corpus · 101 on file

Quotes

Every verified statement attributed to a politician or party in the dataset. Each carries a year, the context, and at least one source citation. The same corpus drives the Who-said-it game and the "On the record" sections on entity pages.

Mr. Prime Minister, you said that a strong prime minister tells the President of the United States—'yes' when possible, and 'no'—when necessary. This is the time to tell our friend, President Trump—'no'. Now is the time to do what is required and necessary to strike Hezbollah, to unleash the hands of our fighters, and to restore security to the north.

אדוני ראש הממשלה, אמרת שראש ממשלה חזק אומר לנשיא ארה״ב- ׳כן׳ כשאפשר, ו׳לא׳- כשצריך. זה הזמן לומר לידידנו, הנשיא טראמפ-׳לא׳. כעת הזמן לעשות מה שמתחייב ונדרש כדי להכות בחיזבאללה, להתיר את ידי לוחמינו ולהחזיר את הביטחון לצפון.

Itamar Ben-Gvir · 2026 Tweeted on X on June 1, 2026, aimed at Netanyahu to continue striking Lebanon despite President Trump's call to stop. Sources: x.com ■■■□□
There will be no Palestinian state, and there is no place for a Palestinian state — neither west nor east of the Jordan.

לא תהיה מדינה פלסטינית, ואין מקום למדינה פלסטינית — לא ממערב לירדן ולא ממזרחו.

Bezalel Smotrich · 2024 2024 declaration during the post-October-7 Gaza war, rejecting Western and Saudi proposals for a two-state framework as a post-war horizon. Sources: en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org Tier 1 — direct MENA-language primary ■■■□□
When citizens are killed in their homes and their land, all the rules change.

כאשר אזרחים נהרגים בבתיהם ובאדמתם, כל הכללים משתנים.

Benjamin Netanyahu · 2023 October 8, 2023 televised address — the morning after the Hamas attack on southern Israel. Frames the subsequent Israeli military campaign as a categorical shift, not a routine response. Sources: gov.il · en.wikipedia.org Tier 1 — direct MENA-language primary ■■■□□
The time has come to be landlords in our country. We have to restore deterrence, we have to be the masters of the situation.

הגיע הזמן להיות בעלי בית בארץ שלנו. צריך להחזיר את ההרתעה, צריך להיות אדוני המצב.

Itamar Ben-Gvir · 2022 November 1 2022 election-night address after the party's breakthrough into the Knesset as a senior coalition partner — the speech that previewed the new National Security ministry's posture. Sources: en.wikipedia.org Tier 1 — direct MENA-language primary ■■■□□
An agreement with a Palestinian state, based on two states for two peoples, is the right thing for Israel's security, for Israel's economy, and for the future of our children.

Yair Lapid · 2022 September 2022 UN General Assembly address by the then–Israeli prime minister — the first explicit two-state endorsement from an Israeli PM at the UN podium in over a decade. Sources: gov.il · en.wikipedia.org Tier 2 — primary or translation ■■■□□
We have decided to take a bold step, even though we know that this step has serious risks attached to it.

Mansour Abbas · 2021 June 2021 speech announcing the entry of an Arab-Israeli Islamist party into the Bennett-Lapid coalition government — the first time an Arab party formally joined an Israeli cabinet. Sources: en.wikipedia.org Tier 2 — primary or translation ■■■■□
Twice in history we have lost our national home precisely because the leaders of the generation were unable to sit with one another and find a compromise.

פעמיים בהיסטוריה איבדנו את הבית הלאומי שלנו דווקא משום שמנהיגי הדור לא הצליחו לשבת זה עם זה ולמצוא פשרה.

Naftali Bennett · 2021 June 13 2021 Knesset address swearing in the eight-party "change government" — the rhetorical pivot framing coalition-building with the left and centre as an act of Jewish historical responsibility. Sources: en.wikipedia.org Tier 1 — direct MENA-language primary ■■■■□
Red lines don't lead to war; red lines prevent war.

