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“The State of Israel is not at war with Islam.

By the same token, the State of Israel is not at war with the Palestinian people.

I believe that the great majority of Palestinians, who live in Gaza, are innocent.

If the choice was theirs, they would choose to live in a flourishing country with a blooming economy and peaceful relations.

The citizens of Gaza are no different from the citizens of Berlin, Paris, Mexico City, New Delhi, Bucharest or Brussels,they too want to live in peace and security. The fact, that one and a half million Palestinians are being held hostage by thirty thousand Hamas terrorists is a human tragedy.” (Israeli President Reuven (Rubi) Rivlin in a speech to the Israeli Diplomatic Corps on the Occasion of the Upcoming Jewish New Year, 22/09/2014)