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10 quotes by Michael Oren

Michael B. Oren (Hebrew: מיכאל אורן; born Michael Scott Bornstein; 1955) is an American-born Israeli historian, author, and a former Israeli Ambassador to the United States. He has written books, articles, and essays on Middle Eastern history, and is the author of the New York Times best-selling Power, Faith and Fantasy and Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East, which won the Los Angeles Times History Book of the...
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Fantasy is the tendency of Americans, going back to colonial times, to look at the Middle East as a type of fractured mirror of the United States - a... →

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I believe that the only alternative Israel has to save itself as a Jewish state - and let's be frank about that: the Jewish state is predicated... →

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People often ask whether Obama passes the 'kishka test:' whether he likes Israel special, not in the same way he likes Taiwan or South Korea?... →

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The American Jewish left gets a lot of press time. But the American Jewish right does not. And in many ways, the American Jewish right is every bit... →

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We in Israel certainly have a great interest in seeing peace, stability, and security restored to Egypt. We want nothing more than peace for the... →

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America is a unique place. The value part of American foreign policy is something I think is very laudable, but it is uniquely American. And it is... →

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Benjamin Netanyahu has made the official policy of the Israeli government the two-state solution, at a time when he had opposition from many... →

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I believe the Palestinians have never indicated a willingness to meet our minimum requirements, which are recognition of Israel's permanence and... →

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I think it is essential for Israel's survival as a Jewish and democratic state that we end the status quo. The preferred way to end the status... →

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I think the Obama administration, whether it's in his first term or second term, is totally committed to the search for peace between Israel and... →

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