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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.

Yitzhak Rabin

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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
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No Arab ruler will consider the peace process seriously so long as he is able to toy with the idea of achieving more by the way of violence.
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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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Jerusalem is united, will never be divided again.
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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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I don't believe that in the name of the holiness of the city you have to put barbed wires, machine gun nests, mine pins and everything of that, in the name of the holiness of Jerusalem.
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You don't make friends with friends. You have got to make friends with your enemies.
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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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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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I enter negotiations with Chairman Arafat, the leader of the PLO, the representative of the Palestinian people, with the purpose to have coexistence between our two entities, Israel as a Jewish state and Palestinian state, entity, next to us, living in peace.
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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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For me, Jerusalem was united, will be under Israel sovereignty, will be the capital of Israel and the heart of the Jewish people.
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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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Practically the only way to dry the swamp of radical Islam is through economic development and an improved standard of living.
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I admire King Hussein his courage in leading his country for a long time.
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It is my hope that I could be not just a Prime Minister, but a Prime Minister for Aboriginal affairs, the first I imagine that we've ever had.
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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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I am 73 years old. I was born in Jerusalem. I'm the first prime minister of Israel to be born here. I am the only former general to become a prime minister.
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