Reuven Rivlin Quotes

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Reuven Rivlin

Profession : Politician

Birth : September 9, 1939

It's not for the president to determine the arrangements between Israel and the Palestinians, and the Arab world, but to be the bridge between opinions and to facilitate dialogue and understanding.

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Israel's foreign policy has three points: the relationship with the U.S., the relationship with the U.S., and the relationship with the U.S.

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I want to thank the American people - on both sides of the aisle - for years of financial, diplomatic, and military support, and for helping us carry the burden of defense.

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We are living in a multicultural society. Our role as leaders is to enable grappling with this situation, even when multiculturalism is difficult.

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Everyone needs to understand that we were meant to live together in this country. We have to get to know one another; even if we don't agree, we have to enable each side to express itself.

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Jerusalem should not tolerate any religious war.

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Jerusalem is the united capital of Israel. Since 1967, anyone can practice his religion according to his own conscience and complete free will.

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We have always realized, as Israelis and as Jews, that we are not fighting Islam and thus avoided turning the Temple Mount issue into a war of Jews against Muslims.

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Jewish and Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem are interlaced one with the other.

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Disagreements will always occur between us, but we all approach them wanting the best for each and every one of us, for the whole people.

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I am not someone who will cancel plans because of personal danger, because I'm really not afraid.

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Terror is terror is terror, and it doesn't matter what nationality that terror belongs to.

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There is a difficulty in combating the type of terror that is perpetrated by groups of radical Jews. It's terror from within, and it is difficult to bring these perpetrators to justice; we need to create tools in order to combat this style of terrorism.

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There are many Palestinians, to be diplomatic, who believe there is no way to recognize Israel as a Jewish state, first of all, and there are a lot of people that believe there is no way to recognize Israel at all.

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We cannot keep the Jewish state without being a democratic state.

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The ayatollahs are trying to unite the whole Arab world against Israel by saying that Israel is something that should be brought to an end.

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Germany remains among the few countries in Europe to acknowledge, officially and nationally, its responsibility for the crimes it led against our people.

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I was born to a Likud which had light; there were no shadows.

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Learning the core curriculum cannot come through coercion. It must come through a recognition of the need to integrate with economic life.

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Many of Israel's Arabs, which see themselves as part of the Palestinian population, feel the pain of their brothers across the green line - a pain they feel the state of Israel is responsible for.

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