Benjamin Netanyahu · 2012 UN General Assembly, 27 Sep 2012. The cartoon-bomb speech: Netanyahu drew a red line on a literal cartoon bomb to argue Iran must be stopped before reaching the final stage of weapons-grade uranium enrichment. Became one of the most-circulated UN moments of the decade. Sources: gov.il Tier 2 — primary or translation ■■■□□
No citizenship without loyalty.

Avigdor Lieberman · 2009 A 2009 election campaign slogan tying Israeli citizenship to a declaration of loyalty to the state and its symbols. Sources: en.wikipedia.org Tier 3 — English secondary ■■■□□
Palestinians must clearly and unambiguously recognize Israel as the state of the Jewish people.

Benjamin Netanyahu · 2009 Israeli prime minister's Bar-Ilan University address, 14 June 2009 — the precondition that defined Likud-right two-state terms for the following decade. Sources: palquest.org Tier 2 — primary or translation ■■■□□
The territory under Palestinian control must be demilitarized with ironclad security provisions for Israel.

Benjamin Netanyahu · 2009 Israeli prime minister's Bar-Ilan University address, 14 June 2009 — the second of the two preconditions for accepting a Palestinian state. Sources: palquest.org Tier 2 — primary or translation ■■■□□
Jerusalem must remain the united capital of Israel with continued religious freedom for all faiths.

Benjamin Netanyahu · 2009 Israeli prime minister's Bar-Ilan University address, 14 June 2009 — the Jerusalem position alongside the conditional acceptance of a demilitarized Palestinian state. Sources: palquest.org Tier 2 — primary or translation ■■■□□
If the day comes when the two-state solution collapses, and we face a South African-style struggle for equal voting rights, then, as soon as that happens, the State of Israel is finished.

אם יגיע היום שבו פתרון שתי המדינות יתמוטט ונעמוד מול מאבק על זכויות הצבעה שוות בנוסח דרום אפריקה, ברגע שזה יקרה, מדינת ישראל גמורה.

Ehud Olmert · 2007 November 29 2007 interview with Haaretz, framing the demographic argument for partition in language no sitting Israeli prime minister had previously used in public. Sources: en.wikipedia.org · en.wikiquote.org Tier 1 — direct MENA-language primary ■■■□□
The disengagement plan is meant to grant maximum security and minimize friction between Israelis and Palestinians.

תוכנית ההתנתקות נועדה להעניק מקסימום ביטחון ולמזער חיכוך בין ישראלים לפלסטינים.

Ariel Sharon · 2003 December 18 2003 Herzliya Conference address — the speech that introduced unilateral withdrawal as right-wing security doctrine, two years before the Gaza pullout. Sources: en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org Tier 1 — direct MENA-language primary ■■■□□
I was a military man for twenty-seven years. I fought as long as there were no prospects for peace. I believe that there is now a chance for peace, a great chance, and it must be seized.

Yitzhak Rabin · 1995 Address at a mass peace rally in Tel Aviv's Kings of Israel Square on 4 November 1995, in defense of the Oslo process. Sources: en.wikiquote.org Tier 3 — English secondary ■■□□□
Enough of blood and tears. Enough.

די לדם ולדמעות. די!

Yitzhak Rabin · 1993 September 13 1993 White House Rose Garden remarks at the Oslo Accords signing — addressed simultaneously to Palestinians and to the Israeli public watching live. Sources: nytimes.com · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikiquote.org Tier 1 — direct MENA-language primary ■■□□□
We hereby proclaim the establishment of the Jewish state in the Land of Israel — to be known as the State of Israel.

אנו מכריזים בזאת על הקמת מדינה יהודית בארץ ישראל, היא מדינת ישראל.

David Ben-Gurion · 1948 May 14 1948 declaration read at the Tel Aviv Museum hours before the British Mandate's formal expiry — the constitutive sentence of the new state. Sources: en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · britannica.com Tier 1 — direct MENA-language primary ■■□□□
We shall fight the war as if there were no White Paper, and fight the White Paper as if there were no war.

David Ben-Gurion · 1939 A 1939 directive to the Yishuv on dual strategy during the Second World War and against Britain's restrictions on Jewish immigration to Palestine. Sources: en.wikiquote.org Tier 3 — English secondary ■■■□□

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