Naftali Bennett Quotes

The biggest danger for any organism is to not identify that it's being threatened. I want to hope that people realize that the source of danger and risk in the Middle East is not the Israeli-Palestinian conflict but the deep radical Islamic vision of forming a global caliphate.

- Naftali Bennett

Deep, Global, Forming, Islamic

If you truly believe in a united Jerusalem, deeds have to be more than words. We need a real united Jerusalem. It takes determination, audacity, and money to provide full services and law enforcement in the entire city.

- Naftali Bennett

Law, Deeds, United, Audacity

Hamas has effectively kidnapped Gaza. Instead of turning it into the Singapore of the Middle East that was promised, they have turned it into a fortress of terror.

- Naftali Bennett

Middle, Hamas, Terror, Singapore

The Land of Israel goes with the Torah of Israel under the sovereignty of the State of Israel.

- Naftali Bennett

Goes, Israel, Torah, Sovereignty

I love the people of Israel. I love the land of Israel. I love the Torah of Israel. I love the Israel Defense Forces. I love our soldiers. If you feel the same way I do, you have a home.

- Naftali Bennett

Love, Soldiers, Feel, Torah

People think that Israelis are mean, evil people who only want to hurt Arabs all day.

- Naftali Bennett

People, Think, Want, Israelis

What I'm working is for peace on ground between Israelis and Palestinians through business, through economy, through quality of life.

- Naftali Bennett

Business, Through, Economy, Israelis

If you want to conduct terror against Israelis, which is unacceptable, send fighters to do it. Don't send your women and children.

- Naftali Bennett

Which, Terror, Unacceptable, Israelis

There's been a significant amount of Israelis who are joining my party because they think that Israel has to have a tough stance in this crazy environment called the Middle East.

- Naftali Bennett

Think, Been, Joining, Israelis

The whole Land of Israel is a single bloc. There are those who say we can build inside the settlement blocs, and others who say we may not be able to hold onto the towns outside the blocs. I have come to tell you what the Arabs already know - that the Land of Israel is one bloc.

- Naftali Bennett

Inside, Tell, Whole, Arabs

Let's be honest: discrimination against Arabs exists in Israel.

- Naftali Bennett

Honest, Against, Israel, Arabs

Factually, the Temple Mount is the precise location of the Temple. It's the holiest place in the world for Jews. It's the third holiest place for Muslims. And we need to respect each others' rights, freedom of religion.

- Naftali Bennett

Need, Freedom Of Religion, Mount

Netanyahu supports - and he truly does support - building a Palestinian state within Israel.

- Naftali Bennett

Within, Netanyahu, Does, Supports

You can't be a conqueror in your own home.

- Naftali Bennett

Own, You, Your, Conqueror

Israel never targets civilians deliberately, period.

- Naftali Bennett

Never, Civilians, Period, Targets

Things are expensive, very expensive in Israel for many reasons. One of the reasons is our ports. It's a monopoly. They run very poorly. And we have ships that are stuck in the ocean for three or four days or a week, and all that cost is transferred to the products and the consumer.

- Naftali Bennett

Very, Poorly, Transferred, Ships

I know that 'boots on the ground' is a scary phrase and that the Western world has gotten used to sterile attacks.

- Naftali Bennett

World, Used, Gotten, Sterile

Iran doesn't need one centrifuge. Canada has nuclear energy. Spain has nuclear energy. Switzerland has nuclear energy, and they don't enrich uranium. You don't need to enrich uranium in order to use nuclear energy. You enrich uranium in order to produce a bomb.

- Naftali Bennett

Need, Spain, Use, Nuclear Energy

Europe is especially vulnerable to terrorists who may hide among the refugees pouring across its borders.

- Naftali Bennett

Hide, Across, Vulnerable, Pouring

There are roughly 22,000 Palestinians working side by side with what you call settlers in factories and malls in the West Bank. If you work together, you start understanding each other.

- Naftali Bennett

Other, Side, West Bank, Roughly

For Israel to retain its amazing position as the largest concentration of high tech after Silicon Valley, we need more engineers and mathematicians. We have too many lawyers.

- Naftali Bennett

Lawyers, Tech, Largest, Mathematicians

I state in no uncertain terms: An order to uproot an Arab village or a Jewish settlement violates the most basic of human rights... It's a difficult dilemma.

- Naftali Bennett

Jewish, Uncertain, Difficult, Dilemma

I myself have felt the wrath of the media, but that's part of what a good democracy is.

- Naftali Bennett

Myself, Part, Felt, Wrath

Judaism doesn't recognize gay marriage, just as we don't recognize milk and meat together as kosher, and nothing will change it... I'm not a hypocrite; I state my positions.

- Naftali Bennett

Change, Will, Nothing, Gay Marriage

Conscientious objection is an intrinsic part of being a soldier.

