More Quotes
“A great effort has been made in the last few years to build Palestinian institutions … Dissolving the Palestinian Authority is not in the interest of the Palestinians … and will have implications on our relationship and our assistance.” (US State Department Spokesperson to a press conference 21/04/2014)
“The parties themselves have been meeting regularly to try to achieve an agreement to extend the negotiations.”
“The bottom line is both parties tell us they want negotiations to continue, and they’re searching for a path to do that. The US is continuing to play the role of facilitator and to support the two sides as they try to reach an agreement.”
“I do not agree with the notion. Neither does the negotiators, neither do the parties, neither does the Secretary. As you know … the parties met this weekend. They’re going to be meeting again tomorrow. The parties are working right now on an agreement to extend the negotiations. And that means extending the negotiations past April 29th.” (State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki, 15/4/2014.)
“We were very close to an agreement with the Palestinians, a complex transaction which was being examined by the [Israeli] cabinet, but at the last moment the Palestinians broke their promises and submitted applications”.
“We are ready to discuss and negotiate but we will not accept unilateral steps.” (Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in a meeting of Ambassadors in Tel-Aviv 13/04/2014)
“For me, Israel is the homeland for the Jewish people, and the reason I put it in those terms is because it is not just a theoretical idea for me, it’s my family’s experience. That’s the way I like to talk about it.” (Ed Miliband speaking to students at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 10/04/2014)
“We were ready to do it [the prisoner release] and if the Palestinians will cancel their unilateral steps and will agree to proceed with the peace dialogue, we will still be able to do it. But we have to have the confidence that Abu Mazen [Abbas] is ready to promote real peace and to conduct these very complicated peace talks.” (Yuval Steinitz in an interview with the Daily Telegraph, 9/04/2014)