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" I don't feel we need a declaration from the Palestinians that they recognize Israel as a Jewish state. "
Yair Lapid
Israel
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Need
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" Quite a few people feel uncomfortable when faced with the claim that the Jews are the world's smartest people. In our politically correct era, one is not expected to argue that one group within humanity has an advantage over all the others. "
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" Twenty percent of students in Israel's schools are haredim; another 20% are retired; another 20% are Arab. I have no problem with any of them. "
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" The Palestinians must be brought to an understanding that Jerusalem will always remain under Israeli sovereignty and that there is no point for them in opening negotiations about Jerusalem. "
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" Judaism shouldn't be the jailhouse of ideas but a liberator of ideas; not a disintegrator of people but what brings people together. "
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" I like Tel Aviv; I live in Tel Aviv, but our right of return is Jerusalem. We did not return after 2,000 years for Tel Aviv but for Jerusalem. "
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" Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion. "
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" I urge the senior members of the political system to form as broad a government as possible that would unite the moderate forces from the Left and Right so that we will be able to bring about real change in the State of Israel. "
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" One of the things that hold together a human society is the existence of basic politeness among its members. "
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" The Internet, Facebook, synagogue pamphlets, and the plethora of TV channels and cellular networks in our lives increasingly blur the boundary between the public and private sphere. "
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" The win-win situation is the basis for America's entire business world. Instead of wasting our time attempting to defeat each other, let's find a way that will make both of us gain and go home satisfied. In Israel, it doesn't work because the only meaning of victory is seeing your rival's body lying trampled on the floor. "
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" Israel's middle class is paying for those below it, and that's fine, but also for those who are above it, and that's very wrong. "
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" The Tower of David is important for Israel's heritage and existence because it is more than a tower, it is a symbol. It is more important than the Azrieli Towers. "
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" Netanyahu needs to stand before the Israeli public and say, 'I failed.' "
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Before
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" Jerusalem will remain under Israeli sovereignty and will not be divided. "
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" The settlers, as we know, are the only people in Israel who take the Left seriously. When you read the settlers' publications, you think that the leftists are everywhere: The leftists infiltrate the government, the leftists run the Defense Ministry, the leftists dominate the legal establishment, and the leftists control the media, of course. "
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Think
" Arab society features apartheid of women, apartheid of homosexuals, and apartheid of Christians, Jews, and democracy. "
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" There is a clear interest within ISIS to drag Israel into a war with them. If they do so, they will be able to paint Israel as having an alliance with the states fighting against them. "
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" I feel we're at risk that a whole generation of young Israelis, who went to the army, work hard, pay taxes, one day will look around and say, 'Hey, this country is going nowhere.' "
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Work
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Day
" The views of religious-Zionist rabbis are of course worthy of being heard, yet they represent a very defined and very narrow camp within the Israeli spectrum. This is not the way to shape the perception of future division and brigade commanders. "
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" Corruption is when a politician uses public funds to deliver pistachio ice cream to his home and transfer garden furniture to his Caesarea villa, then requesting that the expenses be covered for the water in his pool and fights to get a private jet. "
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" The liberals will surely argue that every person has the right to fall in love with no regard to religion, creed or gender, but I am not that liberal. "
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Fall
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" The Human Rights Organisation deceives the world by calling itself a human rights council. "
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" The Golan Heights is an area in the north of the State of Israel that has no part in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. "
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" If you want to change a country, you're going to be bumped every now and then. "
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" Why doesn't anyone remember that the Palestinians already had four real opportunities to establish their state, yet each time they preferred to revert to terrorism? "
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" You want private education for your students? No problem whatsoever; pay for it. "
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" I want to live in a country that is not just a place but also an idea, and Jerusalem is the heart of the idea. There may be practical considerations, but a country cannot exist without an ethos, and Jerusalem is an ethos. "
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" Israel was founded as a refuge for the Jewish people, but today it isn't a safe place. It is safer to be Jew in New York. "
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" One of the greatest fears of the Arab world is a direct conflict between Israel and the Islamic State. "
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" I used to have so many opinions before I learned the facts. "
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