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Abba Eban

I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the vanquished called for unconditional surrender.
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History Love Peace Sued Thinking Unconditional Victor War
Israel is not an aviary.
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Better
Zionism is nothing more, but also nothing less, than the Jewish People’s sense of origin and destination in the Land linked eternally with its name.
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Jewish Land More Nothing People
Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals.
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Belief Believe Chorus Individual People Say
Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.
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Arab Government Impulsive Men Missing Rejection Routine Rush Sheer Tempted
Salvation, the prophets tell us, is preconditioned by repentance. The redeeming act of God waits upon man’s initiative.
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God Initiative Men Prophet Salvation Waiting
Human beings act intelligently only after they have exhausted the alternatives
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Alternatives Exhausted Human Intelligent
Tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.
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Men Missing Suffering Tragedy
The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be.
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Constant Embodiment Jews Minority Reminder Society
His ignorance is encyclopedic.
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Clever Encyclopedia Ignorance Sarcastic
Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
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Miss Missing never Opportunity Palestinian
Tragedy is the difference between what is and what could have been.
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Could Difference Happen Tragedy
If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.
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Declare Earth Flat Flattered Introduce Vote
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
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Alternative Behave Exhausted Funny History Men Sarcastic Teach War Wise
One of the chief tasks of any dialogue with the Gentile world is to prove that the distinction between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism is not a distinction at all.
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You can’t achieve anything without getting in someone’s way. You can’t be detached and effective.
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