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Benjamin Netanyahu

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Benjamin Netanyahu is the prime minister of Israel.

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"not to attack his country or risk receiving a response that they cannot even imagine."
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"Israel had struck 'terrorist headquarters in the Dahieh district of Beirut, in response to Hezbollah's firing at Israeli territory.'"
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"This morning, a heinous terrorist went out, reached Kokhav Yair, and unfortunately managed, before being eliminated, to murder an Israeli citizen and injure others."
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"Israel has a full right to self-defence, and we are exercising it as required."
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"if Iran makes the mistake and returns to attacking us, we will respond with force."
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"the attacks had been halted after Israel 'hit the terror regime in Tehran'."
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"I will present to the president our outlook regarding the principles of these negotiations."
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"should the [Iranian] terror regime make the mistake of returning to attack us, we will respond with force — because Israel has every right to self-defense."
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"Right now, the fire has been halted."
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"President Trump, your bold decision to target Iran’s nuclear facilities with the awesome and righteous might of the United States will change history."
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"History will record that President Trump acted to deny the world’s most dangerous regime the world’s most dangerous weapons."
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"Peace through strength. First comes strength, then comes peace."
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""Israel has the full right to defend itself, and it will use that right as much as needed.""
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"This coalition of forces allows us to do what I have yearned to do for 40 years: smite the terror regime hip and thigh. This is what I promised – and this is what we shall do."
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"But today, I bring this marker to show a great blessing, the blessing of a new Middle East."
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"We're going to create the conditions, first, for the Iranian people to get control of their destiny."
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"The U.S. involvement allows us to do what I have been hoping to do for 40 years — to deliver a crushing blow to the terror regime."
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