Ami Ayalon Quotes

Israel, Politician
June 27, 1945

Amihai "Ami" Ayalon (Hebrew: עמיחי "עמי" איילון‎, born 27 June 1945) is an Israeli politician and a former member of the Knesset for the Labor Party. He was previously head of the Shin Bet, Israel's secret service, and commander-in-chief of the Navy. He came in second to Ehud Barak in a Labor party leadership election in June 2007, and was appointed a Minister without Portfolio in September 2007. He is one of the recipients of Israel's highest decoration, the Medal of Valor.

It's for the Palestinians to decide who will lead them.

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- Lead
- Decide
- Palestinians
We should fight terror, by all means, but not at the cost of cutting off any chance of talks with the pragmatists.

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- Chance
- Cutting
- Terror

You can't ignore reality. You won't wake up one morning and find that the Arabs of Umm al-Faham have become part of Palestine and are no longer in Israel.

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- Up
- Reality
- Morning
I am not entering politics to be another Knesset member. If I enter the political arena I want to be prime minister. Period.

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Under questioning, a terrorist should be made to yield.

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An order to fire on people that do not fire on you is a completely illegal order.

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- People
- Fire
- Illegal
We have to be capable of facing such a number.

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- Capable
- Number
- Facing
Once we agree on the future, the present will be much easier. A captain who does not know where he wants to sail, there is no wind on Earth that will bring him there. We have first to decide where we want to go, where we want to sail.

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- Future
- Earth
- Present

The Labor Party is a party with no ideals, regulations or laws, and it is a party I will not be a part of.

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- Party
- Ideals
- Regulations
Frustration is not a work plan.

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- Work
- Plan
- Frustration
To pull out of Gaza is not a policy, it is a step. Whether it is a step in the right direction toward a two-state solution or at least a step toward hope, we don't know.

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- Hope
- Policy
- Direction
The Labor Party is a body that does not seek political life, and does not fight for its life.

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- Life
- Political
- Party
A captain who does not know where he wants to sail, there is no wind on Earth that will bring him there.

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- Earth
- Wind
- Sail
We don't realize that we face a frustrating situation in which we win every battle, but we lose the war.

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- War
- Situation
- Face

In moments of pain, we seek revenge.

Ami Ayalon
- Pain
- Moments
- Revenge
Israel must decide quickly what sort of environment it wants to live in because the current model, which has some apartheid characteristics, is not compatible with Jewish principles.

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- Live
- Environment
- Model