Yitzhak Rabin Quotes

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We must think differently, look at things in a different way. Peace requires a world of new concepts, new definitions.

Yitzhak Rabin
We view the permanent solution in the framework of State of Israel which will include most of the area of the Land of Israel as it was under the rule of the British Mandate, and alongside it a Palestinian entity which will be a home to most of the Palestinian residents living in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
We would like this to be an entity which is less than a state, and which will independently run the lives of the Palestinians under its authority. The borders of the State of Israel, during the permanent solution, will be beyond the lines which existed before the Six Day War. We will not return to the 4 June 1967 lines.

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The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace.

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We did not think that Nasser wanted war. The two divisions he sent to Sinai on May 14 would not have been sufficient to launch an offensive against Israel. He knew it and we knew it.

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Military cemeteries in every corner of the world are silent testimony to the failure of national leaders to sanctify human life.

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Israel's willingness to cooperate closely with the U.S. in protecting American interests in the region altered her image in the eyes of many officials in Washington.

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I want to remind you: we committed ourselves, that is, we came to an agreement, and committed ourselves before the Knesset, not to uproot a single settlement in the framework of the interim agreement, and not to hinder building for natural growth.

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Israel has an important principle: It is only Israel that is responsible for our security.

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We walked outside, Ben-Gurion accompanying us. Allon repeated his question, What is to be done with the Palestinian population?' Ben-Gurion waved his hand in a gesture which said 'Drive them out!

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One does not make peace with one's friends. One makes peace with one's enemies.

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I, serial number 30743, Lieutenant General in reserves Yitzhak Rabin, a soldier in the Israeli Defense Forces and in the army of peace, I, who have sent armies into fire and soldiers to their death, say today: We sail onto a war which has no casualties, no wounded, no blood nor suffering. It is the only war which is a pleasure to participate in — the war for peace.

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No Arab ruler will consider the peace process seriously so long as he is able to toy with the idea of achieving more by the way of violence.

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You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavoury enemies.

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Israel is no longer a people that dwells alone, and has to join the global journey toward peace, reconciliation and international cooperation.

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This rally must send a message to the Israeli people, to the Jewish people around the world, to the many people in the Arab world, and indeed to the entire world, that the Israeli people want peace, support peace. For this, I thank you.

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We say to you today in a loud and a clear voice: enough of blood and tears. Enough.

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