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RELATIONSHIP MONDAY AT GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY'S ELLIOT SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. DURING THE TALK, A GROUP OF 12 GW STUDENTS WALKOUT IN...
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| 00:00:46 |
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OUR FORUM PRECEDING. THE MIDDLE EAST POLICY FORUM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2007 TO BRING LEADING ANALYST, SCHOLARS, JOURNALISTS, DIPLOMATS AND POLICYMAKERS...
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| 00:02:15 |
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INITIATIVE. DOCTOR OR AN HIS POSITION AS ISRAEL AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES IN 2009, AND IN A POSITION, OF COURSE HE IS DEEPLY INVOLVED IN MAINTAINING...
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| 00:04:11 |
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THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR ESPECIALLY PLUGGING MY BOOKS, WHICH BY LAW I AM NOT ALLOWED TO DO, BUT THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT FAMOUSLY REDUCE CRISIS ON AMAZON,...
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| 00:04:55 |
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IN CHICAGO, ALL THE TIME SPEAKING ON KERRY'S CAMPUSES AND IS A TRUE PLEASURE TO LOAD UP THE CAR, PACK FOR A WEEK AND MAKE A LONG DRIVE OVER TO GEORGE...
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| 00:20:01 |
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CONTEXT. ISRAEL IS THE ONLY COUNTRY IN THE EAST THAT HAS A MEMORIAL, JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY, THE ONLY COUNTRY AT LEAST THAT HAS A MEMORIAL FOR MARTIN...
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| 00:35:13 |
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QUESTION ON THE CARD FOR VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND SIMPLE REASON. IF YOU WRITE IT ON A PIECE OF PAPER THAT'S LIKELY TO BE WHAT YOU SAY WHEN YOU GET...
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| 00:35:52 |
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SPENT I'M SORRY. DO YOU HAVE A MICROPHONE? >> IF YOU COULD WALK OVER TO THE MICROPHONE. I APOLOGIZE. >> IT WILL PROBABLY SAVE TIME IF YOU LINE UP AT...
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| 00:36:05 |
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HAVE A QUESTION. YOU KNOW HOW WELL VERSED I AM AT
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| 00:36:10 |
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THIS. [INAUDIBLE] >> YOU SPOKE A LOT ABOUT ISRAEL'S RESPONSE TO MILITARY SITUATIONS. HE SPOKE A LOT ABOUT
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| 00:36:22 |
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ISRAEL'S SUPPORT. ONE QUESTION I HAD -- [INAUDIBLE] THE CURRENT STATE OF ISRAEL, ONE QUESTION I HAD IS -- [INAUDIBLE] I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT A LOT...
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| 00:37:14 |
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TERRITORIES. THE AREA CALLED THE WEST BANK, WHICH IN HEBREW EXPANSIONARY, IT'S THE IS THE CRADLE OF JEWISH CIVILIZATION. THEY ARE OUR TRIBAL LANDS BUT...
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| 00:41:20 |
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I'M ALSO NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE ADAPTATION -- BUT I DO WANT TO TAKE ISSUE WITH SOME THINGS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TALK WHICH HE SAID ISRAEL WAS...
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| 00:42:06 |
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OF
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| 00:42:10 |
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INDEPENDENCE. [INAUDIBLE] >> THE WORD DEMOCRACY APPEARS IN THE AMERICAN DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE -- >> I WANT TO MAKE ONE MORE POINT. >> A POINT...
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| 00:42:33 |
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POINT. [INAUDIBLE] >>
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| 00:42:38 |
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I'M SORRY. SPENT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK YOU HOW YOU CAN RECONCILE THESE FACTS, THE FACT THAT THE CHIEF LOBBYIST
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| 00:42:49 |
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AT THE TIME REFERRED TO THIS AS SEPARATE DEVELOPMENTS, INVOKING -- SO AS TO PREVENT DEMOCRACY -- >> THANK YOU. NO, THANK YOU. SPENT I
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| 00:43:04 |
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WILL TRY -- THE FACT THAT ISRAEL'S DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE DOESN'T MENTION DEMOCRACY, HERE I HAVE TO CONFESS I DON'T KNOW WHETHER AMERICA'S? ...
