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" It is important that democracy in Lebanon is protected and that Hezbollah will not be supported by outside forces like Syria and Iran. "
Ehud Olmert
Democracy
Outside
Important
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" Have I made mistakes in my many years of political activity? Of course! I am sorry and regret them. "
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" I'm not in the most comfortable position, but I think my government is very stable, perhaps more stable than any government in modern Israeli history. "
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Think
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" The days that Israel was separated from Europe are gone. "
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Separated
Israel
" The fundamental interest - long-range strategic interest - of the state of Israel is that we will have the international bodies and primarily the United Nations recognize the two-state solution, so that there will never be any doubt as to the right of Israel to have its own Jewish independent state. "
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" How are fears born? They are born because of differences in tradition and history; they are born because of differences in emotional, political and national circumstances. Because of such differences, people fear they cannot live together. "
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Live
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" When it was not very comfortable, politically, for me, I said things which lots of people didn't like, some of them may have liked. I said my beliefs, my truth, and my convictions, and that's how I am going to continue to do in the future. "
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I Am
People
Said
" What do you prefer? A prime minister obsessed with being popular, or a prime minister who does the job? "
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Being
Job
" Turkey is not an enemy of Israel. I have worked closely with the Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. "
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Israel
Enemy
" There is an alliance between Israel and the United States, and it has never been stronger than at the time of George W. Bush. "
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United
Israel
Never
" Maaele Adumim is part of Israel. Gush Etzion is part of Israel. "
Ehud Olmert
Israel
Gush
Part
" Look, miracles in the Middle East are a reality. "
Ehud Olmert
Miracles
East
Look
" Stopping all the violent and hostile actions means ending the smuggling of arms into the Gaza territory. "
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Hostile
Ending
Arms
" A prime minister must not promise things that can't be fulfilled. "
Ehud Olmert
Things
Promise
Prime Minister
" The United States is a superpower whose influence reaches across oceans and beyond borders. "
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United
Influence
Beyond
" I've been mayor of the city of Jerusalem, which is perhaps, in some ways, more complex and more difficult than a ministerial position. "
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Complex
City
Difficult
" Assad is the president of Syria. He enjoys fairly effective control over his country. "
Ehud Olmert
Control
Country
Over
" I don't like this terminology that you have no choice. You always have a choice. "
Ehud Olmert
No Choice
Like
Choice
" We must give up Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem and return to the core of the territory that is the State of Israel prior to 1967, with minor corrections dictated by the reality created since then. "
Ehud Olmert
Reality
Return
Up
" I believe that there is no path other than the path of peace. "
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Other
Path
Peace
" The military operation in Lebanon was the most successful military operation in recent Israeli history. Many in Israel don't recognise that. "
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History
Israel
Military
" The Palestinians are facing a historic junction at which they will have to decide whether they want to remain stuck in a corner of extreme fundamentalism, which will cut them off from the entire world, or whether they are ready to take the necessary steps. My role is to assist in building this process. "
Ehud Olmert
Ready
World
Building
" As long as there are no negotiations with the Palestinians, Israel is and will continue to be in a difficult situation. "
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Will
Long
Difficult
" Already at the time of Israel's birth, Ben-Gurion extended his hand in peace to the Arab nations. His hand was rejected, but it remains extended. "
Ehud Olmert
Birth
Time
Hand
" From the end of 2006 until the end of 2008 I think I met with Abu Mazen more often than any Israeli leader has ever met any Arab leader. I met him more than 35 times. They were intense, serious negotiations. "
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Leader
Him
End
" I know the war in Iraq is controversial in the States, but for us in the Middle East it has made a great and significant impact. "
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Impact
Great
War
" There is nothing that I'd love to do more than negotiate with Palestinians. This is my desire. This is my dream. This is my mission. "
Ehud Olmert
Love
Dream
Nothing
" A bloc of states is emerging that understands that they may have been wrong to think that Israel is the world's greatest problem. "
Ehud Olmert
Think
Problem
Greatest
" I would never agree to an exclusive Muslim sovereignty over areas that are religiously important to Jews and Christians. "
Ehud Olmert
Over
Never
Sovereignty
" Dictates are futile, and mutual accusations are nothing but useless word games. "
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Useless
Futile
Games
" Everything that can strengthen Abu Mazen is favourable. "
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Favourable
Abu
Strengthen