Ezer Weizman Quotes

1924–2005 Israel

Ezer Weizman (Hebrew: עֵזֶר וַיצְמָן) (15 June 1924 – 24 April 2005) was the seventh President of Israel, first elected in 1993 and re-elected in 1998. Before the presidency, Weizman was commander of the Israeli Air Force and Minister of Defense.

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It is the duty of all and of all the parties involved to continue believing in peace and to do our utmost to attain peace in our region.

If you don't keep giving the Arabs a bloody nose from time to time, the Arab balloon will blow up. We are going to live like this, hacking at each other, for some time to come.

The peace process is the most important process that has surfaced since the establishment of the Jewish state. And we are now in its very midst.

Speech at the Bundestag and Bundesrat of the Federal Republic of Germany (1996)

Today's Israel, with its large influx of immigrants, its economic momentum, the peace accords, should and can reclaim its position as the predominant cultural center of the Jewish people.

Speech at the Bundestag and Bundesrat of the Federal Republic of Germany (1996)

Do I have to preach to my children that I have the right to the land of Israel only where there are no Arabs? Or do I preach to my children that I have a right to this land because it is mine of right?

We respect our neighboring countries and the culture that surrounds us, and we wish to take up our position among them, but in our own way and with allegiance to our values and culture.

Speech at the Bundestag and Bundesrat of the Federal Republic of Germany (1996)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ezer Weizman (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.