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You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies.
Shimon Peres
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Shimon Peres
Age: 93 †
Born: 1923
Born: August 16
Died: 2016
Died: September 28
Poet
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President Of Israel
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Szymon Perski
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Israel's doors are open to collaboration with Bulgaria.
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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.
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We had a lot of support - don't give me the world, just the televisions. In America we enjoy support,China is neutral, India is for, in Europe they're divided.
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