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Friedman, Thomas L. - Columnist
TIMES" AND I WANT TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU HERE. AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK OUR TOURACOS FOR GETTING US TOGETHER. [APPLAUSE] THIS IS A GREAT WEEKEND. TO MARTIN...
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| 00:02:21 |
Wieseltier, Leon - Literary Editor
FROM ISRAEL AND WHAT DOES ISRAEL LOOK LIKE FROM AMERICA? TO KICK IT OFF, WHAT DOES ISRAEL LIKE SITTING FROM HERE? >> I GUESS I WOULD SAY THREE THINGS....
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| 00:08:24 |
Barnea, Nahum - Columnist
YOU? >> I TOLD A JOKE. AN EMPLOYER WAS TALKING TO ONE OF HIS ASSISTANTS AND HIS ASSISTANT SAID TO HIM, MR. PRIME MINISTER I HAVE GOOD NEWS. WE'RE GOING...
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| 00:12:21 |
Brooks, David - Columnist
YOU HAVE HEARD ALL OF THIS DEBATE GOING ON, WHAT DOES ISRAEL LIKE TO YOU? >> MY TEAM IS GOING TO THE CONFLICT AND UNITY. -- MY SEEN IT IS GOING TO THE...
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| 00:15:03 |
Halbertal, Moshe - Professor
NEW IN YOUR PERCEPTION OF WHERE AMERICA HAS BEEN? >> IT TOOK ME TIME TO UNDERSTAND THE UNITED STATES COMING HERE. AND I THOUGHT ALWAYS, ALMOST THEOLOGICALLY,...
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| 00:23:34 |
Friedman, Thomas L. - Columnist
THE BASIC FOUNDATION OF THE ATTACHMENT IN THIS QUESTION IF WE PLAY WITH IT TOO MUCH. -- IS QUESTIONED AND IF WE PLAY WITH IT TOO MUCH. >> IF YOU HAVE...
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| 00:24:18 |
Wieseltier, Leon - Literary Editor
THE ORTHODOX MOVEMENT IN ISRAEL, WHAT SEEMS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE SOME VERY DISTURBING RACIST EXPRESSIONS? >> THAT IS UNDER -- AND OF THE SUBJECT. -- THAT...
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| 00:28:37 |
Friedman, Thomas L. - Columnist
BOTHERS ME IS THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE POLITICAL SYSTEM PERMIT SOME OF THIS TO SEEP INTO PLACES THAT REALLY MATTER. I WORRY MORE ABOUT LIEBERMAN THEN...
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| 00:29:00 |
Halbertal, Moshe - Professor
IN TALKING ABOUT POLICIES AND ISSUES, I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CENTRAL SUBJECTS FOR THE FUTURE OF ISRAEL BECAUSE IT IS NOT A STRUGGLE...
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| 00:33:01 |
Friedman, Thomas L. - Columnist
LIEBERMAN -- >> NOT JOE. I WANT TO US, WHAT SHOULD AMERICANS KNOW ABOUT FOREIGN MINISTER LIEBERMAN? WE DO NOT KNOW HIM WELL. AND WHAT SHOULD ISRAELIS...
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| 00:33:31 |
Barnea, Nahum - Columnist
IT IS VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE MAYBE LIEBERMAN IS THE SON OF THE FUTURE IN MANY WAYS. IT STARTS WITH THE NUMBERS AND I DO NOT WANT TO BOTHER LIEBERMAN...
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| 00:40:34 |
Halbertal, Moshe - Professor
YOU HAVE THE ISRAELI ARABS WANTING TO BE A DEMOCRATIC STATE. AND YOU HAVE THE MAINSTREAM THAT IS DIVIDED ABOUT NOTHING. BUT RATHER THAN GETTING TOGETHER...