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| 00:46:33 |
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MINUTES" STORY. [INAUDIBLE] >> MY INTERVIEW WAS AN HOUR AND A HALF. >> AND SO OBVIOUS IN THE INTERVIEW,
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| 00:46:49 |
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YOU WERE DEFENDING THE BIASES BIG SO I'M WONDERING IS ISRAEL
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| 00:46:55 |
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DOING ANYTHING I WANT TO DO ANYTHING -- [INAUDIBLE] >> ONE OF THE GREAT PROBLEMS IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS THERE WAS NO MASS EXODUS OF CHRISTIANS FROM HOLDING...
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| 00:47:18 |
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GROWING MUSLIM POPULATION, AND SO THEY WERE TRYING TO MAKE A CASE THAT BECAUSE OF THE OCCUPATION, CHRISTIANS, THE CHRISTIAN POPULATION WERE SHRINKING,...
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| 00:49:57 |
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THAT'S BEEN OUR POSITION FOR WELL OVER FIGURES. ISRAEL WILL NOT BE THE FIRST COUNTRY TO INTRODUCE NUCLEAR WEAPONS INTO THE MIDDLE EAST. AND NOT
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| 00:50:08 |
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ONLY WILL I REITERATE THAT AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WANT TO HEAR IT, BUT THE IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER IS THAT ISRAEL IS NOT THREATENING TO WIPE ANOTHER...
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| 00:50:49 |
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DISCUSSED HOW -- [INAUDIBLE] [INAUDIBLE] >> THAT'S A VERY INTERESTING QUESTION. THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS. ONE, TRADITION ISRAEL GOING BACK TO 1940...
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| 00:51:37 |
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DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS. BY SITTING WITH US YOU RECOGNIZES. THAT SHOULD CUT TWO WAYS WITH THE PALESTINIANS AS WELL. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN ISRAEL WOULDN'T...
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| 00:54:05 |
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IS THE REFUGEES. SO WHAT IS ISRAEL PREPARED TO DO FOR THEM AND NOT WILLING TO DO IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE A TWO STATE SOLUTION? >> THERE ARE TWO REFUGEE...
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| 00:54:26 |
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SIX-DAY WAR THAN PALESTINIAN ARABS LEFT IN THE 1940 AND 67 WARS. SO THEY ALSO HAVE CLAIMS. THERE'S A LOT OF CLAIMS BACK AND FORTH. ACCORDING TO ONE...
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| 00:56:31 |
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YOU KNOW HOW TO STICK IT TO SOMEBODY. THE HARD ONE, UNDER THE EXCHANGE
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| 00:56:35 |
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OF LETTERS BETWEEN ARAFAT AND RABIN IN IS '93, ISRAEL RECOGNIZED THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AND RECOGNIZED THE PLO. UNFORTUNATELY, THE PLO DIDN'T RECOGNIZE...
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| 01:00:23 |
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I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER CHANCE TO THANK THE AMBASSADOR, BUT I WANTED TO INVITE UP TO THE PODIUM HERE THE RABBI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF -- [INAUDIBLE]...
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| 01:00:46 |
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YOU DO ON A DAILY BASIS, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPENDING TIME. EVERYONE IN THE BACKGROUND THAT HELPED MAKE TONIGHT A POSSIBILITY, WE THANK YOU. THANK...
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| 01:01:11 |
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ME PERSONALLY MY FAMILY IS FROM TEHRAN, IRAN, AND FOR WHAT YOU STAND FOR AND WHAT ISRAEL STANDS FOR, IT'S A LIGHT OF HOPE FOR JEWISH PEOPLE AND FOR...
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| 01:01:40 |
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CONVERSATIONS] >> I WOULD ASK YOU ALL IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE, STAY IN THE ROOM FOR ONE MOMENT TO LET THE AMBASSADOR LEAVE. FOR SECURITY REASONS, WE NEED
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| 01:01:58 |
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TO LET THE AMBASSADOR AND HIS PARTY GO OUT FIRST. [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] >> SUNDAY ON
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