Reuven Rivlin Quotes

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Reuven Rivlin

Profession : Politician

Birth : September 9, 1939

A friendship between Germany and Israel didn't always seem natural.

Reuven Rivlin

Multiculturalism is a bed of beautiful roses that has some thorns, so we just have to be careful not to get pricked or to prick one another.

Reuven Rivlin

There's no doubt that our hearts are with the residents of Gaza. We and the whole world are unable to get to a situation in which Gaza can be rehabilitated. There needs to be an international initiative with Israel's participation, in order to bring an end to the enmity against us.

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The establishment of Israel was accompanied by much pain and suffering and a real trauma for the Palestinians.

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The extremists are talking too loudly, and everyone is convinced that only he is on the right side.

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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 multicultural society does not reject the culture of the other but is prepared to listen, to see, to dialogue and, in the final analysis, to possibly accept the other's culture without compromising its own.

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All sides must learn to respect one another.

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The Jewish journey started in the land of Israel, and it always strove to return there against all odds and all limitations.

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I believe that our democratic values are also born out of our Jewish faith, a 'love for the stranger,' and equality before the law - these are not foreign values: this is Judaism.

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There are many Palestinians who believe there is no way to recognize Israel as a Jewish state. They call for the right of the return of refugees to Israel - something which is unacceptable for the consensus in Israel and which strikes at the very heart of this issue.

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There's no doubt we'd be very angry if the American president had come to the Knesset and argued against the government of Israel.

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One could establish a system in one state in which Judea and Samaria are jointly held. The Jews would vote for a Jewish parliament and the Palestinians for an Arab parliament, and we would create a system in which life is shared.

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We can establish a Jewish and democratic state, but the burden of proof is on us.

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As a rule, whenever I hear about a demographic threat, it comes first of all from a type of thinking that says the Arabs are a threat. And this leads to thinking of transfer or that they should be killed. I am appalled by this kind of talk.

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It seems to me that many of the belligerent Jewish movements that were built upon hatred of Arabs - and I'm not only talking about Lieberman, but within the Likud as well - grew out of the patronizing socialist attitude that said, 'They'll be there, and we'll be here.'

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There is a conflict in the Middle East between two entities, and they're both right, each in their own way.

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I'm a utopianist.

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I won't intervene in Knesset decisions.

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I pray that we learn to live together. That Jerusalem is one, with law and order.

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