What Shimon Says

"[Excerpt from an interview with Haaretz journalist
Daniel Ben Simon the day following Peres' defeat by
Netanyahu in the 1996 election for Prime Minister]

INTERVIEWER: What happened in these elections?

PERES: We lost.
INTERVIEWER: Who is we?
PERES: We, that is the Israelis.
INTERVIEWER: And who won?
PERES: All those who do not have an Israeli mentality.
INTERVIEWER: And who are they?
PERES: Call it the Jews."

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