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We cannot keep the Jewish state without being a democratic state.
Reuven Rivlin
Jewish State
State
We Cannot
Democratic
Democratic State
Without
Being
Cannot
Keep
Jewish
The ayatollahs are trying to unite the whole Arab world against Israel by saying that Israel is something that should be brought to an end.
Reuven Rivlin
Saying
World
Arab
Arab World
Brought
Something
Israel
End
Trying
Against
Should
Whole
Unite
Germany remains among the few countries in Europe to acknowledge, officially and nationally, its responsibility for the crimes it led against our people.
Reuven Rivlin
People
Responsibility
Few
Crimes
Our
Our People
Remains
Countries
Led
Germany
Officially
Acknowledge
Against
Europe
Among
I was born to a Likud which had light; there were no shadows.
Reuven Rivlin
Light
Born
Shadows
Had
Were
Which
Many of Israel's Arabs, which see themselves as part of the Palestinian population, feel the pain of their brothers across the green line - a pain they feel the state of Israel is responsible for.
Reuven Rivlin
Pain
State
Responsible
Arabs
See
Brothers
Part
Feel
Israel
Line
Green
Which
Themselves
Across
Many
Population
Palestinian
We must remember that Islam is not an enemy, and we have no war with Islam.
Reuven Rivlin
War
Enemy
Remember
Islam
Must
Our enemy is hatred - the hatred inherent in fundamentalism.
Reuven Rivlin
Enemy
Hatred
Our
Inherent
Fundamentalism
As a Jew, even if you were not born in Poland, the very name, Poland, gives rise to a shuddering in your body and a longing in your heart. This country was the breeding ground for the soul of the Jewish nation, and unfortunately, also grounds to the largest Jewish cemetery.
Reuven Rivlin
You
Soul
Heart
Country
Longing
Nation
Born
Rise
Gives
Poland
Name
Also
Were
Very
Cemetery
Unfortunately
Breeding
Body
Your
Your Body
Ground
Grounds
Even
Largest
Jew
Jewish
There is a crisis on the Right. It sees the Jewish and democratic state as a democracy for the Jews. This is something I cannot countenance.
Reuven Rivlin
Democracy
Jews
State
Crisis
Something
Sees
Countenance
Democratic
Democratic State
Cannot
Right
Jewish
Even if the Right says that Um Al-Fahm should be outside Israel, this is impossible.
Reuven Rivlin
Impossible
Says
Outside
Israel
Um
Should
Even
Right
We can establish a Jewish and democratic state, but the burden of proof is on us.
Reuven Rivlin
Burden
State
Proof
Democratic
Democratic State
Establish
Us
Jewish
Netanyahu must mend fences with Obama.
Reuven Rivlin
Mend
Must
Obama
Netanyahu
Fences
There are no short cuts, no detours in the Middle East.
Reuven Rivlin
East
Detours
Short
Middle
Middle East
Cuts
I ask the members of the Knesset to be very strict about maintaining the principles of democracy.
Reuven Rivlin
Democracy
Strict
Members
About
Maintaining
Principles
Very
Ask
I see myself as a former politician, and in that capacity, I say to other politicians, 'Hold back.'
Reuven Rivlin
Myself
Politician
Politicians
Other
Back
Say
See
Hold
Former
Capacity
One cannot tell the High Court what to adjudicate. They must judge, and then the legislature must act accordingly.
Reuven Rivlin
Judge
Tell
High
Must
Court
Accordingly
Legislature
Cannot
Then
Act
It pains me to see the gap that exists in the public's consciousness - religious and secular - between the notion of Israel as a Jewish state and as a democratic state.
Reuven Rivlin
Me
Secular
Jewish State
State
Religious
See
Between
Democratic
Democratic State
Israel
Exists
Public
Notion
Pains
Gap
Consciousness
Jewish
There is one thing on which Arik will make no concessions: terrorism.
Reuven Rivlin
Terrorism
Will
One Thing
Make
Which
Thing
In the end, Arik believes in security above all and is a salient pragmatist, a disciple of Ben-Gurion.
Reuven Rivlin
Security
Above
Disciple
End
In The End
Believes
Undoubtedly, a democratic state without an alternative is a danger to democracy itself.
Reuven Rivlin
Democracy
State
Danger
Democratic
Alternative
Democratic State
Without
Undoubtedly
Itself
Peres came with a worldview. I also came with a worldview that I have not abandoned and that guides me still.
Reuven Rivlin
Me
Worldview
Guides
Abandoned
Also
Still
Came
We must immediately find the way to come and say to the U.S., 'Despite the difficult differences of opinion between us, there are no closer friends, and no better allies than you to us, and we to you.'
Reuven Rivlin
You
Better
Differences
Difficult
Despite
Way
Say
Immediately
Must
Find
Allies
Between
Come
Opinion
Friends
Than
Closer
Us
The reality is that we only have one person whom the public sees as appropriate to be prime minister, and that's a shame. I think that if there were more, it would be better for everyone, including Netanyahu.
Reuven Rivlin
Reality
Better
Think
Everyone
Appropriate
Minister
Would
Would-Be
Netanyahu
More
Only
Sees
Shame
Prime
Prime Minister
Were
Person
Public
Including
Whom
The Palestinians must understand that this is our home, to which we have returned, and we also have to understand that this is the homeland of all those born to it.
Reuven Rivlin
Home
Our
Those
Must
Born
Also
Returned
Understand
Which
Homeland
Palestinians
There will never be peace unless we have open borders. But that does not mean open on our side and you continue to hit me on the other.
Reuven Rivlin
Me
You
Peace
Will
Other
Side
Our
Unless
Borders
Never
Open
Does
Continue
Hit
Mean
The depth of this conflict, which is more than one hundred years old, requires us to find a way to communicate... so that the residents of the Middle East, Jews and Arabs alike, can live not as if they were forced to live together, but rather destined to live together.
Reuven Rivlin
Together
Conflict
Communicate
Old
Live
Jews
Hundred
Hundred Years
Way
Alike
Destined
East
Arabs
Find
Rather
More
Forced
Were
Years
Than
Middle
Middle East
Which
Depth
Us
Requires
Residents
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