More Quotes
“With the completion of this stage, we may move toward a process of normalisation. I have spoken with my colleagues in the Foreign Ministry and I think it is a matter of weeks.” (Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in an interview with Charlie Rose, 28/04/2014)
“I do not believe, nor have I ever stated, publicly or privately, that Israel is an apartheid state or that it intends to become one. If I could rewind the tape, I would have chosen a different word to describe my firm belief that the only way [to have] a Jewish state and two nations and two peoples living side by side in peace and security is through a two-state solution.”
“I will not allow my commitment to Israel to be questioned by anyone.” (US Secretary of State John Kerry in a statement 28/04/2014)
“We must not ignore any occurrence of anti-Semitism, any desecration of a synagogue, any tombstone smashed in a cemetery in which our families are buried.
We must not ignore the rise of extreme right-wing parties with neo-Nazi tendencies, which are a danger to each of us and a threat to every nation.” (President Shimon Peres in a state ceremony at Yad Vashem 27/04/2014)
“I will be there in the future if we have a partner who is committed to peace. Right now we have a partner who has joined another partner committed to our destruction.” (Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in an interview with MSNBC, 24/04/2014)
“How do you want to reach an agreement with us when you’ve just signed an agreement with the people who have vowed to kill us? How do you want to establish a state, alongside us, with those people? What kind of state do you want to establish with them? How did you not demand of Hamas that it announce that it was abandoning the path of terrorism?” (Yair Lapid at a meeting of the European Jewish Congress in Tel-Aviv 23/04/2014)
If the Palestinians truly want a state, the way to obtain it is through direct negotiations with Israel, not through international pressure on Israel. (Justice Minister Tzipi Livni via Facebook 22/04/2014)