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" Agribusiness could provide an opportunity for joint Israeli-Palestinian projects, spurred on by Israeli technical expertise in this field. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Field
Technical
Expertise
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" In politics, as in business, leadership is crucial. "
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Politics
Crucial
" For decades, the plight of the Palestinian people has been exacerbated by internal corruption, a lack of effective investment, and the political cynicism of the Arab states, who often did not have the best interests of the Palestinians at heart. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Cynicism
People
Political
" Intermarriage is not a calamity but an opportunity for both a Jewish and non-Jewish partner to learn. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Learn
Jewish
Opportunity
" A lasting two-state solution requires two credible partners, and not just one side - Israel - taking superficial steps simply to placate world opinion. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Two
Steps
Solution
" 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. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Success
Identity
Experience
" I would like every Jew to be as comfortable in his skin as I am in mine. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Comfortable
Skin
Mine
" 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. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Blood
Tears
Today
" There are signs that the Arab states are beginning to realize that a nuclear-armed Iran would be a threat to the entire region, and not just to Israel. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Israel
Signs
Realize
" 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. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Peace
Go
Long
" I've had three wives. I've had five weddings. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Weddings
Had
Three
" I'd vote for Mickey Mouse before I voted for John McCain and Sarah Palin. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
John
Mickey Mouse
Vote
" 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. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
America
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. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Principles
Over
True
" There are no easy solutions for Israel's own governance problems. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Solutions
Own
Israel
" No one said anything to my face, but I constantly heard comments denigrating Jews. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Said
Comments
Face
" 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. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Liberal
Find
Want
" 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. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
American
America
See
" 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. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Strong
Gone
Leadership
" Israel desperately needs peace if it is to come anywhere close to being the 'light unto nations' of Jewish dreams. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Jewish
Israel
Dreams
" 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. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Conflict
Great
Future
" 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. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Practice
Good
Business
" In the modern era, Jewish sovereignty over the land of our ancestors is a relatively short phenomenon. From the time of the successful Maccabean revolt to the Roman annexation in 63 BC constitutes about 100 years of Jewish rule. Combined with Israel's independence in 1948, this is about 160 years of effective sovereignty. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Short
Independence
Time
" My father put it right when he said: 'I don't get ulcers. I give ulcers.' "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Father
Said
Right
" I don't believe in God. I do believe in Judaism. I believe in ethics, morals. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
God
I Believe
Morals
" Economic support from the rest of the Arab states to the fledgling Palestinian Authority in the West Bank is virtually non-existent. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Authority
Support
Rest
" 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. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Evil
Discrimination
Search
" The Arab world needs to appreciate that legitimate historical claims and modern necessities are what make Israel the homeland of the Jewish people. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Historical
People
World
" Arab youth are taught to wonder, 'Since the Holocaust was a European affair, why are the Palestinians being forced to pay for the creation of Israel?' "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Creation
Holocaust
Why
" Jewish sovereignty and governance over our ancestral home are, I believe, important goals that every Jew ought to support. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Believe
Support
Goals
" 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. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
You
Doing
Love