More Quotes
“Now we must help rehabilitate Gaza … we are doing everything we can to send them food … We are entering a difficult period of aid and rehabilitation; we will help, not out of any strategic considerations, but from humanitarian ones.” (IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz speaking to Israel’s Channel 10, 05/08/2014)
“We have no intention of harming Gaza civilians, and those harming them are for all intents and purposes Hamas, which also denies them access to humanitarian aid … I think the international community needs to roundly condemn Hamas and demand, as we are, that the rehabilitation of Gaza will be linked to its demilitarization.” (Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in a press conference with Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and Chief of Staff Benny Gantz, 04/08/2014)
“I welcome the news of an agreement of a ceasefire to halt the violence we have seen. This is an achievement we have all been working tirelessly for, with visits around the region and talks in Paris last weekend.
I applaud the efforts of Secretary Kerry and partners such as Egypt who should be congratulated for all they have done to bring an end to this humanitarian crisis.
We should now redouble our efforts and leave no stone unturned, to ensure this is a lasting and durable ceasefire to make way for substantial discussions to resolve the underlying issues on both sides.” (Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond MP in a statement, 1/08/2014)
There will be no compromise when it comes to the terror tunnels. The IDF is fighting these tunnels and will complete their neutralisation. This is our responsibility as decision makers and our responsibility to residents of the south of Israel. (Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni via Facebook, 30/07/2014)
“We are yearning for peace, but we have to make peace with those who are willing to sit down and talk to us, not those who are calling everyday for our destruction and are trying to kill our citizens.” (Opposition and Israeli Labour Party leader Isaac (Buji) Herzog on BBC Newsnight, 29/07/2014)