Tzipi Livni Quotes

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Tzipi Livni

Profession : Politician

Birth : July 8, 1958

The Iranians are abusing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to gain more support from radical elements in the region.

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I want Israel to have borders. For that, I need a map. I need a map on which our borders are specified.

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In a democracy, you need to have a strong judicial system. You need freedom of speech, you need art, and you need a free press.

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You know how my mother and father met? In a train robbery!

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I was by Ariel Sharon's side on the day it was decided to form Kadima. It was founded in aim to create a government of hope and responsibility.

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There is the worldview of Greater Israel, the worldview of settlements: to send citizens to live in those places. That's not about security; that's not about the army. That's about an ideology that believes we need to stay in all of the Land of Israel. I don't share that ideology.

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Hamas does not represent the national aspirations of the Palestinians. It represents extreme Islamic ideas, which they share with Iran, Hezbollah, and Syria.

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Israel needs to change direction, and this is not just political. We're becoming more closed-in, more isolated, more scared. Those who talk tough are making the State of Israel very weak, very isolated - very Jewish, in the Diaspora-sense, in that 'everyone is against us.' We need to get out of this.

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The Israeli public has been brainwashed into believing that its global isolation stems from delegitimization and anti-Semitism.

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We are fighting to keep Israel a democracy - not just in terms of its electoral system but also in terms of its values.

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My responsibility is to ask, 'How can I serve my ideology and my voters?'

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I didn't go into politics out of concern for the Palestinians but out of concern for Israel.

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The Palestinian national movement is not an Islamic religious movement.

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I may have been born in Tel Aviv, but my umbilical cord emerges from the Temple Mount.

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Everybody wants to live in peace.

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What I am trying to say to Israel is, 'Listen, borders is something that we need, and hopefully, peace is something that we need.'

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The reason for the blockade on Gaza was not to punish the Palestinians but to continue to delegitimize Hamas.

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On the right of Israel to exist and to defend itself, there is no opposition in Israel.

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My husband is in branding. He brands places - cities, institutions.

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I believe Israel needs branding. I want that the word 'Israel' will relate not just to an Israeli soldier or a camel, but Israel as an advanced liberal society with a strong economy and great people.

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