"We lost the ability to mourn together."
--Israeli President Reuven Rivlin at a state memorial in commemoration of 21 years since the murder of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin noted that only one generation has passed since the murder "but the polarization is still sharp."*

“I hope that because he's pro-Israeli, he'll be able to use his weight and force Israel to take steps with the Palestinians. He's capable of doing that. That's in his power."
--Miami based millionaire Israeli businessman, Yaakov Shaham, who is friends with President-elect Donald Trump and donated ‘a six-figure amount’ to Trump’s campaign.*

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“We believe Trump’s limited familiarity with the international arena will make the team he brings with him to the White House even more important, since it will have broad influence in setting the administration’s foreign policy.”
--In an internal document, Israel's Foreign Ministry concedes Israel has no idea what the policies of US President-elect Donald Trump will be towards Israel.**

"He does not carry in his genes the genetics that every American politician (including Hillary) carries: the deep automatic commitment to Israel in any situation and in any weather. Trump broke all possible rules and it will not be a problem, if he wishes, to smash that one, too. Therefore, I don't think any one in Jerusalem opened bottles of champagne the morning after the elections."
--Senior Maariv political commentator Ben Caspit writes about US President-elect Donald Trump and Israel.*

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"Similarities between the right wing in the United States and Israel are evidence that the roots of the powerful fury felt by our right-wing voters is not necessarily related to the sanctification of the land, or fear of Palestinians, or relations between Mizrahim (Jews of Middle Eastern origin) and Ashkenazim (Jews of Eastern European origin). Its origins are different and, as sane citizens, we have a responsibility to get to the bottom of the problem and try to defuse it."
--Tzvia Greenfield, peace activist, leftist, and Israel's first female ultra-Orthodox MK examines what motivates right-wing US and Israeli voters.*

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"If his legal advice is ignored, and the law passes in one cunning way or another, every person whose work involves the implementation of this law must disobey the orders he receives—whatever the cost the regime exacts of him."
--Yedioth commentator Yaron London writes that the bill to legalize outposts built on privately-owned Palestinian land a blatantly illegal and must be defied.**

“After 21 years, hatred rears its head, and incitement is here again. The hatred is the same hatred, the incitement is the same incitement, and the leader is the same leader." 
--Opposition leader and Zionist Camp chief, Isaac Herzog, said at the commemoration rally marking 21 years since the murder of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin.*

"You have placed a gun on the table."
--Chief Justice Miriam Naor struck back at Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked's attempt to curb the power of the High Court.**

“The disease destroys the patient. Israelis are sick with the disease of fear because of their history and narrative. The Palestinians are sick with the disease of the occupation.
--In a conversation with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, a Palestinian doctor from Gaza, Dr. Izzeldin Abouelaish, compared fear of treatment of disease with Israeli fear of moving towards solving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Dr. Abouelaish lost three of his daughters in the first Gaza war 2008-2009.**