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" One of the greatest fears of the Arab world is a direct conflict between Israel and the Islamic State. "
Yair Lapid
World
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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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" 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 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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" 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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Remember
Terrorism
" People like to invent enemies. It spares us the need to address complex worldviews. "
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Like
Need
Complex
" In politics, there is only one crime that is unforgivable - showing weakness. "
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Showing
Weakness
" One of the things that hold together a human society is the existence of basic politeness among its members. "
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Society
" The Human Rights Organisation deceives the world by calling itself a human rights council. "
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" Social revolutions are never simple. "
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Never
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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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Opening
Will
" 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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Arab
Students
Problem
" Politicians around the world are very different, but they all have one thing in common: The first thing they respond to is public opinion. "
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World
Opinion
" If you want to change a country, you're going to be bumped every now and then. "
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Want
" When the Americans see someone like Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg, who made billions thanks to their talent and determination, the first thing they say to themselves is, 'I want to be like him.' This, in many ways, is the engine that drives Western society: The desire to make it like the winners. "
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Determination
Society
Talent
" 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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Conflict
Part
North
" 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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Place
Want
Just
" Instead of personal security, citizens are afraid to walk down the street in Jerusalem. "
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Security
Street
Personal
" Gregory Lee Johnson was an idiot. "
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Lee
Johnson
Idiot
" Every Jew is my brother, and I will not succumb to hate speech. "
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Will
Hate
Brother
" The State of Israel was not established by anxiety but, rather, through pride. "
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Through
Rather
Israel
" 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? "
Yair Lapid
Everyone
Before
You
" Politics - when it's not cynical, it can be a creation. "
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Creation
Politics
Cynical
" Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion. "
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Only
World
Religion
" 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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Proud
Woods
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" You want private education for your students? No problem whatsoever; pay for it. "
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Problem
Students
" The rabbis and their wives may say whatever they wish in private conversations. I may not like their views, but a person is allowed to say anything in his or her own home. "
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Person
Home
Say
" 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. "
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Truth
Uncomfortable
People
" The State of Israel was not established so that the anti-Semites will disappear but, rather, so we can tell them to get lost. "
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Get
Tell
Israel
" Israeli teachers are not required to hold an academic degree, and their salaries are the lowest in the Western world. "
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Degree
Hold
Teachers
" Israeli citizens deserve full-time ministers. "
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