There is one thing on which Arik will make no concessions: terrorism.
From Reuven Rivlin
In the end, Arik believes in security above all and is a salient pragmatist, a disciple of Ben-Gurion.
Arik is suffused with a mystical belief about Jerusalem.
Whereas, in the personal realm, Sharon is a very sensitive person whose eyes often grow moist, in the national realm, he is entirely without emotions.
Undoubtedly, a democratic state without an alternative is a danger to democracy itself.
Peres came with a worldview. I also came with a worldview that I have not abandoned and that guides me still.
I know that sometimes politics creates situations in which people want to say particular things for political reasons.
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.'
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