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" You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies. "
Yitzhak Rabin
You
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Peace
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" It is not worth the paper it is written on unless it is backed by the kind of force that will make the other side consider the penalties too heavy to break the agreement. "
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" Only the change on the international scene, the crisis in the gulf, and the strong, firm position of the United States against aggression between two Arab countries created realities that led to the Madrid Peace Conference. "
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" I believe that it is my responsibility as the prime minister of Israel to do whatever can be done to exploit the unique opportunities that lie ahead of us to move towards peace. Not everything can be done by one act. "
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" I would like Israel to be a Jewish state, and therefore not to annex over 2 million Palestinians who live in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to Israel, which will make Israel a bi-national state. "
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" Lebanon is a Syrian protectorate. The Lebanese dare not do anything without the approval of Damascus. "
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" The world is no longer against us. "
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" I'm trying to learn the lessons of the past, but not to make speeches about the past. "
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" We must think differently, look at things in a different way. Peace requires a world of new concepts, new definitions. "
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" President Sadat of Egypt made a historic breakthrough in 1977 when he put an end to war and convinced both Egyptians and Israelis that he was ready to make peace. He broke down the walls of suspicion and prejudice. "
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