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" I'm willing to take a polygraph test to prove that I'm happy about Kahlon's return to politics. He's a good man, a man who cares. It's good to have people like that in politics, I have no problem with that. "

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" If someone doubts our right to exist - be it on the hills of Umm al-Fahem or in Munich's beer halls, in Gaza's crowded streets or in the thick woods of Babi Yar - it's their problem. Proud states do not break into wails and crawl under the carpet when they discover someone doesn't love them. "

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" Journalists always explain that people are mad at them because they tell the truth, which is often unpleasant or uncomfortable to hear. However, they fail in situations where there is more than one truth. "

" I don't reject caution, but you also have to be careful about caution because there's a stage when it turns into paralysis. "

" Jewish existence in the Land of Israel depends only on the Jews, and on what the Jews think of themselves. "

" 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. "

" I don't feel we need a declaration from the Palestinians that they recognize Israel as a Jewish state. "

" 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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" Freedom of expression is tested during times of anger and conflict and enables all opinions and outraged expressions of dissent that we may not want to hear. But even for this there have to be limits. "

" 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.' "

" Jerusalem will remain under Israeli sovereignty and will not be divided. "

" Holocaust survivors came to Israel in order to establish a new human society where nobody would be able to hurt them just because they're Jewish. This is both a furious and vulnerable message. "

" When you say to Israelis, 'European boycott,' they think it means that this year they won't get Camembert cheese on time... That is not the case. "

" Does the global Left - as well as the Israeli Left - truly not care about the horrific Taliban regime, the terrible oppression of women in Gulf states, and the mass hanging festivals in Iran? "

" 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. "

" I have written to Israel's friends around the world, including the U.S. Congress and the E.U., and asked them to make funding for the United Nations dependent on ending blatant discrimination against Israel at the U.N. Human Rights Council. "

" When someone doesn't react to changes, the changes turn against him. "

" Yesh Atid is a Jewish, religious-secular party. Our DNA is center - both Left and Right. The difference between center-left and center-right is more emotional and hereditary than having to do with what people think about the Palestinians. "

" 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. "

" Netanyahu needs to stand before the Israeli public and say, 'I failed.' "

" Social revolutions are never simple. "

" How can Israel say that everyone is equal before the law - that you're equal before the law - when the law defines Judaism as the cultural, national and legislative basis for the state? "

" Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road. "

" If you want to do stuff, you have to be able to handle controversy. "

" Even in an enlightened democracy, the media have to check themselves to make sure they are not contributing to an unnecessary mass hysteria. "

" Israeli teachers are not required to hold an academic degree, and their salaries are the lowest in the Western world. "

" 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. "

" My children receive education that greatly emphasizes the fact they are part of a human group that has tradition, collective memory, and a state. I am a great believer in the need for Israel to be a Jewish state. I certainly believe my children will pass that on to their children. "

" 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. "

" I am a man of tomorrow, but I also live my past. "