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Yitzhak Rabin (Hebrew: יצחק רבין‬, IPA: [jitsˈχak ʁaˈbin] ( listen); 1 March 1922 – 4 November 1995) was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–77 and 1992 until his assassination in 1995.

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No Arab ruler will consider the peace process seriously so long as he is able to toy with the idea of achieving more by the way of violence.

Arab, Ideas, Long, Process, Toy Guns, Violence

We will not leave the Golan Heights, not even in exchange for a peace treaty. We will be ready for a limited compromise and it does not have to be in territorial terms.

Compromise, Doe, Golan, Height, Heights

I enter negotiations with Chairman Arafat, the leader of the PLO, the representative of the Palestinian people, with the purpose to have coexistence between our two entities, Israel as a Jewish state and Palestinian state, entity, next to us, living in peace.

Arafat, Israel, People, Representative, Two

I considered the prevention of war as the test of our security policy; in addition to being able to rapidly and forcefully end any war forced upon us.

Forced, Prevention, Tests, War

I am 73 years old. I was born in Jerusalem. I'm the first prime minister of Israel to be born here. I am the only former general to become a prime minister.

Become, Born, Here I Am, Israel, Prime, Years

I, serial number 30743, Major General Yitzhak Rabin, am a soldier in the army of peace.

Army, Military, Number, Numbers, Peace, Soldier

I admire King Hussein his courage in leading his country for a long time.

Country, Courage, Kings, Leading, Long, Time

The Government chose to give peace a chance. The Government chose to do something to achieve it.

Achieve, Giving, Government, Israel, Peace

A diplomatic peace is not yet the real peace. It is an essential step in the peace process leading towards a real peace.

Aquariums, Diplomatic, Essentials, Leading, Real, Towards

I would like Israel to be a Jewish state, and therefore not to annex over 2 million Palestinians who live in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to Israel, which will make Israel a bi-national state.

Annex, Gaza Strip, Israel, Strip, West

What I, as the prime minister of the present government of Israel, started to do, is first to tackle the longest part of the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Conflict, Firsts, Government, Israel, Longest

Peace will be victorious.

Peace, Victorious

In the midst of fighting there is no place for public debate.

Debate, Fighting, Midst, Place

The negotiations must address all aspects, both peace and withdrawal.

Addresses, Aspects, Negotiation, Negotiations, Peace, Withdrawal

You have got to sit down and talk to people. You can't understand people from a distance.

Distance, Down, Down And, People, Talk

I am healthy. I wish all my colleagues to the peace process to be healthy.

Healthy, Peace, Process, Wish

We will not rest until we reach a permanent agreement [with the Palestinians] that would secure a safe future for our children and that would provide us with renewed hope to live in a region where people lead a life of co-operation and not, God forbid, where blood is shed.

Agreement, Blood, Children, Provide, Reach

We do not celebrate the death of our enemies.

Celebrate, Celebrate Life, Death, Enemies, Enemy, Hymns

If you have the same problem for a long time, maybe it's not a problem. Maybe it's a fact.

Fact, Facts, Long, Problem

We did not think that [Egyptian President] Nasser wanted war. The two divisions he sent to Sinai on May 14 would not have been sufficient to launch an offensive against Israel. He knew it and we knew it.

Egyptian, Israel, Offensive, Sent, Thinking, War

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