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“I was pleased to welcome Israeli Minister for International Relations, Yuval Steinitz, to London today. Bilateral relations with Israel are strong, reinforced by the Prime Minister’s warm and productive trip to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories last month.
Minister Steinitz’s visit comes at a critical juncture in the peace process. During our meeting, we discussed how to ensure that the negotiations are successful and reaffirmed our belief that the current process, led by US Secretary of State John Kerry, still provides the best means of ending the conflict once and for all. I urged Israel to continue to work with the US and Palestinians to find a way forward.
On Iran, in the context of negotiations taking place today and tomorrow in Vienna, we reaffirmed our common goal of securing a comprehensive agreement which meets our security and proliferation concerns. We reiterated that until then, sanctions must be enforced robustly. We agreed the importance of continuing our dialogue on these issues.” (Foreign Secretary William Hague after a meeting with Israeli Minister Yuval Steinitz 08/04/2014)
“We shouldn’t say kaddish, it is vital to do all we can to safeguard the continuation of the negotiations.” (Speaking to Israeli Army Radio, 8/4/2014.)
“The Palestinians’ threats to appeal to the U.N. will not affect us. The Palestinians have much to lose by this unilateral move[.]”
“These will only push a peace agreement farther away, and unilateral steps on their part will be met with unilateral steps on our part.”
“Civilians in southern Israel were forced to begin this month with an unacceptable barrage of rockets … Hamas has a responsibility to cease and prevent acts of aggression emanating from the Gaza Strip. The IDF will retaliate, reciprocate and when required initiate the use of force in order to defend the civilians of the State of Israel from these unlawful terrorist actions.”
“The treaties which the Palestinians filed at the UN are not encouraging, but we can’t throw in the towel. The Palestinians’ move harms the interests of the Palestinians.”
“If they want a state, they need to understand it must come through the peace process.”
“I think they [Israel] are satisfied that we [the US] have the capability to use a military option if the Iranians choose to stray off the diplomatic path … I think they are satisfied we have the capability. I think they believe we will use it.”
“Our clocks are more harmonized than they were two years ago[.]”