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“When the bells of peace ring, there will be no hands to beat the drums of war.”
Source: Address to the Knesset, Jerusalem, 20 November 1977 (official English text)
Context Speaking before Israel's parliament on the first visit by an Arab head of state to Israel, Sadat set out his conditions for a lasting peace in the region.
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