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I would like Israel to be a Jewish state, and therefore not to annex over 2 million Palestinians who live in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to Israel, which will make Israel a bi-national state.
Yitzhak Rabin
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Yitzhak Rabin
Age: 73 †
Born: 1922
Born: March 1
Died: 1995
Died: November 4
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