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

— Elliott Abrams

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Israel has an important principle: It is only Israel that is responsible for our security.

— Yitzhak Rabin

Security is something that serves Israeli interests and Palestinian interests. You have a common threat and you have a common enemy and it's important to deal with that as partners.

— Dennis Ross

Israel has the power to protect itself and its citizens.

— Ehud Olmert

I hope I say this the right way, but I'm convinced that Israel will not trust other countries to do what they have to do to protect their own security.

— Trent Franks

Israel is an independent country with a large army, and it has the ability to do what it thinks is right.

— Ariel Sharon

The United States provides Israel with crucial security and economic aid and invaluable political backing in the international arena.

— Ehud Olmert

It's not only in Israel's interest but in America's as well to stand with one of its closest and important allies.

— Suzan DelBene

Nothing would do more to improve Israel's security or its relations with its neighbors than to bring about a sovereign and contiguous Palestinian state alongside a secure, democratic, Jewish Israel.

— Denis McDonough

✗Opposing Perspectives

Israel is following policies which maximise its security threats... policies which choose expansion over security... policies which lead to their moral degradation, their isolation, their delegitimation, as they call it now, and very likely ultimate destruction. That's not impossible.

— Noam Chomsky

America has some capabilities that Israel doesn't have. And Israel cannot place their security in the hands of Barack Obama; they can't do it.

— Trent Franks