- Naftali Bennett

Soldier, Part, Being, Intrinsic

Europe, the U.S., and their allies can defeat the terrorists of Islamic State, or ISIS. The first step is making the decision to fight back. The next step is understanding that drones and standoff missiles will not be enough. Ground troops will be needed.

- Naftali Bennett

Next, Drones, Islamic, Missiles

In a perfect world, there would be freedom of religion and freedom for all religions to exercise their religion everywhere.

- Naftali Bennett

Freedom Of Religion, Perfect World

It's totally viable to envisage a million Jews living in Judea and Samaria.

- Naftali Bennett

Living, Jews, Million, Envisage

No country in the world is going to recognize that Ariel and Maaleh Adumim and Beit El are a sovereign part of Israel.

- Naftali Bennett

Country, Going, Part, Sovereign

I'll remind you that the West signed a deal with North Korea, said it would make the world a safer place, and, of course, all the words evaporated, and North Korea acquired nuclear weapons.

- Naftali Bennett

Deal, North, Safer, Weapons

I'm vehemently against population transfer. I'm against expelling anyone from his house, ever - whether it be a Jew or an Arab.

- Naftali Bennett

Population, House, Against, Arab

The Israeli government has already established a fund to encourage young Arab women, specifically from the Bedouin community, to study engineering. We are funding their university studies and providing them with mentors who assist them with their studies and the job placement process.

- Naftali Bennett

Young, Study, Providing, Arab

I opened about a dozen employment centers for Arab women across Israel during my two years as minister of economy.

- Naftali Bennett

About, Minister, Opened, Arab

In my previous career as a chief executive of high-tech companies, I experienced firsthand the endless possibilities when people from diverse backgrounds work together. They get to know one another and quickly learn that they share more in common than they originally thought.

- Naftali Bennett

Career, Possibilities, Diverse

Historically, the National Religious Party, which my party - Jewish Home - is built upon, has aligned itself in consecutive Israeli governments with the ultra-Orthodox factions.

- Naftali Bennett

Religious, Which, Built, Aligned

In the Middle East, we don't have the luxury to indulge in fantasy.

- Naftali Bennett

Fantasy, Middle, East, Indulge

The Israeli public is frustrated with the way it is portrayed abroad.

- Naftali Bennett

Abroad, Public, Frustrated, Portrayed

It's no secret that I wear a kippa.

- Naftali Bennett

Secret, Wear, No Secret

I'm not going to tell the Palestinians how to arrange themselves. If they want to have their own entity and their own parliament as they do today, that's fine. If they want to connect to Jordan, which has a very big Palestinian population, and vote in the Jordanian government, that's fine.

- Naftali Bennett

Big, Tell, Very, Jordan

Any deal that allows Iran to enrich uranium, which allows them to ultimately break out within a few months with a nuclear weapon, is a disaster for the world.

- Naftali Bennett

Deal, Which, Months, Disaster

If you want to change things, it requires bravery.

- Naftali Bennett

Change, Want, Things, Bravery

I have one identity, and that's Israeli and Jewish. I don't view myself as an American citizen.

- Naftali Bennett

Identity, View, Citizen, American Citizen

As soldiers in Israel's army, one of the most grueling training regimens we had to endure was a long march while carrying a comrade on a stretcher.

- Naftali Bennett

Training, Soldiers, Had, Carrying

The State of Israel must be at the forefront of global science - in physics, in mathematics, in medicine, in biology.

- Naftali Bennett

Mathematics, Biology, Israel, Forefront

I have not one shred of anger in my heart against Netanyahu or his wife.

- Naftali Bennett

Against, Netanyahu, His, Shred

Israel is the vanguard of the free world against the Islamic terrorism of ISIS, Hezbollah, Hamas, and Iran.

- Naftali Bennett

World, Hamas, Islamic, Free World

I am proud of religious Zionism. I am proud of the members of religious Zionism because it is a true ideological public.

- Naftali Bennett

Proud, Religious, Zionism, Members

Jews have been living in Jerusalem way before British people were living in London.

- Naftali Bennett

London, Living, Been, British People

You don't talk to terror organizations!

- Naftali Bennett

Talk, You, Terror, Organizations

There are no second chances in the volatile Middle East.

- Naftali Bennett

Middle, East, Second Chances, Chances

It often takes time for the Israeli government to get things done.

- Naftali Bennett

Government, Get, Israeli, Israeli Government

You cannot force a state to be demilitarized. Even if a state enters a treaty where it commits to be demilitarized, there's no way to reverse statehood if it violates it.

- Naftali Bennett

Way, Violates, Even, Reverse

Can you imagine what will happen to the global economy if Iran comes out with a nuclear weapon? The whole area will enter a nuclear race - Saudi Arabia, Turkey.

- Naftali Bennett

Happen, Imagine, Area, Enter

I want every Israeli child, secular and religious, to know about Moses, about Maimonides, about Yoni Netanyahu, about Hannah Senesh and S. Y. Agnon. I want every child to know how to read the Bible, and know how to make Kiddush.

