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" I'd vote for Mickey Mouse before I voted for John McCain and Sarah Palin. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
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" The Palestinian economy is, and will likely continue to be, highly reliant on trade. And yet, trade between the Palestinian Authority and the Arab states is extremely limited. "
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" The search for a Jewish national home came about due to centuries of anti-Semitic pogroms, expulsions, discrimination and hate. The Holocaust was simply the evil culmination of all that came before it. "
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" I've had three wives. I've had five weddings. "
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" Economic support from the rest of the Arab states to the fledgling Palestinian Authority in the West Bank is virtually non-existent. "
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" A peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will likely depend to a great extent on the economic development of a future Palestinian state. As I have argued before, private sector investment - especially in the West Bank - is going to prove crucial in creating the right political and social context for peace. "
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" Just as we send young American Jews to Israel through the Birthright program, we need to also consider a 'reverse Birthright' for Israeli kids to come see America. "
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" My father put it right when he said: 'I don't get ulcers. I give ulcers.' "
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" My childhood was marked by a tension between privilege on the one hand and emotional dysfunction on the other. "
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" In politics, as in business, leadership is crucial. "
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" A two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a region free of Iranian nukes are worthy goals that should be able to withstand public scrutiny in every Middle Eastern capital. "
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" Jewish sovereignty and governance over our ancestral home are, I believe, important goals that every Jew ought to support. "
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" If Catholics and Jews can today come together regularly for talks after so many tears and so much blood have been shed, than Jews and Arabs must be able to do the same. "
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" As an American Jew who loves Israel, I cannot support John McCain. He cannot provide what Israel needs most - a respected, credible, morally strong America. "
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Support
Strong
" Maintaining control indefinitely over millions of Palestinians will inevitably lead to a demographic nightmare and cannot be sustained if Israel is to remain true to its founding principles. "
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Over
True
" During my many years in international business and public life, I have had the good fortune of sitting down for lunch with people with whom I completely disagreed, in practice and principle: Soviet communists, heads of state from various unsavory regimes, benighted religious figures, corrupt business leaders. "
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Good
Business
" There are no easy solutions for Israel's own governance problems. "
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Own
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" The majesty of the American Jewish experience is in its success marrying its unique Jewish identity with the larger, liberal values of the United States. There is no need anymore to choose between assimilation and separation. We are accepted as equals. "
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Identity
Experience
" As a liberal and progressive, I abhor the notion of conflict and bloodshed and very much want to find a diplomatic solution to the Iran nuclear issue. "
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Find
Want
" Contrary to many of the rumors and innuendo in circulation, I wholeheartedly believe that Obama views Israel's security as absolute. "
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Security
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" I would like every Jew to be as comfortable in his skin as I am in mine. "
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Skin
Mine
" The Jews' fear of assimilation and intermarriage should not replace fear of anti-Semitism. "
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" It is high time that the Arab world's professed desire for peace is matched by responsible action, and not more of the same equivocation. "
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" Much of what has gone wrong in the pursuit of Arab-Israeli peace is due to a lack of strong leadership, primarily among the Palestinians. "
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" Agribusiness could provide an opportunity for joint Israeli-Palestinian projects, spurred on by Israeli technical expertise in this field. "
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" I remind everybody that the Sabbath was the Jewish gift to civilization. "
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" I don't believe in God. I do believe in Judaism. I believe in ethics, morals. "
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" With the common Iranian threat bringing the Sunni Arab world and Israel closer together, an Israeli-Palestinian peace would go a long way in improving relations and rebuffing Iran's regional ambitions. "
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" George W. Bush is long gone, and with him the idea that 'Israel can do no wrong.' "
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" Intermarriage is not a calamity but an opportunity for both a Jewish and non-Jewish partner to learn. "
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" Making money is marvelous, and I love doing it, and I do it reasonably well, but it doesn't have the gripping vitality that you have when you deal with the happiness of human life and with human deprivation. "
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