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“Power is the most important thing in foreign policy. Occupation is nonsense. There are powerful states that have occupied and transferred populations, and no one talks about them.” – Times of Israel, 5 November 2018

“West of the Jordan, Israel and Israel alone will be responsible for security, which means that it's not just a question of hot pursuit going into Palestinian areas, okay? It's also having the ability to be there all the time – that's why the West Bank is not Gaza.” – i24news, 24 October 2018

“My view of a potential agreement is that the Palestinians have all the powers to govern themselves but none of the powers to threaten us. The key power that must, must not be in their hands is the question of security. I don’t want them either as citizens of Israel or subjects of Israel…” – Jpost, 29 September 2018

“And it [UNESCO] must stop the absurdity of passing resolutions which deny the connection between the Jewish people and the Land of Israel, between the Jewish people and our eternal capital Jerusalem. No matter what UNESCO says, the Western Wall is not occupied Palestinian territory and the Cave of the Patriarchs - the burial site of Abraham and Sara, Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob, and Leah - is not a Palestinian Heritage Site [sic].” - MFA , 26 September 2018

“That's not what happened with the Palestinians, where they created a special institution 70 years ago - not to absorb the refugees, but to eternalize them. The United States did something very important when it stopped the money for UNRWA. It is finally starting to solve the problem. The refugee institution must be cancelled, the money must be taken to really help rehabilitate the refugees, whose number is much smaller than the number reported in UNRWA.” – Arutz 7, 2 September 2018

“I can promise you that no settlements in the Land of Israel will be evacuated.” – JTA, 20 August 2018

“The Nationality Law prevents, for example, the exploitation of the family reunification clause under which very, very many Palestinians have been absorbed into the country since the Oslo agreement, and this law helps prevent the continued uncontrolled entry into Israel of Palestinians. It could be that this law will also be able to assist us in blocking the future entry of labor migrants.” – Ynet, 5 August 2018

“Christians also know another fundamental truth: Jerusalem has been the capital of the Jewish people for 3,000 years [sic]. Jerusalem has been the capital of Israel for 70 years [sic]. And Jerusalem will always be our capital.” – PMO , 23 July 2018

“We continue with the development momentum of settlement in Judea and Samaria [occupied West Bank] and approve thousands of new housing units.” – Arutz 7, 24 May 2018

“For over 3,000 years it [Jerusalem] has been the capital of our people, and only of our people [sic]. We dreamed of returning to rebuild it, the city that is joined together – this is exactly what we are doing today. We will make a series of decisions to build up and develop [settlements in] Jerusalem, east and west, north and south, in all directions – to both reveal its past and build its future. I know that there will be difficulties along the way; there have been difficulties for the past 70 years. We have met them since 1949 and up to recent years. We will also meet them in the future.” – Arutz 7, 13 May 2018

“I think most Israelis would favor a situation where we could separate from the Palestinians. I don’t want the Palestinians as citizens of Israel and I don’t want them as subjects of Israel. So I want a solution when they have all the powers they need to govern themselves, but none of the powers that would threaten us. What that means is that whatever the solution is, the area west of the Jordan, that includes the Palestinian areas, would be militarily under Israel. The security, the overriding security and responsibility would be Israel’s.” – Jewish Press, 07 March 2018

“This bypass road is part of the system of bypass roads that we are building throughout Judea and Samaria [Occupied West Bank] that serves the residents of Judea and Samaria and the residents of the entire State of Israel.” – Times of Israel, 30 January 2018

“It's been the capital of Israel for nearly 70 years…Jerusalem has been the capital of the Jewish people for 3,000 years….The President's [Trump] decision is an important step towards peace, for there is no peace that doesn't include Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel…I call on all countries that seek peace to join the United States in recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital and to move their embassies here…” –PMO , 06 December 2017

“This is the land we inherited from our forefathers. This is our land. We have returned here to remain for eternity. There will not be any more uprooting of settlements in the Land of Israel.” “It has been proved that uprooting settlements does not foster peace.” -  Jpost, 29 Aug 2017

