Israeli - Politician | September 9, 1939 -
Today, there are those who hallucinate that a democratic and Jewish state is only democratic for the Jews.
Reuven Rivlin
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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 is the homeland of all those born to it.
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All sides must learn to respect one another.
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We are not fighting against the Palestinian people, and we are not at war with Islam. We are fighting against terrorism.
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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 that the residents of the Middle East, Jews and Arabs alike, can live not as if they were forced to live together, but rather destined to live together.
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My door will be open to everyone.
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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 a position different to my own.
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We need a broad government which will make decisions, but not a national unity government, because we are divided from within.
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I don't see any possibility of peace if there won't be open borders between us and our neighbors.
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There is no, and cannot be, any situation in which we don't respect the law and the judiciary. It is unacceptable to attack the courts; criticism is allowed, but attacks are not. It shakes the basis of our democracy.
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Every opinion must be suffered. One must listen to what may be rousing, annoying, even shocking, but it must be done honestly, fairly and with equanimity, respecting the rights of every Member of the Knesset and each faction, guarding the minority in the face of the predatory majority.
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A friendship between Germany and Israel didn't always seem natural.
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