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" If someone is willing to sell out his principles for the job, he is not worthy of it. "
Tzipi Livni
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Worthy
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" The state of Israel, and a government under me, will make it a strategic objective to topple the Hamas regime in Gaza. The means for doing this should be military, economic, and diplomatic. "
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" After I retire, I have my own vision, which is not connected to the state of Israel. It's about me, living near the sea, and maybe writing something about the past. "
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" There is a mutual interest between Israel and the United States of America. It is more than friendship - it is friendship plus mutual interest, and it is bipartisan. "
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" The Israeli public has been brainwashed into believing that its global isolation stems from delegitimization and anti-Semitism. "
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" The Palestinian national movement is not an Islamic religious movement. "
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" The capacity to influence radical groups can diminish significantly once they are viewed as indispensable coalition partners and are able to intimidate the electorate with the authority of the state behind them. "
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" There is the worldview of Greater Israel, the worldview of settlements: to send citizens to live in those places. That's not about security; that's not about the army. That's about an ideology that believes we need to stay in all of the Land of Israel. I don't share that ideology. "
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" If Syria wants to be part of the international community, there are some conditions that they have to meet. And the first one is to stop embracing the terrorism. "
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" My husband is in branding. He brands places - cities, institutions. "
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" It's important to be the gatekeeper against dangerous ideas. "
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" Relations between countries are built on values and interests and many other things, but at the end of the day, leaders are also only human beings. "
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" There is an essential difference between someone who harms a child on purpose and someone who harms a child by accident during combat in civilian territory. "
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" I am good at persuading people. In convincing the other, I try to start from their point of view so it's easier for me to find a common denominator. "
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" I arranged the first meeting between Ariel Sharon and the settlers. "
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