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You have got to sit down and talk to people. You can't understand people from a distance.

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
Military Officer
Politician
Jerusalem
Middle East
Itzhak Rabin
Itshak Rabin
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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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You don't make friends with friends. You have got to make friends with your enemies.
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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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We walked outside, Ben-Gurion accompanying us. Allon repeated his question, What is to be done with the Palestinian population?' Ben-Gurion waved his hand in a gesture which said 'Drive them out!
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I admire King Hussein his courage in leading his country for a long time.
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We will not rest until we reach a permanent agreement [with the Palestinians] that would secure a safe future for our children and that would provide us with renewed hope to live in a region where people lead a life of co-operation and not, God forbid, where blood is shed.
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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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In the midst of fighting there is no place for public debate.
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Only the change on the international scene, the crisis in the gulf, and the strong, firm position of the United States against aggression between two Arab countries created realities that led to the Madrid Peace Conference.
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I, serial number 30743, Major General Yitzhak Rabin, am a soldier in the army of peace.
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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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I am healthy. I wish all my colleagues to the peace process to be healthy.
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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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The negotiations must address all aspects, both peace and withdrawal.
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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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The Government chose to give peace a chance. The Government chose to do something to achieve it.
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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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I believe however that peace is attainable regardless of the Arabs mentality, society or government.
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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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