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" Many Palestinians have been living for decades in camps, disconnected from the environment in which they grew up, wallowing in poverty, in neglect, alienation, bitterness, and a deep, unrelenting sense of humiliation. "

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" For me to propose a division of Jerusalem was really terrible. I did it because I reached a conclusion that without which there will not be peace. "

Ehud Olmert

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Without

Will

" There is an alliance between Israel and the United States, and it has never been stronger than at the time of George W. Bush. "

" There is a Western world. There is America. There is Great Britain and Germany and France and Russia and China and other nations. I doubt that there is one country amongst those I mentioned which has a desire to see Iran, with its fundamentalist, Islamic, extremist government, possessing nuclear weapons. "

" I think the attempt to draw a comparison between Iran and Syria is false, misleading and dangerous. "

" A bloc of states is emerging that understands that they may have been wrong to think that Israel is the world's greatest problem. "

" In my position as prime minister, I bear the highest responsibility for decisions. "

" The United States provides Israel with crucial security and economic aid and invaluable political backing in the international arena. "

" Assad is the president of Syria. He enjoys fairly effective control over his country. "

" Emerging from embattled and humble beginnings, the Jewish state has exceeded all expectations for its success and prosperity. "

" 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. "

" What's the logic of investing millions in agriculture if it will not pay off? "

" 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. "

" If the Gaza ceasefire proves stable, Israel will not remain in the Strip. "

" International economic and political sanctions on Iran, as crucial as they may be, are only an initial step, and must be dramatically increased. "

" I want to make one thing clear: I am proud to be a citizen of a country in which a prime minister can be investigated like any other citizen. "

" The Goldstone Committee was formed in April of 2009, after I was not prime minister. So it was a new political situation. "

" When public figures write memoirs, there is always some indecision regarding how much they want to write of things as they were and how much they want to cut corners to avoid riling up others. I decided to write my memoirs exactly as they were, and I will not digress - not when things are ill at ease and not when they are comfortable. "

" Before I became prime minister, as mayor of Jerusalem, I became world-renowned because of my fight for the unity of Jerusalem. "

" Every prime minister ... has the responsibility to provide security for his people. "

" Politicians are strong to the extent that they are ready to take serious decisions and fight for it. "

" In Israel, we are sorry for the loss of life of Turkish citizens in May 2010, when Israel confronted a provocative flotilla of ships bound for Gaza. I am sure that the proper way to express these sentiments to the Turkish government and the Turkish people can be found. "

" Abu Mazen told me he does not want to change the demographics of Israel. "

Ehud Olmert

Want

Israel

" Dictates are futile, and mutual accusations are nothing but useless word games. "

" Israel is grateful that America believes in us. "

Ehud Olmert

America

Israel

" Have I made mistakes in my many years of political activity? Of course! I am sorry and regret them. "

" I am focused on what needs to be done for the people of Israel. Period. I do not pity myself and I do not pat myself on the shoulder. I get up in the morning full of energy to fulfill my mission. "

" I never took a bribe. This is the truth, and there is no other. "

" Abu Mazen has deprived himself of all the practical authorities of government. "

" Abu Mazen has got to do only one thing: to fight terror. That's what he needs to do. "

" Israel has said many times - and I also said this to German television in an interview - that we will not be the first country that introduces nuclear weapons to the Middle East. "