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" Terrorist groups and their extremist state sponsors cannot be fought with kid gloves and flowery words of persuasion. As the U.S. has displayed in Afghanistan and in Iraq, only a vigilant and determined campaign of confrontation can deter and obstruct them. "

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

Ehud Olmert

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New

" The Palestinian Authority is ruled by Hamas, an organization committed to vehement anti-Semitism, the glorification of terror, and the total destruction of Israel. "

" 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. "

" Everything that can strengthen Abu Mazen is favourable. "

" I know I'm unpopular. "

Ehud Olmert

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Unpopular

" I don't understand this pathetic need for luxuries. "

" As mayor of Jerusalem, I wanted the government to invest the necessary funds in order to unite the city in an effective manner with full rights for the Palestinians living in Jerusalem, so the world would say, 'Okay, it can work.' "

" I would never agree to an exclusive Muslim sovereignty over areas that are religiously important to Jews and Christians. "

" I always wake up early Saturday morning, and I have a little bit more time, so I go to the gym. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Arafat is the greatest instigator of terror. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Who thinks seriously that if we sit on another hilltop, on another hundred meters, that this is what will make the difference for the state of Israel's basic security? "

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

" I've been mayor of the city of Jerusalem, which is perhaps, in some ways, more complex and more difficult than a ministerial position. "

" Every word I wrote in my book is documented, certified, true, and correct. The truth wins, and that is my picture. "

" Israel is prepared for a compromise. The majority of Israelis understand this compromise will be serious, will be meaningful, and will be painful. "

" Growing up in Israel, how can I not be an optimist? When you remember what Israel was 50 years ago and you see Israel now, one of the most successful countries in the world, stable, democratic, with an enormously stable economy despite everything that has happened in the global economy in the last few years, how can I not be an optimist? "

" Israel has the power to protect itself and its citizens. "

" I can tell you that if I'd had an opportunity to meet with King Abdullah of the Saudis - which I have not - he would be very surprised to hear what I have to say. "

" 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

" Israel is grateful that America believes in us. "

Ehud Olmert

America

Israel

" I sometimes feel tired. But there are so many reasons for being tired. "

" Israel will not tolerate a situation in which Iran has effective control of non-conventional weapons that can be used directly against the state of Israel. "

" 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. "

" I don't expect to be coddled, but I'm also a human being. "

" My doctors say I am very healthy. "

Ehud Olmert

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