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The Government chose to give peace a chance. The Government chose to do something to achieve it.
Yitzhak Rabin
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Yitzhak Rabin
Age: 73 †
Born: 1922
Born: March 1
Died: 1995
Died: November 4
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Former Prime Minister Of Israel
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Jerusalem
Middle East
Itzhak Rabin
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Peace with Syria would provide more security than a few settlements on the Golan.
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There is no way of finding the middle ground, even with the best intentions of the world. Our most sensible policy is to stall.
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If you have the same problem for a long time, maybe it's not a problem. Maybe it's a fact.
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Military cemeteries in every corner of the world are silent testimony to the failure of national leaders to sanctify human life.
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We have the right to ensure our security, especially when it is possible to reach agreement on a political solution.
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Syria doesn't want to talk with us on a bilateral basis, only under the auspices of the United States.
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I invite President Assad to come to Jerusalem and to speak with me, with our parliament, with whomever he wants to speak in Israel and in the territories among the Palestinians.
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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.
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I think the fact that we have been focussing on politics quite a lot and the tumult of politics rather than what we should be doing in terms of policy has made, I think, voters quite grumpy.
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Vis a vis the Golan Heights, the present government of Israel, under my leadership, is the first government that is ready to speak about a withdrawal.
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The negotiations must address all aspects, both peace and withdrawal.
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I was a military man for 27 years. I fought so long as there was no chance for peace. I believe that there is now a chance for peace, a great chance. We must take advantage of it for the sake of those standing here, and for those who are not here - and they are many.
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