I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the vanquished called for unconditional surrender.
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Abba Eban Quote
“Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.”
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