Television has made dictatorship impossible but democracy unbearable.
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He is speaking about a policy which is similar to the one that Gandhi and Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr. adopted, ... And if the Palestinians will follow suit, will take those leaders and their policies as an example, they will win much more than by using arms, believe me.Shimon Peres
He was a visionary, a believer in peace. He supported it, dreamed of it and fought for it, ... With his passing, we lose one of the most experienced and wisest leaders that this region has enjoyed in the last half century.
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I understand that this is a battle for power, but I am convinced that if Netanyahu is elected, he will be as he was before previous elections, ... He was in favor of the Oslo Accords, and he shook Arafat's hand.
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For us it really is a matter of to be or not to be. It is not a simple scope. And everyone that knows Israel knows that Israel is so far from being aggressive.
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I hope that he will do his best and be able to do something concrete on the ground, ... I'm sure the United States expects Israel to listen to Arab needs as well and that is what we are doing in a very open manner and fair way and I hope it will lead to some ... achievements.
Shimon Peres
He didn't depart from his final positions. He must remember that a negotiation doesn't mean we are going to meet 100 percent of what he wants as we don't expect the Palestinians to meet 100 percent of what we want, ... This is a declaration about the Palestinian 100 percent -- what we need is a declaration about the middle, between the two positions.
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