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16 quotes by Dennis Ross

Dennis B. Ross (born November 26, 1948) is an American diplomat and author. He has served as the Director of Policy Planning in the State Department under President George H. W. Bush, the special Middle East coordinator under President Bill Clinton, and was a special adviser for the Persian Gulf and Southwest Asia (which includes Iran) to the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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Successful diplomacy is an alignment of objectives and 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... →

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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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I am the Counselor at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

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It is my Middle Eastern hat and my attachment to Israel that ultimately inspires my support for Obama. I know he understands that neither Israel nor... →

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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... →

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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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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... →

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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... →

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We can't have a failure in Iraq, but we also can't be there for the next 10 years because if we are, it's going to become, I think, a... →

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Many Europeans are concerned that stronger sanctions are a slippery slope toward war unless the U.S. is at the table.

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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... →

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I can give substantive advice to the administration, the president's campaign, or any campaign that would ask for it. And, of course, when I... →

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