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Israel Quotes by Reuven Rivlin

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Direct talks are presented as the only way to build trust between Israelis and Palestinians. Reuven Rivlin points out that both sides claim to be right, making compromise difficult. He also mentions the broader challenges in the Middle East, from Syria’s tragedy to jihadist terrorism.

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A friendship between Germany and Israel didn't always seem natural.

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The Knesset was right to limit the president's tenure to seven years.

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We must remember that Islam is not an enemy, and we have no war with Islam.

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I won't intervene in Knesset decisions.

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Netanyahu must mend fences with Obama.

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Arik is suffused with a mystical belief about Jerusalem.

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We cannot keep the Jewish state without being a democratic state.

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There is one thing on which Arik will make no concessions: terrorism.

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The burden is on the Jewish majority in Israel to prove that the definition of their country as Jewish and democratic is…

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The ability of the president to be perceived as someone with whom all Israelis can identify depends on his ability to avoid…

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I ask the members of the Knesset to be very strict about maintaining the principles of democracy.

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There is a crisis on the Right. It sees the Jewish and democratic state as a democracy for the Jews. This is…

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Direct talks is the only possible way to build trust and to resolve the conditions for a peace perspective between Palestinians and…

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There is a conflict in the Middle East between two entities, and they're both right, each in their own way.

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Israeli society is comprised of four principal tribes growing closer in size.

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We demand that people don't deny the Holocaust, and we can't ignore the tragedy of another nation.

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The president is the face of the State of Israel around the world: not a representative of a specific ideology but of…

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One could establish a system in one state in which Judea and Samaria are jointly held. The Jews would vote for a…

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The reality is that we only have one person whom the public sees as appropriate to be prime minister, and that's a…

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It pains me to see the gap that exists in the public's consciousness - religious and secular - between the notion of…

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The Palestinians must understand that this is our home, to which we have returned, and we also have to understand that this…

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The depth of this conflict, which is more than one hundred years old, requires us to find a way to communicate... so…

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There's no doubt that our hearts are with the residents of Gaza. We and the whole world are unable to get to…

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There are many Palestinians, to be diplomatic, who believe there is no way to recognize Israel as a Jewish state, first of…

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All over the Middle East, we face difficult challenges: the ongoing tragedy in Syria, the instability in Iraq, and the jihadist terrorism…

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The extremists are talking too loudly, and everyone is convinced that only he is on the right side. It’s not just Jews…

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Israel's foreign policy has three points: the relationship with the U.S., the relationship with the U.S., and the relationship with the U.S.

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To come and say about me that I'm destroying Israel, that I hate Israel, that's a bit insulting.

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The ayatollahs are trying to unite the whole Arab world against Israel by saying that Israel is something that should be brought…

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There's no doubt we'd be very angry if the American president had come to the Knesset and argued against the government of…

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I pray that we learn to live together. That Jerusalem is one, with law and order.

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Even if the Right says that Um Al-Fahm should be outside Israel, this is impossible.

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The idea that the State of Israel could be democracy only for its Jewish citizens is unconscionable, and we must find a…

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United Jerusalem has been and will forever be the capital of the Jewish People.

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Israel is proud to be Jordan's partner and to stand at Jordan's side in promoting stability and quiet to our entire region.

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The Jewish journey started in the land of Israel, and it always strove to return there against all odds and all limitations.

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Those who know my stance on Israeli democracy also know that there is nothing more foreign to me than the rejection of…

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We must stay focused on the bilateral negotiations between the Palestinians and us.

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Jerusalem is the united capital of Israel. Since 1967, anyone can practice his religion according to his own conscience and complete free will.

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In the end, Arik believes in security above all and is a salient pragmatist, a disciple of Ben-Gurion.

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There is a conflict in the Middle East between two entities, and they're both right, each in their own way.

What happens in one region affects people across the world.

Conflicts, even just ones, which in the end can come at the expense of the State of Israel, are things that we must be…

Arik is suffused with a mystical belief about Jerusalem.

Direct talks is the only possible way to build trust and to resolve the conditions for a peace perspective between Palestinians and Israelis.

There are no short cuts, no detours in the Middle East.

There is no consensus in Israel regarding the two-state formula. We will not, under any circumstances, allow the establishment of a neighboring state that…

To come and say about me that I'm destroying Israel, that I hate Israel, that's a bit insulting.

The ability of the president to be perceived as someone with whom all Israelis can identify depends on his ability to avoid being a…

Everyone needs to understand that we were meant to live together in this country. We have to get to know one another; even if…

All over the Middle East, we face difficult challenges: the ongoing tragedy in Syria, the instability in Iraq, and the jihadist terrorism which dares…

Peres came with a worldview. I also came with a worldview that I have not abandoned and that guides me still.

Jewish and Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem are interlaced one with the other.

In the end, Arik believes in security above all and is a salient pragmatist, a disciple of Ben-Gurion.

Whereas, in the personal realm, Sharon is a very sensitive person whose eyes often grow moist, in the national realm, he is entirely without…