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" Although it is true that Hizballah is organized, inspired, financed, and armed by Iran, its main bases in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley are under Syrian military control. "

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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. "

Yitzhak Rabin

Way

Achieving

Peace

" A diplomatic peace is not yet the real peace. It is an essential step in the peace process leading towards a real peace. "

" I'm trying to learn the lessons of the past, but not to make speeches about the past. "

" It is not worth the paper it is written on unless it is backed by the kind of force that will make the other side consider the penalties too heavy to break the agreement. "

" I don't want to be the policeman of Lebanon. It's not the business of Israel. Israel was not created to serve as a policeman of the region. "

" We must fight terrorism as if there's no peace process and work to achieve peace as if there's no terror. "

" 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. "

" The world is no longer against us. "

Yitzhak Rabin

World

Longer

" 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. "

" In the midst of fighting there is no place for public debate. "

" Israel has an important principle: It is only Israel that is responsible for our security. "

" It is our duty, to ourselves and to our children, to see the new world as it is now. "

" Lebanon is a Syrian protectorate. The Lebanese dare not do anything without the approval of Damascus. "

" Let the Palestinians run their affairs: create a situation in which no Israeli soldier will have to maintain public order, whether in Gaza or the West Bank. Let's give it to the Palestinians, as long as there is security for us. No more occupying another people. "

" 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. "

" You can always make peace with an F-16 in your pocket. "

" You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies. "

" 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. "

Yitzhak Rabin

Over

West

" In fighting terror, you cannot let it interfere with the normal life of civilians in Israel. "

" I believe however that peace is attainable regardless of the Arabs mentality, society or government. "

" Regardless of some disagreements in the past with Dr. Kissinger, I personally had a very good relationship with the secretary when I served as ambassador to the United States and later on as premier. "

" Israel is no longer a people that dwells alone, and has to join the global journey toward peace, reconciliation and international cooperation. "

" Terror cannot be finished by one war. "

" I don't see any reason to discriminate against homosexuals. "

" President Sadat of Egypt made a historic breakthrough in 1977 when he put an end to war and convinced both Egyptians and Israelis that he was ready to make peace. He broke down the walls of suspicion and prejudice. "

" 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. "

" We must think differently, look at things in a different way. Peace requires a world of new concepts, new definitions. "

" We do not celebrate the death of our enemies. "

" Give peace a chance. "

" As prime minister, I changed Israel's position on peace negotiations. I made it clear that we are ready to go along with Resolution 242 of the U.N. Security Council, which specifies withdrawal to secure and recognized boundaries in the context of peace. "