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SHIMON PERES IN JORDAN AT THE KIRKPATRICK FORUM, DECEMBER 12TH, 1988. PERES TALKS PEACE FOR THE MIDDLE EAST. PERES DISCUSSES PHILOSOPHY, THE COST OF WAR, THE PALESTINIAN CONFLICT AND PEACE. "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I AM CONVINCED THAT IT IS NOT WAR THAT IS INEVITABLE, BUT PEACE THAT IS INEVITABLE".
00:00 (TC: 00.01.04): -CUT TO SHIMON PERES ADDRESSING THE JEANE KIRKPATRICK CONFERENCE (IN ENGLISH) CANNOT CHANGE THE GEOGRAPHY BUT MUST CHANGE THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND DISCUSSES THE 8 YEAR WAR BETWEEN IRAN AND IRAQ, 1 MILLION LIVES LOST AND SOLVED NOTHING, GIVES STATISTICS ABOUT THE COST OF WAR, MILITARY BUDGET VERSUS EDUCATION BUDGETS, FUNDING AN ARMY
02:36 (TC: 00.04.32): PERES DISCUSSES THE BIRTHRATES OF THE MIDDLE EAST, JOKES ABOUT "OILY COUNTRIES AND HOLY COUNTRIES", ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST, GEOPOLITICS,
04:04 (TC: 00.06.00): SHIMON PERES DISCUSSES THE PALESTINIAN QUESTION, THE RIGHT FOR A PALESTINE ARMY AT THE GATES OF JERUSALEM, SOLUTION FOR THE CONFLICT IS A JORDANIAN PALESTINIAN FRAMEWORK, GEOPOLITICS, PALESTINIANS MUST TALK AND BEHAVE PEACEFULLY
06:40 (TC: 00.08.36): PERES STATES THAT A PERIOD OF CALM IS NEEDED WITH FREE, DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS, MENTIONS JORDAN AND EGYPT, DISCUSSES COEXISTENCE, MUST TAKE PLACE IN MIDDLE EAST NOT IN NORTH AMERICA
07:48 (TC: 00.09.44): PERES DISCUSSES THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND SOVIET UNION IN THE MIDDLE EAST, GORBACHEV, MOSCOW AND WASHINGTON DC SHOULD NOT CONTRIBUTE ARMS BUT IDEAS
09:15 (TC: 00.11.11): ECONOMICS COSTS OF WAR AND PROJECTED POPULATION INCREASE, "THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION MAY FACE A DARKNESS",
10:56 (TC: 00.12.52): ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SOLUTIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, -NEW ERA, ECONOMIC PLANNING AND MILITARY SPENDING, CONSTRUCTIVE PLANNING NEEDED, MULTI-DIMENSIONAL VIEW, "IT IS NOT WAR BUT PEACE THAT IS INEVITABLE" PERES WALKS OFF STAGE
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