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" I always admired the tolerance of my family - you know, that they tolerated my dissension for the family consensus. "
Ehud Olmert
Tolerance
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" As a young politician, I voted against the return of Sinai and peace with Egypt. I was mistaken. "
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" I don't like this terminology that you have no choice. You always have a choice. "
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" Many Palestinians have been living for decades in camps, disconnected from the environment in which they grew up, wallowing in poverty, in neglect, alienation, bitterness, and a deep, unrelenting sense of humiliation. "
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