More Quotes
“Strong legislation and harsh words against ISIS are good, but not enough. Because anyone who is threatened by ISIS must also provide a solution … Peace talks would help us fight terrorism that is threatening everyone. Those who don’t want to solve this conflict are the ones who will lead us in the end to a bloody battle with beheaders.” (Justice Minister and Hatnuah Party leader speaking during a special meeting on the threat posed by ISIS, 11/09/2014)
“The cooperation between the UK and Israel in the exchange of information and sharing of experiences between the taxation authorities in the UK and Israel has always been excellent and especially in the area of tax evasion. The fact that Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has come to Israel to have discussions with their Israeli counterparts is itself a higher recognition of the already excellent relationship between our two authorities.” (British Ambassador to Israel Matthew Gould speaking at the STEP Israel No Safe Tax Havens conference, 09/09/2014)
“This is a moment of opportunity and we should take advantage of it to separate from the Palestinians and establish relations with the Arab world.”
“The world is undergoing rapid change. New coalitions based on shared interests are forming around us, and we must take advantage of them … Hamas is isolated, President [Abdel-Fattah] al-Sissi of Egypt has interests that are similar to ours, the moderate Arab states are scared of the rise of extremist Islam and ISIS has awoken the United States and Europe.” (Israeli Minister of Finance and leader of the Yesh Atid Party Yair Lapid speaking at the World Summit on Counter-Terrorism in Herzliya, 08/09/2014)
“The reconstruction of Gaza is one of our interests as much as it is of all the Free World. The rehabilitation and reconstruction of Gaza should go along with the demilitarization of Gaza; otherwise we can see the next round in no time.” (President Reuven Rivlin speaking alongside Norway’s Foreign Minister Borge Brende in Jerusalem, 07/09/2014)
“Terrorists do not hesitate to use religion for the benefit of the atrocious crimes which they carry out. They take passages from the Quran and justify beheadings and slaying women and children. We must put an end to it.” (Former President of Israel Shimon Peres speaking to Pope Francis during a visit to the Vatican, 04/09/2014)
“What Rouhani has done is concede on all kinds of secondary issues, partial concessions, but protected the project’s core, which is what threatens us and the whole world … This means that in substance Iran’s positions have remained as tough as before, and if there is no dramatic development in the coming month then either there will be no deal – or there will be a bad deal leaving Iran a nuclear threshold state, and this is of course something we are not willing to accept.” (Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz speaking on a radio interview, 03/09/2014)