Reuven Rivlin Quotes

I don't think any movie or any book or any work of art can solve the stalemate in the Middle East today. But it's certainly worth a try.

I am willing to go anywhere. Israel will be surprised to hear that I am willing to go to the Knesset itself and negotiate with them.

Politics and war are remarkably similar situations.

Israel can't make peace without the clear support of the United States.

Both Bibi and Obama realize that they are going to have to face the problem of Iran together.

If I could cause world peace by taking someone out to lunch, I'd go, 'Well, war isn't that terrible.'

I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.

All world conflicts will be resolved if people listen to my advice.

If you treat China like a foe, surely she will become one.

In an ideological age, diplomacy may seem weak and prosaic. But sometimes it is all we have.

Conflict does not lead to stability in the world.

Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics.

The conflict in the Middle East needs to be solved for the same reasons. It is necessary to reach a two-states solution, built on international law, for sustainable peace and development, and it can only be achieved through joint efforts by the international community.

I have a background and an understanding of what's happened in the Middle East that a lot of people don't have, because there's been no interest.

Diplomacy is fundamentally working with people, bringing people together to deal with difficult issues.

Israel ranks her priorities in the following way: security, land, and water.

War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules.

Peace in the Middle East isn't going to be created by another war or violent act on the other side.

I don't think that anyone seriously fears that the world can be blown to pieces all together. But what one can fear and rightly so are regional things, like in the Middle East, India, Pakistan, the Korean Peninsula, borders in Africa, etc.

Reasonable, even intelligent people can, and frequently do, disagree on how best to achieve peace in the Middle East, but, peace must be the goal of our foreign policy tools, whether they be by the stick or by the carrot.

Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force.

It is crystal clear to me that if Arabs put down a draft resolution blaming Israel for the recent earthquake in Iran it would probably have a majority, the U.S. would veto it and Britain and France would abstain.

You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace without Syria.

I do not support peace in the Middle East. And I do not support Arafat. He is a stupid, incompetent fool!

There is not going to be a peace process unless there is talks involving Israel, Hezbollah and Hamas, and I think everyone knows that.