“What I’m willing to give the Palestinians is not exactly a state with full authority, rather a state minus. This is why the Palestinians do not agree” - Times of Israel , 22 Jan 2017

“Jerusalem will never be a joint capital, and a Palestinian terror state will not be established in the West Bank, under any circumstances.”- Times of Israel, 21 October 2018

“First of all, before imposing sovereignty over all the territories of Judea and Samaria [occupied West Bank], sovereignty should be applied to all of Area C, the area that isn't subject to dispute and where all the Jews live. And yes, I think the Prime Minister is acting correctly when he talks about coordinating with the Americans, because God has performed a miracle for us and there are now a President and Vice President in the White House who sympathize with the people of Israel and the Land of Israel.” - Arutz 7, 12 February 2018

“With all of my appreciation for the Trump administration, which I don’t hide... I can’t live with a document that talks about two states, and I will vote against it.” “We want peace and are ready to negotiate, but not based on two states. I cannot accept a paper like that from the Americans.” - Jpost, 11 September 2017

“The State of Israel is humanly indivisible; it was not bequeathed by mortal hands, its borders are not negotiable; dividing it would be unthinkable. One may and must develop all its territory, expand, take care of infrastructure, build roads, raise children, and plant trees. Israel in its entirety is the country of the Jewish People, and the right to it belongs only to the Jewish People.” – Arutz 7, 14 February 2017

“As long as I'm part of the Israeli government, I will work with all my strength against the surreal and dangerous idea of dividing the country, and even if I remain alone, I will always vote against the establishment of a Palestinian state no matter what costume is used to define it or seeks to promote it.”- Arutz7, 14 February 2017

“Every meeting of the planning council is where we sit, push, and try to increase the number of units to be approved. It's clear to everyone we're not in the Obama era, but we haven't yet reached a goal we feel comfortable enough with. There is a change, but it's not enough and not noticeable in all places. We're fighting everywhere to authorize young settlement.” - Arutz 7, 4 September 2018

“I very much hope and believe that our goal of regulating the settlements will come true - whether by sovereignty or by regulation and legislation.” -  Arutz 7, 4 September 2018

“[The settlement of] the City of David is an inseparable part of the history and heritage of the Jewish people in the Land of Israel and in Jerusalem in particular. The settlement there existed long before the site was declared a national park, and it is important for the continuation and expansion of the hold of the Jewish people in the Land of Israel and in all parts of Jerusalem, our capital.” - Arutz 7, 4 July 2018

“The state must not miss this moment [to destroy the village of Khan al-Ahmar]. [Israel should] enforce its laws and prove its sovereignty, while Palestinian flags are proudly raised on its lands.” - Arutz 7, 25 July 2018

“It's time to put the Likud Central Committee's resolution into practice and begin applying sovereignty over the settlement areas in Judea and Samaria [Occupied West Bank]. There will be no better historic opportunity to do this.” - Ynet, 28 January 2018

“The Palestinians succeeded in persuading the world that there is an occupation. We must clarify to everyone that this is the land of our forefathers and we have both an historic and legal claim to it. The meeting with President Trump is the first step before building without any apologetics everywhere and should be continued by establishing sovereignty over the entire land of Israel.” – Arutz 7, 13 February 2017

“We call on the prime minister to act from now on in accordance with the historic opportunity created by the election in the United States to resume building all in every part of our land, and to say farewell to the dangerous two-state plan, and instead to promote normalization and sovereignty in Judea and Samaria.” - Haaretz, 09 November 2016

"We will withstand the greatest pressures. We'll stand up for our truth, and stand at the gate of the city that was built to protect the eastern gate of our capital, Jerusalem…This is the opening salvo in the fight for Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samara [Occupied West Bank]. Ma'ale Adumim is the first stop in a long journey to strengthen the Zionist endeavor." Arutz 7– 18 July 2016

“We have to stop working based on the old formulas. In the whole area of ​​peace arrangements, we need to think in a new way and not recycle the programs that do not work. The two-state solution proved that it failed and we need to repeat the word 'stability' today. The word 'peace' is not relevant in this era.”- Arutz 7, 15 November 2018

