Ehud Olmert Zitate auf Englisch

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I'm not in the most comfortable position, but I think my government is very stable, perhaps more stable than any government in modern Israeli history.

The Palestinians are facing a historic junction at which they will have to decide whether they want to remain stuck in a corner of extreme fundamentalism, which will cut them off from the entire world, or whether they are ready to take the necessary steps. My role is to assist in building this process.

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We must give up Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem and return to the core of the territory that is the State of Israel prior to 1967, with minor corrections dictated by the reality created since then.

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I am focused on what needs to be done for the people of Israel. Period. I do not pity myself and I do not pat myself on the shoulder. I get up in the morning full of energy to fulfill my mission.

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For me, Arik Sharon - I remember his courage and inspiration. I want to remember him the way he really was, not as an aging 80-year-old man living in bed helpless and unconscious.

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I want to arrive at the possibility of peace with the Syrians, and when I believe that the conditions are right, I will not miss the opportunity.

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Don't fall in love with everything that you may have read and everything that you may have heard from any political leader, including myself.

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Israel always has to be in a position to defend itself against any adversary and against any threat of any kind.

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I don't like this terminology that you have no choice. You always have a choice.

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I know I'm unpopular.

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When you fight for the impossible, sometimes you lose everything.

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Everything that can strengthen Abu Mazen is favourable.

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I want to separate from the Palestinians. I want them to have their independent, separate state on a contiguous territory, and I want Israel to exist, of course, as a Jewish state in its own territory, as an independent state in its own territory. The Palestinian state, the Israeli state, separate. This is my dream.

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A prime minister has to keep a certain balance when dealing with sensitive issues.

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Terrorist groups and their extremist state sponsors cannot be fought with kid gloves and flowery words of persuasion. As the U.S. has displayed in Afghanistan and in Iraq, only a vigilant and determined campaign of confrontation can deter and obstruct them.

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It's a problem sometimes when you speak to journalists. They quote you, and then they read what they wrote, and then they even explain it. It's dangerous.

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In Israel we tend to be carried away by our emotions.

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Growing up in Israel, how can I not be an optimist? When you remember what Israel was 50 years ago and you see Israel now, one of the most successful countries in the world, stable, democratic, with an enormously stable economy despite everything that has happened in the global economy in the last few years, how can I not be an optimist?

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When the President of Iran talks about removing Israel from the face of the Earth and is building nuclear bombs with a range of 3000km, you have to be worried.

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The military operation in Lebanon was the most successful military operation in recent Israeli history. Many in Israel don't recognise that.

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Throughout the second intifada, America provided unprecedented support for Israel's struggle against Palestinian terrorism and Israel's construction of the security barrier.

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I sometimes feel tired. But there are so many reasons for being tired.

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As a young politician, I voted against the return of Sinai and peace with Egypt. I was mistaken.

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I trust the integrity of the British government and the British soldiers.

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Political leaders can help change the psychological climate which affects the quality of relationships among people.

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Look, miracles in the Middle East are a reality.

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There is a Western world. There is America. There is Great Britain and Germany and France and Russia and China and other nations. I doubt that there is one country amongst those I mentioned which has a desire to see Iran, with its fundamentalist, Islamic, extremist government, possessing nuclear weapons.

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My doctors say I am very healthy.

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I want to lead. I want to change. And I'm going to do it.

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Iran is an anti-Semitic, terrorist government.

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Many Palestinians have been living for decades in camps, disconnected from the environment in which they grew up, wallowing in poverty, in neglect, alienation, bitterness, and a deep, unrelenting sense of humiliation.

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I'm not in power, but my ideas are in power. And my ideas will prevail.

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As a citizen of a democratic state, I have always believed that when a prime minister is elected in Israel, even those who voted against him at the polls are obligated to desire his success.

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I never thought that Syria and Israel should engage in a violent confrontation because I don't think that there is any particular interest for any of us to do it.

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Palestinians want Israel to return back into boundaries, the width of which is 12 km., that can be cut into pieces within minutes.

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I have reached a conclusion that when we have to make a choice between greater Israel or a Jewish democratic state - and we have to make this choice, it is inevitable - then my choice is a Jewish democratic country.

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There is nothing that I'd love to do more than negotiate with Palestinians. This is my desire. This is my dream. This is my mission.

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