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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today spoke with Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch and asked that law-enforcement elements work as quickly as possible in order to investigate who is behind the reprehensible murder and what the motive was. The Prime Minister calls on all sides not to take the law into their own hands and noted that Israel is a nation of laws and everyone must act according to the law. (Statement issued by Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, 2/7/2014.)
“We don’t need anger; we don’t need yet another division among us; we don’t need a competition over whose rage is holier or whose hate is purer. Rage is not holy. Hate can never be pure. I can certainly understand all those demanding revenge; how could I not understand when I share those same sentiments – when each and every one of us feels this way.
But today, at this funeral, in the presence of this family, we need love. We need to speak in one language. We need to rediscover the paths that connect all of us. If in fact we seek to punish our enemies, there is no greater punishment than for them to behold this sight and to see that nothing can divide us.”
Read the eulogy in full at Times of Israel.
“I am deeply saddened by the news that the bodies of the three Israeli boys… have been found this evening.” He continued, “This was an appalling and inexcusable act of terror perpetrated against young teenagers. Britain will stand with Israel as it seeks to bring to justice those responsible.” Cameron added, “Tonight my thoughts and prayers are with the families of Gilad, Naftali and Eyal. No parent should have ever have to suffer such heartache or grief.” Prime Minister’s Office.
“We should … support the Kurdish aspiration for independence. [The Kurds are] a nation of fighters [who] have proved political commitment and are worthy of independence”. (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in remarks to the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, 29/06/2014)
Israel has shown it can defend itself against those who sought our destruction. Israel did and will do, everything in our power to bring home our three kidnapped boys – Naftali, Gilad, and Eyal. I met with their parents. They asked me to speak here on their behalf. To make your voices heard all over the world to help bring our boys home. To sound a call across the world against terror. Let’s raise our voices together against terrorism. (Israeli President Shimon Peres in an address to the US Congress, 26/06/2014)
“Our hearts are with the kidnapped teens and the nation of Israel … The US will continue to help and to do whatever it can together with the State of Israel in order to return the kidnapped teens to their homes.” (US President Barak Obama during a meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres, 25/06/2014)