"For me to propose a division of Jerusalem was really terrible. I did it because I reached a conclusion that without which there will not be peace.“


-Ehud Olmert

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For me to propose a division of Jerusalem was really terrible. I did it because I reached a conclusion that without which there will not be peace.

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