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| 00:41:51 |
Friedman, Thomas L. - Columnist
MAINSTREAM, LET'S GET TOGETHER TO DEFINE WHO WE ARE AS A NATION. THEN THE PUBLIC EDUCATION, OTHER ISSUES. >>
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| 00:42:02 |
Brooks, David - Columnist
DAVID, SARAH PALIN, WHAT SHOULD ISRAELIS KNOW ABOUT HER? IS SHE GOOD FOR THE JEWS? >> I'M IMAGINING HER AND LIEBERMAN ON THE WAY TO REFORM. THE FIRST...
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| 00:46:37 |
Wieseltier, Leon - Literary Editor
PRESIDENT OBAMA OF ITS 40% SUPPORT IN ISRAEL. SOMETIMES YOU SEE LESS. CERTAINLY, THE LEAST POPULAR PRESIDENT IN A LONG TIME. WHY IS THAT? >> BEFORE WE...
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| 00:52:51 |
Halbertal, Moshe - Professor
ISRAEL'S FAULT? NOBODY'S FAULT? >> I THINK IT IS NOT REALLY ABOUT THE PROPOSALS THAT HE ACTUALLY RAISES. IT IS ABOUT THE MESSAGE OF EMPATHY THAT HE DOES...
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| 00:55:30 |
Friedman, Thomas L. - Columnist
I THINK IT IS A VERY BASIC HUMAN ASPECT OF HIS ADDRESS IN THE ISRAELIS -- HIS ADDRESSING THE ISRAELIS NOT FROM CAIRO. >> YOU CAN ACTUALLY SAY ANYTHING...
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| 00:55:56 |
Barnea, Nahum - Columnist
ANYTHING TO ARABS AND IF YOU FIRST MAKE IT CLEAR YOU REALLY WANT HIM TO SUCCEED. >> WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT WE WERE SPOILED FOR 16 YEARS BY...
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| 00:59:55 |
Brooks, David - Columnist
ISRAEL RADICAL LIST -- HE IS THE SAVIOR. NOT THE MAINSTREAM OF ISRAEL IS REGARDING HIS MOTIVES. >> OBAMA AND ISRAEL -- FIRST, I GREW UP IN A WING OF...
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| 01:01:55 |
Wieseltier, Leon - Literary Editor
BE ADDRESSED THAT HE REPRESENTS, WHETHER OR NOT HE RECOGNIZES THEM. AND I THINK THERE ARE CERTAIN IDEAS. FOR EXAMPLE, AFTER 9/11, WHAT OSAMA BIN LADEN...
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| 01:06:24 |
Friedman, Thomas L. - Columnist
BUT OBAMA DISCOVERED IN THE ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT IT IS THAT THIS INCREDIBLY 20TH- CENTURY CONFLICT IS INCREDIBLY STUBBORN. THE 20TH CENTURY IN...
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| 01:06:35 |
Q & A, -
WILL LIVE IN TO THE 21ST CENTURY. >> THIS HAS BEEN GREAT. WE WANT TO TAKE A FEW QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR BEFORE WE BREAK FOR DINNER. LET'S KEEP OUR QUESTIONS...
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| 01:07:34 |
Halbertal, Moshe - Professor
ISRAELI FLAGS? >> THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION. >> TOUGH QUESTION, I AM SORRY. >> YES -- IT IS IMPORTANT TO RAISE. THERE IS ONLY ONE ISRAELI PRIME...
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| 01:11:54 |
Wieseltier, Leon - Literary Editor
LEGAL BASIS. THAT IS WHAT I THINK. >> I THINK HIS QUESTION ALSO RAISES AN IMPORTANT LARGER ISSUE, THAT IT IS ALSO RELEVANT TO AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY,...
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| 01:17:57 |
Barnea, Nahum - Columnist
ISRAEL-DIASPORA THE LIST ABOVE FURTHER EXACERBATE INTERNAL TENSIONS? >> I BELIEVE THE QUESTION OF CONVERSION IS MAINLY BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE JEWISH...
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| 01:20:34 |
Indyk, Martin S. - Vice President and Director
YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> LET ME JUST ADD MY THANKS TO YOU, TOM, FOR DOING A MARVELOUS JOB. WILL SHAKESPEARE WOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD OF ALL OF YOU...
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