“From the first day that this administration came in, we have clarified our red lines regarding negotiations with the Palestinians. I was part of some of these conversations. Settlements is a red line. No Jew will be evacuated from his home. The idea of ​​displacement or withdrawal from the territory will not be repeated. In addition, we are a government that opposes the idea of ​​a Palestinian state. After [Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's] Bar-Ilan speech and its ramifications, one can say that the Israeli government is united in its opposition to a Palestinian state. This is an idea that endangers the State of Israel.” – Arutz 7, 23 October 2018

“We will continue to develop Jewish settlement in the areas where we have a 4,000 year-old connection [sic].” – Arutz 7, 23 October 2018

“For the first time, the Israeli leadership is no longer willing to accept the idea of fake Palestinian refugees. Only this week in his speech at the UN, Abu Mazen [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas] spoke of 'six million Palestinian refugees’ who were not born in Israel - six million people raised on the idea that they will 'return’ to the State of Israel. This approach is certainly not leading us towards a peace process, but instead to perpetual conflict. The international community has for years ignored this 'demand to return’, and it serves to eternalize the conflict. Therefore, anyone who seeks peace should stop supporting the idea of the refugees that UNRWA continues to espouse, and the demand for a return whose aim is the destruction of Israel.” – Arutz 7, 22 February 2018

“The UNRWA era is over. I want to raise this issue with every country that donates to UNRWA and demand that they divert their money to real humanitarian organizations and stop cultivating the Palestinian right of return that perpetuates the conflict. For many years, the international community simply ignored the Palestinian demand for return [to the State of Israel] and created a distorted reality in which the Palestinians continue to be considered refugees who wish to return to Jaffa, Acre, Lod and Ramle, and in fact aspire to the destruction of the State of Israel.” - Arutz 7, 21 January 2018

“We need to talk about the fact that the settlement enterprise is here forever. We cannot talk about withdrawals. Fortunately, in the past 8 years with all its difficulties there was still no withdrawal program on the table. At the moment, the settlement enterprise needs to advance and become accepted as a legitimate legal tool. This is the land of the Jewish people and it was not stolen suddenly..”- Arutz 7, 04 April 2017

“The answer to the international struggle over Jerusalem is applying sovereignty over Ma’ale Adumim, which will guarantee Jerusalem will always remain united and develop.”- Times of Israel, 31 October 2016

“I think it’s the center of Israeli sovereignty, the capital of Israel, the holiest place for the Jewish people. It’s my dream to see the Israeli flag flying on the Temple Mount.” – Times of Israel , 26 October 2015

“[It's a blessing to live in a time when the Israeli courts] strengthened Jewish settlement and don’t dismantle it through judicial activism that is completely contrary to the spirit of the legislature.” - Jpost, 29 August 2018

“It [the Jerusalem 'District Court’ ruling to legalize the settler outpost of Mitzpeh Kramim] sends a clear and unequivocal message to the Palestinians and their extreme Left-wing supporters that communities [settlements] in the Land of Israel won’t be uprooted or evacuated.” – Jpost, 29 August 2018

“I will never assist in evacuating settlements. Since I left the army, I have worked to strengthen settlement in Judea and Samaria [occupied West Bank]. I never raised my hand to evacuate settlements and I will never raise my hand to evacuate settlements.” – Arutz 7, 22 July 2018

“We returned to Samaria [occupied West Bank], we came home. Even if they dig very deep, they will not find a Palestinian coin here. On the other hand, we see our history here - the ancient Kingdom of Israel, which was here in Sebastia.” – Arutz 7, 4 April 2018

“We need to build [settlements], and to return Jewish life to these areas. We will ensure that there are building [settlement] permits for industrial zones, because life requires work and employment.” – Arutz 7, 4 April 2018

“I want to say unequivocally: This is our land; our duty is to apply sovereignty ,once they realize there is no hope, their motivation will disappear.” – Arutz 7, 11 January 2018

