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“Instead of following the path of negotiations which would have enabled the creation of a Palestinian state, Abbas is now going to spend years on his demand for the UN to set a date for statehood … Abbas should have opted for the American framework document which would have led him to a Palestinian state.” (Israeli Justice Minister and Chief Negotiator Tzipi Livni via Facebook, 30/09/2014)
“After decades of seeing Israel as their enemy, leading states in the Arab world increasingly recognise that together we and they face many of the same dangers: principally this means a nuclear-armed Iran and militant Islamist movements gaining ground in the Sunni world.
Our challenge is to transform these common interests to create a productive partnership. One that would build a more secure, peaceful and prosperous Middle East.
Together we can strengthen regional security. We can advance projects in water, agriculture, in transportation, in health, in energy, in so many fields.
I believe the partnership between us can also help facilitate peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Many have long assumed that an Israeli-Palestinian peace can help facilitate a broader rapprochement between Israel and the Arab World. But these days I think it may work the other way around: Namely that a broader rapprochement between Israel and the Arab world may help facilitate an Israeli-Palestinian peace.
And therefore, to achieve that peace, we must look not only to Jerusalem and Ramallah, but also to Cairo, to Amman, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh and elsewhere. I believe peace can be realized with the active involvement of Arab countries, those that are willing to provide political, material and other indispensable support.” (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking before the UN General Assembly, 29/09/2014)
“The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, met the Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu on Sunday.
The two leaders reviewed the robust relationship, and rapidly growing trade. They also discussed how ties could be further expanded. The Israeli side briefed the Prime Minister on their perception of the situation in West Asia.
Defence ties and cooperation in the field of computer software, and cyber security were also discussed.
Issues of water management and agriculture in arid areas came up for discussion, with Israel offering to share its technology in this regard. The Prime Minister also outlined his vision of waste water management and solid waste management in 500 towns across India.
The Israeli Prime Minister extended an invitation to Shri Narendra Modi to visit Israel.” (A statement issued by the office of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 28/09/2014)
“I tell you, I will fight with every fibre of my being to get the two-state solution, two states for two people, Israel and a Palestinian state living side by side. That will be a very, very important task of the next Labour government.” (Labour Party leader Ed Miliband speaking to the Labour Party conference, 23/09/2014)
“The State of Israel is not at war with Islam.
By the same token, the State of Israel is not at war with the Palestinian people.
I believe that the great majority of Palestinians, who live in Gaza, are innocent.
If the choice was theirs, they would choose to live in a flourishing country with a blooming economy and peaceful relations.
The citizens of Gaza are no different from the citizens of Berlin, Paris, Mexico City, New Delhi, Bucharest or Brussels,they too want to live in peace and security. The fact, that one and a half million Palestinians are being held hostage by thirty thousand Hamas terrorists is a human tragedy.” (Israeli President Reuven (Rubi) Rivlin in a speech to the Israeli Diplomatic Corps on the Occasion of the Upcoming Jewish New Year, 22/09/2014)
“They [Iran] are fighting ISIS for their own interests. They are fighting over who will be the ruler of the Islamist world that they want to set over the entire world … Iran must not be allowed to become a nuclear threshold state.” (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem, 21/09/2014)