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I, serial number 30743, Major General Yitzhak Rabin, am a soldier in the army of peace.

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Yitzhak Rabin
Age: 73 †
Born: 1922
Born: March 1
Died: 1995
Died: November 4
Diplomat
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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In the midst of fighting there is no place for public debate.
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We'll fight terror like there's no peace, and make peace like there's no terror.
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Israel's willingness to cooperate closely with the U.S. in protecting American interests in the region altered her image in the eyes of many officials in Washington.
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Peace will be victorious.
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I am healthy. I wish all my colleagues to the peace process to be healthy.
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We did not think that [Egyptian President] Nasser wanted war. The two divisions he sent to Sinai on May 14 would not have been sufficient to launch an offensive against Israel. He knew it and we knew it.
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I believe that in the long run, separation between Israel and the Palestinians is the best solution for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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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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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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One of my theories about why we've been cranky is Australians have been forced to focus on politics or party politics a little bit more than they normally would.
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This rally must send a message to the Israeli people, to the Jewish people around the world, to the many people in the Arab world, and indeed to the entire world, that the Israeli people want peace, support peace. For this, I thank you.
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We accept every form or way to talk to the Syrians how to achieve peace.
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What I, as the prime minister of the present government of Israel, started to do, is first to tackle the longest part of the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
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We have to recognize that there is a Palestinian entity, that the PLO and the Palestinian Authority has to run their life.
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I believe that it is my responsibility as the prime minister of Israel to do whatever can be done to exploit the unique opportunities that lie ahead of us to move towards peace. Not everything can be done by one act.
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We appreciate the efforts of the United States, of the president, of the secretary of state, and we are ready to find any form of talks, but we have to overcome the differences between Syria and Israel to reach peace.
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The negotiations must address all aspects, both peace and withdrawal.
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A couple of things are missing from Indigenous affairs. We tend to go and process, we tend to spend a lot of money for very limited outcomes, and we have got to change that.
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It is not worth the paper it is written on unless it is backed by the kind of force that will make the other side consider the penalties too heavy to break the agreement.
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