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If a problem has no solution, it may not be a problem, but a fact - not to be solved, but to be coped with over time.
I know that sometimes politics creates situations in which people want to say particular things for political reasons.
If world is suspicious that Israel may detonate nuclear bomb and if the suspicion is a deterrent - that's good enough.
In order to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear country you have to introduce a system of verification and inspection.
We are not fighting against the Palestinian people, and we are not at war with Islam. We are fighting against terrorism.
I will confine myself to reaffirming the Israel will not be the first country to introduce nuclear weapons to the region.
A politician and a government should be judged by one way only: on the record of what you do or did, not on what you say.
Israel is proud to be Jordan's partner and to stand at Jordan's side in promoting stability and quiet to our entire region.
The Jewish journey started in the land of Israel, and it always strove to return there against all odds and all limitations.
We need a broad government which will make decisions, but not a national unity government, because we are divided from within.
If you eat three times a day, you become fat. If you read three times a day, you become wise. It's better to be wise than fat.
When I was a child, Israel was a legend more than a reality. She emerged from a dream, and today she has surpassed that dream.
Why cross and ocean when you can cross a river? Why should we sail to Washington when we can meet right away 10 miles from here?
Look, Israel doesn't intend to introduce nuclear weapons, but if people are afraid that we have them, why not? It's a deterrent.
President Abbas and myself, we are the ones who signed the Oslo agreement, so we really know each other, not just theoretically.
One of the most important branches of the Egyptian economy is tourism. No bikinis, no tourism. So they have to decide what to do.
There's no doubt we'd be very angry if the American president had come to the Knesset and argued against the government of Israel.
We proved that the aggressors do not necessarily emerge as the victors, but we learned that the victors do not necessarily win peace.
There will never be peace unless we have open borders. But that does not mean open on our side and you continue to hit me on the other.
When you have two alternatives, the first thing you have to do is to look for the third that you didn't think about, that doesn't exist.
In the past, most wars were motivated by the idea of nationhood. Today, however, wars are incited above all using religion as an excuse.
Disagreements will always occur between us, but we all approach them wanting the best for each and every one of us, for the whole people.
Learning the core curriculum cannot come through coercion. It must come through a recognition of the need to integrate with economic life.
Israel is a start-up nation, and I think it can be done in other places. I will do it outside the government. I don't need the government.
The ayatollahs are trying to unite the whole Arab world against Israel by saying that Israel is something that should be brought to an end.
Multiculturalism is a bed of beautiful roses that has some thorns, so we just have to be careful not to get pricked or to prick one another.
There is a crisis on the Right. It sees the Jewish and democratic state as a democracy for the Jews. This is something I cannot countenance.
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.
The idea that the State of Israel could be democracy only for its Jewish citizens is unconscionable, and we must find a way to address this.
The burden is on the Jewish majority in Israel to prove that the definition of their country as Jewish and democratic is not a contradiction.
Direct talks is the only possible way to build trust and to resolve the conditions for a peace perspective between Palestinians and Israelis.
Jerusalem is the united capital of Israel. Since 1967, anyone can practice his religion according to his own conscience and complete free will.
Some experts advise what to do in accordance with the past, but the past flew away, and we have to reorient ourselves in the face of new dangers.
We are living in a multicultural society. Our role as leaders is to enable grappling with this situation, even when multiculturalism is difficult.
The ability of the president to be perceived as someone with whom all Israelis can identify depends on his ability to avoid being a party to debate.
Whereas, in the personal realm, Sharon is a very sensitive person whose eyes often grow moist, in the national realm, he is entirely without emotions.
Those who know my stance on Israeli democracy also know that there is nothing more foreign to me than the rejection of a position different to my own.
When I look at the record of President Obama concerning the major issue security I think it's a highly satisfactory record from Israeli point of view.
We asked the workers to give up 25 percent of their salaries. Imagine! We asked the industrialists to freeze all costs, no matter what the inflation is.
Most of the Palestinians don't understand what they're doing... Politically, people can say what they want. The problem is not political, but religious.
I worked with a group of people who argued day and night - professors, officials, the Minister of Finance - but there were decisions that I had to make.
Germany remains among the few countries in Europe to acknowledge, officially and nationally, its responsibility for the crimes it led against our people.
When it becomes a bloody reality, we have to come together and look at what can be done to return to the order of peace, ... There is no alternative to it.
[Hamas] thought that if you go to elections you become a democrat for the rest of your life. They think that democracy is limited to one day in four years.
And this would normalize the existence of the Israeli and the Jew: a majority of Jews in the Land of Israel and a majority of Israelis among the Jewish People.
Poverty and ignorance, which beget terror, are not eradicated by firing artillery shells. Borders do not stop rockets, and barbed wire does not prevent terror.
The most important thing in life is to dare. The most complicated thing in life is to be afraid. The smartest thing in the world is to try to be a moral person.
The Jews' greatest contribution to history is dissatisfaction! We're a nation born to be discontented. Whatever exists we believe can be changed for the better.
We had a lot of support - don't give me "the world", just the televisions. In America we enjoy support,China is neutral, India is for, in Europe they're divided.
Today, the people are governing the governments. And when they begin to talk to each other, they are surprised, they can be friends. Why should we hate each other?