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"Everyone should unconditionally accept that Israel is an indispensable element of the Middle Eastern mosaic."
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"Israel, as the Jewish state, must disappear from the map."

"Jerusalem Syndrome is actually a rare psychological condition that occurs to some visitors to the Middle East. They get to Israel and just snap."

"You still can't find Israel on a map of the Middle East in a Palestinian schoolbook."

"Israel cannot afford to stand against the entire world and be denounced as the aggressor."

"So I decided the only place I can speak to the world is from outside Israel."

"There is no comparison between the training here and the training in Israel."

"Israel has an important principle: It is only Israel that is responsible for our security."
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"The purpose cannot be creating self-styled democracies, but rather encouraging steps that are conducive to establishing democratic rule at universal standards. Obviously, this would be a formidable journey."

"But foremost, I do not subscribe to the view that Islamic culture and democracy cannot be reconciled."

"A lasting solution to this problem will have an exceptionally positive influence foremost on the peoples of Palestine and Israel, as well as on the region and the international community."

"However, democracy cannot be defined as the existence of parliaments and elections alone."

"It is essential that policy instruments be developed that would firmly establish democratization on the basis of social consensus and enable transformation on stable grounds."

"I am aware of the thesis that the United States has long since invested exclusively in stability and this has obviated democratic transformation in the Middle East."

"Therefore, the observation must be explicitly made: In the Middle East and in the Muslim world, suspicions linger concerning the objectives of the West and notably the US."

"There exists an unmistakable demand in the Middle East and in the wider Muslim world for democratization."

"In other words, the bar should be maintained at the level of a pluralistic and participatory democracy."
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