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Polls are like perfume-nice to smell, dangerous to swallow.

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Shimon Peres
Age: 93 †
Born: 1923
Born: August 16
Died: 2016
Died: September 28
Poet
Politician
President Of Israel
Writer
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Szymon Perski
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Polls
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I think today you can move ahead working with global companies more than with national governments.
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Hamas married the Iranians. It was their choice. They are the same family.
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What should be the future of Israel? Is the land the most important choice, and for that reason to keep the whole of the land at any cost, or to have a partition and build the Jewish state on part of the land? And the other part?
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Why cross and ocean when you can cross a river? Why should we sail to Washington when we can meet right away 10 miles from here?
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In order to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear country you have to introduce a system of verification and inspection.
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The Middle East is replete with both new and old threats. One should not underestimate these threats, but not be alarmed by them either. Israel is stronger today than ever.
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Governments are based on power, companies are based on goodwill, which allows them to invest in the future.
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In the Middle East, the conflict today is a matter of generations and not of cultures.
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Television has made dictatorship impossible but democracy unbearable.
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Bringing an end to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians may help the young Arab generation to realise their aspirations. Israel is more than willing to offer our experience in building a modern economy in spite of limited resources to the whole region.
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It's better to be controversial for the right reasons, than to be popular for the wrong reasons.
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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 technology.
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I was learning, as I did in the Ministry of Defense. I never knew, but I always learned.
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They thought that I was a man with reasonable judgment, so I was never under pressure from my parents I could do whatever I wanted. I never had a negative word from them, nothing whatsoever.
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Israel is moving from the realm of poetry to the realm of prose.
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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.
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Iran is a great problem, but not necessarily a great country. In fact, I think it is a very weak country.
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I have a brother younger than me. My mother was a librarian, so from her, I got the taste to read.
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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 circumstances.
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You're as young as your dreams, not as old as your calendar
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