Quotes About Security

You have to show Israel that it's not going to be forced to do things it doesn't want to do and can't do.

The people of Israel are entitled, as is any other nation, to live in peace and safety.

No border that touches Israel is always secure.

Israel's flexibility is dependent on its sense of security.

Israel sees the world just beyond its borders collapsing.

Israel has a right to defend itself.

I think it suffices to say that Israel has the right to defend itself.

One of the greatest fears of the Arab world is a direct conflict between Israel and the Islamic State.

Ahmed Tibi does not recognize the existence of the state of Israel, and letting him into the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee is a serious danger to its security.

We have to build an iron wall to protect Israel.

The last thing Israel is interested in is an escalation or some military action against Iran.

Israel won't be secure so long as Hamas is in power, and therefore, we need to come to a decision that we will break the will of Hamas to keep fighting.

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

Israel cannot afford a war of attrition.

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

What I am trying to say to Israel is, 'Listen, borders is something that we need, and hopefully, peace is something that we need.'

Most Americans can't begin to understand what day-to-day life is like for millions of Israeli citizens. We can't relate to hearing sirens go off - notifying us that we have 15 seconds to a minute to seek shelter from a potential rocket attack.

The Israeli people must be free to live in peace and security.

The Israeli military believes it has destroyed all of Hamas's tunnels, or at least all the ones it knew about.

The Israeli people deserve better than a life in between rounds of violence.

The Golan Heights is an area in the north of the State of Israel that has no part in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

We're close friends - the American people, the Israeli people, our governments. There's absolutely no daylight - none - between us and the Israelis on the question of Israel's security.

One cannot forsake the security of Israelis.

But again, to dealing with border security, is an issue that - it's like having a fire in the back of your house that you need to put out first before you talk about who, who you're going to let in the front door.