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‘There is no justification for the murder of innocent civilians and Israel stands shoulder to shoulder with the Kenyan government and people at this difficult time. We in Israel know the pain of terror and will do whatever we can to support the people of Kenya.’ President Shimon Peres
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “The Iranians are continuing to deceive so that the centrifuges continue spinning. The real test lies in the Iranian regime’s actions, not words…While Rouhani sits down for interviews, he also continues to move ahead with the nuclear programme…The Iranian regime’s goal is to reach a deal that would require it to give up an insignificant part of its nuclear programme, while allowing it to … charge forward quickly toward acquiring a nuclear weapon whenever it chooses.”
Israel’s Finance Minister Yair Lapid: “When the reactor in Qom will be closed, when they [Iran] will stop enriching uranium, when they take off the enriched uranium they already have, then we can discuss the fact whether we can all hold hands and sing hallelujah together…I’m happy to listen to any new music coming from Iran, but this has to be backed by – not only by words but also by deeds.”
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon: “The findings are beyond doubt and beyond the pale. This is a war crime and a grave violation of the 1925 protocol and other rules of international law.
It is the most significant confirmed use of chemical weapons against civilians since Saddam Hussein used them in Halabja in 1988 — and the worst use of weapons of mass destruction in the 21st century.
The international community has a responsibility to ensure that chemical weapons never re-emerge as an instrument of warfare.”
US President Barack Obama: “the Iranians understand is that the nuclear issue is a far larger issue for us than the chemical weapons issue, that the threat against Israel that a nuclear Iran poses, is much closer to our core interests, that a nuclear arms race in the region is something that would be profoundly destabilising.
And so my suspicion is that the Iranians recognise they shouldn’t draw a lesson that we haven’t struck [in Syria]to think we won’t strike Iran. On the other hand, what they should draw from this lesson is that there is the potential of resolving these issues diplomatically.”
Joseph E. Macmanus, permanent US Representative to the United Nations: “With a new president in office, and a new government in place under his leadership, Iran today has an opportunity to change its path from intransigence to cooperation, should Iran continue its intransigence and obfuscation, we will work with fellow Board members at the November Board meeting to hold Iran appropriately accountable.”