- Naftali Bennett

Religious, Netanyahu, Hannah, Moses

Israel is not the safest place in the world for Jews. Melbourne in Australia is better. Teaneck, New Jersey, is safer.

- Naftali Bennett

New, Jews, Safer, Jersey

There's 2 million Palestinians that govern themselves. They have their own parliament, their own government, their own elections, their own tax system. I don't want to govern the Palestinians; no one does. They already govern themselves.

- Naftali Bennett

Want, Own, Govern, Tax System

I want to do good for Israel. My philosophy is let's do good stuff, and let's see what happens. And que sera, sera.

- Naftali Bennett

Want, See, Israel, Philosophy

I myself am a former commando fighter.

- Naftali Bennett

Myself, Fighter, Am, Former

Israel, contrary to most of the West, has a high fertility rate, so there's a lot of young people in Israel. Most families have three kids as opposed to one or two, so a big proportion of the population is under 30.

- Naftali Bennett

Young, Big, Proportion, Population

I'm not prepared to give up the truth for popularity.

- Naftali Bennett

Truth, Give, Prepared, Popularity

I would never take my children and place them next to missile launchers.

- Naftali Bennett

Never, Next, Take, Missile

There is no one single solution to eradicate phishing.

- Naftali Bennett

Solution, Single, Eradicate

I am often in contact with the hareidi public and politicians.

- Naftali Bennett

I Am, Contact, Public, Politicians

Haredi youth are smart, and they are going to bring a big benefit to the high-tech industry.

- Naftali Bennett

Big, Bring, Going, High-Tech

The West has demonstrated its ability in the past to project power and move troops to distant regions.

- Naftali Bennett

In The Past, Move, Regions, Troops

Jews can build in New York, Moscow and Paris, but in our own land, we can't build? That's nuts.

- Naftali Bennett

New, Own, Jews, York

We need to do everything possible to save the Jewish state. We don't have another Jewish state.

- Naftali Bennett

Need, Another, Save, Jewish State

The prime minister is not a private individual, but the leader of the Jewish State and the Jewish world as a whole.

- Naftali Bennett

Leader, Private, Prime, Jewish State

Not everything can be solved quickly.

- Naftali Bennett

Everything, Quickly, Solved

The reality is, if you were fortunate to be born to rich parents, you have a better chance of succeeding in life. And that's wrong.

- Naftali Bennett

Chance, Born, Rich, Fortunate

The term 'demilitarized Palestinian state' is an oxymoron.

- Naftali Bennett

Oxymoron, Term, State, Palestinian

The Palestinian Authority has become the biggest terror body in the world.

- Naftali Bennett

World, Terror, Biggest, Palestinian

I want the world to understand that a Palestinian state means no Israeli state. That's the equation.

- Naftali Bennett

World, Means, Israeli, Palestinian

You don't start shooting rockets at Israel and expect that we'll just sit back supinely and die.

- Naftali Bennett

Start, Die, Shooting, Rockets

When you negotiate with terrorists, you get more terror.

- Naftali Bennett

More, Get, Terror, Negotiate

Israel will not divide its land. We're already too small.

- Naftali Bennett

Small, Will, Too, Divide

Israel is stronger than all those who curse it.

- Naftali Bennett

Stronger, Israel, Than, Curse

I very much admire Uri Ariel. I think he's a man of principles, and effective, and I love him.

- Naftali Bennett

Love, Think, Very, Principles

I spent most of my career in hi tech, not in politics.

- Naftali Bennett

Politics, Hi, Most, Tech

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.

- Naftali Bennett

Sense, Save, Netanyahu, Iran

Israel now has a reputation around the world of being not just a place to develop products and technology but to develop ideas.

- Naftali Bennett

World, Now, Israel, Products

I think Gadi Eizenkot is a very good commander.

- Naftali Bennett

Think, I Think, Very, Commander

I don't believe in regime change, certainly not in the Middle East.

- Naftali Bennett

Middle, East, Certainly, Middle East

We must continue building in all corners of the Land of Israel, with determination and without being confused.

- Naftali Bennett

Confused, Continue, Corners, Israel

We know that 99.9% of Arab-Israelis are loyal to Israel.

- Naftali Bennett

Know, Loyal, Israel

Sooner or later, Israel will have to defeat Hamas. There is no way around it.

- Naftali Bennett

Defeat, Later, Hamas, Israel

Israel is not Vegas, and it will not be.

- Naftali Bennett

Vegas, Will, Israel

Judea and Samaria can be a place of refuge for the nation.

- Naftali Bennett

Place, Nation, Refuge

I come from the hi-tech world - you don't survive if you don't constantly reinvent yourself every few years.

- Naftali Bennett

Reinvent, Come, Constantly, Survive

There will not be a billion-shekel cut to education on my watch.

- Naftali Bennett

Education, Will, Watch, Cut

I think people appreciate honesty.

- Naftali Bennett

Honesty, Think, I Think, Appreciate

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