Yitzhak Rabin
Yitzhak Rabin
Yitzhak Rabin; 1 March 1922 – 4 November 1995) was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–77 and 1992 until his assassination in 1995...
NationalityIsraeli
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth1 March 1922
CityJerusalem, Israel
CountryIsrael
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Of all hands in the world, it was not the hand that I wanted or dreamed of touching, ... We, the soldiers who have returned from battle stained with blood, we who have seen our relatives and friends killed before our eyes, we who have attended their funerals and cannot look into the eyes of their parents, we who have come from a land where parents bury their children, we who have fought against you, the Palestinians - we say to you today in a loud and clear voice: Enough of blood and tears. Enough. ...The time for peace has come.
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I would like Gaza to sink into the sea, but that won't happen, and a solution must be found,
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We were all surprised how smooth it went, relative to what was expected. It took Israeli society time, 10 years, to become ripe for such a move,
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What he did right now, pulling out of Gaza, is in the same path of my father's concept,
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I don't think he would have been able to bridge the great differences between the Palestinians and Israel.
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So if you want to call him a successor you may call him a successor. But he came to the same conclusion - that to be a Jewish, democratic, independent state we have to separate.
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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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We have to pass one year in our relationship with the United States by walking on tiptoes. If we pass successfully the year 1975 and we will reach 1976, we will gain not one year but two.
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the first step for change, for unity and for hope.
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Indigenous programs and policy will come within the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet because Indigenous policy and programs should not be an add - on, they should not be an afterthought, but they should be at the heart of a good Australian Government.
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A couple of things are missing from Indigenous affairs. We tend to go and process, we tend to spend a lot of money for very limited outcomes, and we have got to change that.
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One of my theories about why we've been cranky is Australians have been forced to focus on politics or party politics a little bit more than they normally would.
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I'm not saying Christopher Pyne and all them are my enemies, they're great blokes, shouted me a few beers a couple of times which I like, it's - we have got to sit down with the people like that. We have got to sit down with people like that and negotiate and work our way through. If we don't do that then we're just going to continue the sins of the past.
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You don't make friends with friends. You have got to make friends with your enemies.