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...peace process which was signed with an international signature, is to be honored. Also, there is a dynamic in this process. I'd like to believe that people, or at least part of the people, very much desire the agreement. So I hope it will continue. I think Netanyahu will try. He will have opposition from within his own people. I think he will be more willing than some of the people there with him. We shall all have to live and learn. The whole world is now watching to see how we will continue, and everyone will simply...
...something called the wisdom of the people, and we must have faith in it. A Jewish wise man once said, "Trust the people, for they may not be prophets, but they are the children of prophets." History is irreversible. Think about tomorrow. There will be negotiations. During the campaign, Netanyahu spoke like Peres; Peres spoke like Netanyahu. So don't worry. It will...
...think [the impact of the elections on the peace process] will change much. Netanyahu has 45 days to form a Cabinet. He has already said he will respect the achievements in negotiations. I am convinced that no leader in Israel can simply stop the peace process; it is irreversible. So many people here were afraid [last week], because they don't remember that Begin was as hawkish as Netanyahu seems to be. It was after all Begin who signed the first peace agreement with Egypt--he was the one who gave up the entire Sinai. So let's not start...
...subtract the Israeli-Arab vote, it means Netanyahu received 55.5% of the Jewish vote. It's like a landslide--not a close vote at all. For me, the real question is whether the momentum toward the establishment of a Palestinian state and Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights in exchange for Assad's paper agreement can be entirely stopped. My guess...
...Netanyahu's election shows that at least half of the people are not really mature enough for the peace process. They want peace, of course--everyone wants peace--but they're not willing to make the concessions it takes. It's ironic, because this is exactly what the right wing used to say about the Arabs, that they're not mature enough to make peace. The election of Netanyahu paradoxically shows the same thing, that most people are afraid of the peace process. They want it to be much slower. It's very natural, though, because for people like...