Israel needs to separate from Netanyahu in order to separate from the Palestinians.
Netanyahu is pressured easily, gets into a panic, and loses his senses... to run a country like Israel a leader needs to have reason and judgment and nerves of steel, two traits he does not have.
Benjamin Netanyahu is a fascinating figure.We say Nixonian about a lot of people. He really is Nixonian. He's brilliant. He's very isolated and insular. — © David Brooks
Benjamin Netanyahu is a fascinating figure.We say Nixonian about a lot of people. He really is Nixonian. He's brilliant. He's very isolated and insular.
My associates and I always allied with Netanyahu in complicated political maneuvers.
Would the Benjamin Netanyahu of the eve of the election want me to get hurt? Regretfully, I would say so.
Israel is extraordinary blessed to have [Benjamin Netanyahu] as prime minister at this pivotal time in history and so is the United States of America to hear his voice against this deal.
Netanyahu adheres to his old position: He doesn't want a Palestinian state, and he doesn't want to give up the settlements and the occupied territories. Pressure from abroad is the only way to change anything.
Arabs don't have to be the victims of the Jewish war between Lieberman and Netanyahu.
To put it simply, my support of Israel will be just as strong the day after Prime Minister Netanyahu's address as it is today.
Putin could no more survive returning Crimea to Ukraine than Bibi Netanyahu could survive giving East Jerusalem back to Jordan.
Netanyahu personally is leading the campaign against the Arabs.
Netanyahu is beholden to the extreme Right.
Netanyahu must mend fences with Obama.
Netanyahu and his coalition have no strategy of their own except endless counterinsurgency against the backdrop of a steadily deteriorating diplomatic position within the world and an inexorable demographic decline. The operation in Gaza is not Netanyahu’s strategy in excess; it is Netanyahu’s strategy in its entirety. The liberal Zionist, two-state vision with which I identify, which once commanded a mainstream position within Israeli political life has been relegated to a left-wing rump within it.
Netanyahu's raison d'etre is to save Israel from Iran. That is it. That is his mission in the most profound sense. I have seen it up close.
Netanyahu is no king, his government sows division and incitement.
I have not one shred of anger in my heart against Netanyahu or his wife.
As Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Barak have repeatedly said, the intelligence and security relationship between the United States and Israel at present is unprecedented. It has never been stronger.
I think that Netanyahu is a bit intimidated of and afraid of President Trump.
I won't let the grudge Netanyahu and those who surround him have against me hurt the country.
I do not wish to slander his name, I think Netanyahu ran the country well but his time is up.
Netanyahu wants to make me and my party out as small, lame and uninfluential.
You know who's messianic? Netanyahu, because he talks that way. And that's a very risky position.
We could have made peace with Syrian dictator Bashar Assad a long time ago. It didn't happen, because Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doesn't want to give up the Golan (Heights).
They [Iran] are going to end up getting nuclear. I met with Bibi Netanyahu the other day. Believe me, he's not a happy camper.
As the crisis in Syria grows and the humanitarian tragedy becomes more clear, I appreciated Prime Minister Netanyahu's perspective on the changes and volatility in the region.
Unfortunately, the diplomatic destruction Netanyahu is causing will lead Israel to lose its Jewish majority and become a binational state. This unfortunate fact is something no law can hide.
There is no difference between me and Netanyahu in reading the threat of Iran. There is no daylight between us on this issue at all. — © Isaac Herzog
There is no difference between me and Netanyahu in reading the threat of Iran. There is no daylight between us on this issue at all.
Benjamin Netanyahu said that ultimately, they will be stronger when they're independent. My position is exactly the same. We shouldn't borrow money from China to send it anywhere, but why don't we start with eliminating aid to our enemies.
This past year has been very turbulent for the Middle East, and my conversation with Prime Minister Netanyahu strengthened my belief that we need to remain vigilant in our support of our critical ally.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has denounced negotiation with Iran as a 'historic mistake' that is making the world 'a more dangerous place.' His partners in Washington vigorously echo that view.
Don't believe in Netanyahu.
I cannot bear Netanyahu, he’s a liar.
I will not sit with Netanyahu in the government!
Netanyahu supports - and he truly does support - building a Palestinian state within Israel.
Instead of a president who boycotts Prime Minister Netanyahu, imagine a president who stands unapologetically with the nation of Israel.
I think Trump's affinity for Netanyahu is part of the fact that he is most comfortable with fellow bullies. He is setting up a worldwide club of ruling bullies.
I don't pick the leader of another party. Likud picked Netanyahu. — © Ayelet Shaked
I don't pick the leader of another party. Likud picked Netanyahu.
I'm no wealthier than Bibi Netanyahu or Arik Sharon. I don't feel that I'm more hedonistic than Ehud Olmert, or Yitzhak Rabin or Shimon Peres.
According to Netanyahu, he should rule like a Caesar, and the Knesset should be run by the tyranny of the majority.
Netanyahu has taken on the toughest job in the State of Israel, and as someone who truly gives of himself, I consider him a patriot.
Until I was justice minister, Netanyahu was proud of stopping laws to change the judiciary.
Can I just make a special request in the magic lamp? Can we get, like, Netanyahu or, like, Putin in for 48 hours, you know, head of the United States?
I'll tell you whose view on [Bashar] Assad is the same as mine. It's Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu. Prime Minister Netanyahu has said Israel doesn't have a dog in that fight because Assad is a puppet of Iran, a Shia radical Islamic terrorist, but at the same time, Prime Minister Netanyahu doesn't want to see Syria governed by ISIS.
Netanyahu needs to leave Israel's political life.
I'm not asking myself, 'How I can be different from Netanyahu?' because I am different, and Kadima is different from Likud, by its own nature.
Hillary Clinton has had a very rough experience with Benjamin Netanyahu.
Benjamin Netanyahu, understands that the standing ovation he got in Congress this year was not for his politics. That ovation was bought and paid for by the Israel lobby.
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