Give peace a chance.
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Yitzhak Rabin
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About Yitzhak Rabin
Yitzhak Rabin was an Israeli statesman and general who was the prime minister of Israel, having served from 1974 to 1977 and again from 1992 until his assassination in 1995. He was the first prime minister to have been born in the region of Palestine, at the time under British control.
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Yitzhak RabinOnly 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 …
I enter negotiations with Chairman Arafat, the leader of the PLO, the representative of the Palestinian people, with the purpose to have coexistence between our two entities, Israel as a Jewish state…
Israel is no longer a people that dwells alone, and has to join the global journey toward peace, reconciliation and international cooperation.
We must think differently, look at things in a different way. Peace requires a world of new concepts, new definitions.
The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace.
No Arab ruler will consider the peace process seriously so long as he is able to toy with the idea of achieving more by the way of violence.
I believe however that peace is attainable regardless of the Arabs mentality, society or government.
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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…
A diplomatic peace is not yet the real peace. It is an essential step in the peace process leading towards a real peace.
You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies.
We do not celebrate the death of our enemies.
Israel is no longer a people that dwells alone, and has to join the global journey toward peace, reconciliation and international cooperation.