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Israel Quotes by Ehud Olmert

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Ehud Olmert states that there will be no ceasefire and that Israel expects stability in its government. He mentions that many nations, including the United States, give Israel important security and economic support. He also notes that some regions are considered part of Israel.

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There is no ceasefire. There will not be any ceasefire.

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Israel has the power to protect itself and its citizens.

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Arafat is the greatest instigator of terror.

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Iran is an anti-Semitic, terrorist government.

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Yasser Arafat never wanted to make peace with Israel.

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Everything that can strengthen Abu Mazen is favourable.

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The days that Israel was separated from Europe are gone.

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Israeli lives are worth more than Palestinian ones.

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

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Saudi Arabia is the country that in the end will determine the ability of the Arabs to reach a compromise with Israel.

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I understand the importance which the Palestinian society attributes to the issue of prisoners.

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

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Israel always has to be in a position to defend itself against any adversary and against any threat of any kind.

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

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Maaele Adumim is part of Israel. Gush Etzion is part of Israel.

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

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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…

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As a citizen of a democratic state, I have always believed that when a prime minister is elected in Israel, even those…

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

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I dont know that there is one serious American representative that will advise Israel to sit with a terrorist government and negotiate…

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From the end of 2006 until the end of 2008 I think I met with Abu Mazen more often than any Israeli…

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We are the greatest experts in the world in criticizing our country, but no one loves his country more than the Israelis.…

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Already at the time of Israel's birth, Ben-Gurion extended his hand in peace to the Arab nations. His hand was rejected, but…

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I have reached a conclusion that when we have to make a choice between greater Israel or a Jewish democratic state -…

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As one of the participants in the Aqaba summit, I can testify that Israel fully expected the Palestinian Authority's newly reorganized and…

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The Palestinians are facing a historic junction at which they will have to decide whether they want to remain stuck in a…

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Growing up in Israel, how can I not be an optimist? When you remember what Israel was 50 years ago and you…

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Israel stands proudly at the forefront of international achievement. The world's leading corporations - Google, Intel and Motorola, to name but a…

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For thousands of years, we Jews have been nourished and sustained by a yearning for our historic land. I, like many others,…

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Disengagement is a response to certain demographic realities, .. Within a few years, due to the higher Arab birth rate, Jews will…

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I have found myself under a wave of investigation and criticism from the moment I was elected. Since my first days in…

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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…

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We can never totally return to the indefensible pre-1967 borders, ... We simply cannot afford to make Israel 14.48 km (9 miles)…

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Peace is important for Israel.

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The situation of any leader in the Middle East is not easy.

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In Israel we tend to be carried away by our emotions.

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Israel is grateful that America believes in us.

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Terrorist organizations such as Hamas must be shut down.

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Turkey is not an enemy of Israel. I have worked closely with the Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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

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There is no ceasefire. There will not be any ceasefire.

Stopping all the violent and hostile actions means ending the smuggling of arms into the Gaza territory.

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

Everything that can strengthen Abu Mazen is favourable.

Don't fall in love with everything that you may have read and everything that you may have heard from any political leader, including myself.

How are fears born? They are born because of differences in tradition and history; they are born because of differences in emotional, political and…

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

There is a Western world. There is America. There is Great Britain and Germany and France and Russia and China and other nations. I…

As one of the participants in the Aqaba summit, I can testify that Israel fully expected the Palestinian Authority's newly reorganized and trained security…

The newspapers are always reminding the public that I am an unpopular prime minister.

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

Political leaders can help change the psychological climate which affects the quality of relationships among people.

I can tell you that if I'd had an opportunity to meet with King Abdullah of the Saudis - which I have not -…

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

I'm not in the most comfortable position, but I think my government is very stable, perhaps more stable than any government in modern Israeli…