Dennis A. Ross quotes
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“Security is something that serves Israeli interests and Palestinian interests. You have a common threat and you have a common enemy and it's important to deal with that as partners.”
-- Dennis A. RossSource : "Arafat reluctantly accepts Israeli, U.S. security demand". www.cnn.com. August 11, 1997.
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“It has been an honor to work in the Obama Administration and to serve this President, particularly during a period of unprecedented change in the broader Middle East. Obviously, there is still work to do but I promised my wife I would return to government for only two years and we both agreed it is time to act on my promise.”
-- Dennis A. RossSource : "Top Obama Middle East adviser Dennis Ross stepping down" by Alex Mooney, www.cnn.com. November 10, 2011.
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“Arafat's whole life has been governed by struggle and a cause. Everything he has done as leader of the Palestinians is to always leave his options open, never close a door.”
-- Dennis A. RossSource : "Fox News Sunday" with Brit Hume, www.foxnews.com. April 21, 2002.
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“There are consequences if you act militarily, and there's big consequences if you don't act.”
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“You don't have any communication between the Israelis and the Iranians. You have all sorts of local triggers for conflict. Having countries act on a hair trigger - where they can't afford to be second to strike - the potential for a miscalculation or a nuclear war through inadvertence is simply too high.”
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“I wouldn't discount the possibility that the Israelis would act if they came to the conclusion that basically the world was prepared to live with Iran with nuclear weapons. They certainly have the capability by themselves to set back the Iranian nuclear program.”
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“Force is not inevitable. Diplomacy is still the desired means. Pressure is an element of the means.”
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“If there were an election today, Netanyahu would win. Yet, his standing in the polls is also a reflection of the weakness of Ehud Olmert, the current prime minister - who stands at 2 percent in a recent poll - and the enduring weaknesses of the Labor Party.”
-- Dennis A. RossSource : "Dennis Ross: 18 Months to Avoid War with Iran". Interview with Nathan Gardels, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 5, 2007.
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“I am the Counselor at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.”
-- Dennis A. Ross
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Source : A. H. Almaas (2000). “Diamond Heart: Book One: Elements of the Real in Man”, p.7, Shambhala Publications
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“I think they are very important because westerns have a code and a symbolism.”
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“Our future is our sense of common destiny.”
Source : "We in Turkey and the Middle East have replaced humiliation with dignity" by Ahmet Davutoglu, www.theguardian.com. March 15, 2011.
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