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A solution of two national states - a Jewish state, Israel; an Arab state, Palestine. The Palestinians are our closest neighbors. I believe they may become our closest friends.

4.2 · 58 votes · 123 reads

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And in England there has always been something deeply pro-Arab, of course, not among all Englishmen, and anti-Israeli, in the establishment. They abstained in the 1947 UN partition resolution... They maintained an arms embargo against us in the 1950s... T

Israel

4.0 · 34 votes · 181 reads

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Bulgaria is a true friend of Israel, that stood up to save the Jewish people 70 years ago in Europe, and who stood by throughout the terror attack that took place in Burgas last July.

Israel

5.0 · 38 votes

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For me, dreaming is simply being pragmatic.

Dreams

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I believe that peace with the Palestinians is most urgent - urgent than ever before. It is necessary. It is crucial. It is possible. A delay may worsen its chances. Israel and the Palestinians are, in my judgment, ripe today to restart the peace process.

5.0 · 43 votes

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Society
I think peace should be done not only among governments but among people. It was impossible before the Facebook.
3.7 · 16 votes · 191 reads
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Thought and Reason
I worked with a group of people who argued day and night - professors, officials, the Minister of Finance - but there were decisions that I had to make.
4.4 · 33 votes · 8 reads
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In Israel, a land lacking in natural resources, we learned to appreciate our greatest national advantage: our minds. Through creativity and innovation, we transformed barren deserts into flourishing fields and pioneered new frontiers in science and techno
3.6 · 26 votes · 150 reads
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Israel was born under the British mandate. We learned from the British what democracy means, and how it behaves in a time of danger, war and terror. We thank Britain for introducing freedom and respect of human rights both in normal and demanding circumst
3.4 · 12 votes · 78 reads
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Look, Israel doesn't intend to introduce nuclear weapons, but if people are afraid that we have them, why not? It's a deterrent.
4.6 · 49 votes · 166 reads
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My heart goes out to the brave citizens of Syria, who each day risk and even sacrifice their lives to achieve freedom from a murderous regime. We in Israel welcome the historic struggle to forge democratic, peace-loving governments in our region.
3.6 · 19 votes · 22 reads
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One of the most important branches of the Egyptian economy is tourism. No bikinis, no tourism. So they have to decide what to do.
4.3 · 37 votes · 157 reads
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Peace with the Palestinians will open ports of peace all around the Mediterranean. The duty of leaders is to pursue freedom ceaselessly, even in the face of hostility, in the face of doubt and disappointment. Just imagine what could be.
3.3 · 23 votes · 200 reads
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Government and Politics
Television has made dictatorship impossible but democracy unbearable.
3.2 · 55 votes · 198 reads
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Science and Technology
The internet, Facebook and Twitter have created mass communications and social spaces that regimes cannot control.
4.5 · 15 votes · 21 reads
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Science and Technology
The older generation had greater respect for land than science. But we live in an age when science, more than soil, has become the provider of growth and abundance. Living just on the land creates loneliness in an age of globality.
4.9 · 25 votes · 111 reads
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The present Arab uprising didn't stem from Israel. The old guard is trying to keep down the young chickens. The old guard is better organized. They may win elections, but unless they have a solution to poverty, to corruption, to oppression, they will not
4.1 · 12 votes · 46 reads
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The uprising in Egypt was initiated by the young generation. The uprising achieved two things. One is it made the lives of dictators impossible. Today, if you are looking for a safe job, don't become a dictator.
4.7 · 5 votes · 67 reads
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There was one occasion when I was very young - eight years or seven years old - that Jewish businessmen went through the forest, and they were assassinated. And that was for the first time I saw in our paper where there were assassinations in our place.
3.2 · 14 votes · 166 reads
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What is wrong with the Iranians in addition to the nuclear bomb? This is the only country on Earth in the 21st century that has renewed imperialistic ambitions. They really want to become the hegemon of the Middle East in an age that gave up imperialism.
3.8 · 48 votes · 128 reads
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Thought and Reason
When you have two alternatives, the first thing you have to do is to look for the third that you didn't think about, that doesn't exist.
3.0 · 41 votes · 150 reads
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You know who is against democracy in the Middle East? The husbands. They got used to their way of life. Now, the traditional way of life must change. Everybody must change. If you don't give equal rights to women, you can't progress.
3.8 · 61 votes · 200 reads
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