“I think that when we see what we're seeing, that the Palestinians constantly build in Areas A and B, we see it in Shechem [Nablus], Ramallah, and other areas - there's no reason for them to build in Area C.” “There's no question that just like we limit Jewish building in Area C, there's no reason to approve 15,000 housing units for Arabs. Especially since they build nonstop and without limits in Areas A and B.”- Arutz 7, 18 June 2017

“Unfortunately, the children in Gaza and the Palestinian Authority are victims of the PA and of Hamas, who are poisoning their minds from an early age and turning them into human shields. They raise them on hatred of Jews, violence and terror - and that's the result.” – Arutz 7, 2 July 2018

“It was a historical overview of how the Romans tried to erase the memory of Judea [Occupied West Bank] by calling the area Palestina, and the Arabs adopted the same tactic” – Jpost, 19 May 2016

“I want to go back to history, what is our place here, about Jerusalem, about Palestine, when like we said, Arabic doesn't even have 'P,' so this loan-word also merits scrutiny.” – Haaretz, 10 February 2016

"You can’t fool the Jews, no matter what is the media writes. The public in Israel is a public that belongs to the Jewish race, and the entire Jewish race is the highest human capital, the smartest, the most comprehending. The public knows what the prime minister is doing for the country and how excellent he is at his job.” – Times of Israel, 13 June 2018

“The two-state solution is dead.”  “The Palestinians will have to choose if they want to be citizens with equal rights or not.They will be able to vote and be elected in their city under administrative autonomy and under Israeli sovereignty and with complete security control."- I24 news, 03 June 2017

“I am trying to convey the message to the Prime Minister that he should not discuss a Palestinian state. I call on him to produce a new diplomatic dialogue with the U.S. administration which does not include a Palestinian state but rather declaring sovereignty, thus leading to prosperity for both nations.”- Arutz 7, 08 February 2017

“We will send the Waqf people that Israel generously allows to move around the Temple Mount [Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound] back to Jordan, and we will apply full Israeli sovereignty to the Temple Mount [Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound].” – Arutz 7, 23 October 2018

“Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat’s decision to begin a process of removing the trash from Jerusalem must include this trash that is called UNRWA, a body which deals solely in incitement rather than education. They take people who want to integrate into Israeli society in Jerusalem, want to be a part of Israeli society, and encourage them not to integrate, not to move forward academically and stay behind. They teach them that Israel is the enemy.” - Knesset website, 17 October 2018

“In addition, we have to continue to build more vigorously to make it clear that we're here and we have no intention of going anywhere…” - Arutz 7, 18 September 2018

“I don’t understand how you don’t see how establishing another state puts us all in danger. The Palestinians aren’t coming to the table, so we’re moving forward, and moving forward means sovereignty over the whole of Judea and Samaria [occupied West Bank]...” – Jpost, 5 February 2018

“We don’t need the world to recognize Jerusalem; we know Jerusalem is the capital of Israel….if the world wants to be relevant, they will recognize Jerusalem. If the world wants to be relevant to reality, they will recognize Jerusalem, and they will have all their embassies here in Jerusalem.”- Arutz, 21 November 2017

“[The two-state solution] is not a solution.  It's deepening the problem. We've overcame the final solution where we are going to overcome the two-state, the so-called solution.  This is our land. God brought us back here and we will build the land and peace is win win. [It] is building... People have to recognize the fact that we are here for good. The Arabs living next to us have a chance to benefit from being part of our land.” - INL, 29 March 2017

“The fiftieth year of Judea and Samaria's liberation should become the year of sovereignty; it is not enough just to have sovereignty over Maale Adumim. Jerusalem, Israel's capital needs to be strengthened demographically to manifest a Zionist majority both in terms of sovereignty and the economic aspects. The Greater Jerusalem Sovereignty Law mandates that the State of Israel apply Israeli law and justice to Gush Etzion, Ma'aleh Adumim, Givat Zeev, Betar Illit, Adam, Ma'ale Michmash, and Psagot.” - Arutz 7, 09 February 2017

“A belt of towns under Israeli sovereignty would strengthen Jerusalem and remove from the agenda the idea of a Palestinian state and the shrinking of Jewish settlement into blocs.” - Arutz 7, 09 February 2017