If (the Palestinians) ask to meet, then I will say yes because we have to discuss how to stop terrorism, ... We said we would not negotiate under fire, but we can definitely talk about how to stop the fire.
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The petition was unnecessary and vengeful, it shamed Labor and it embarrassed the party's members. The people who filed the petition should be indicted for breach of trust, for the forgeries in the voter registration drive, the irregularities in the Labor primary and for failure to take responsibility for the great damage that has been done to the party.Shimon Peres
It is not only the psychology of the people that makes them so exacting -- their geographical situation has been equally problematic.
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you cannot shoot and negotiate at the same time because shooting and talking is like fire and water.
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Israel must appear as a country which has a deterrence,
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By and large it is a time of decision, ... It is a cabinet that is ready to decide. It is a cabinet that knows not only the price that it should have to pay historically, but the price that it should have to pay politically.
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one of the ... bravest and most principled political leaders of our time.
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