More Quotes
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “We have so many threats in the region, you know, that we’ll have to discuss…but one dwarfs everything else, and that is the threat that Iran gets nuclear weapons. We can work and will work together, are working together, to make sure that doesn’t happen.”
US Secretary of State John Kerry: “I think that what this underscores, actually, is the importance of getting to the table and getting to the table quickly and resolving the questions with respect to settlements, which are best resolved by solving the problems of security and borders. Once you have security and borders solved, you have resolved the question of settlements…With the negotiation of major issues, these kind of hotpoint issues … are eliminated as the kind of flashpoints that they may be viewed today.”
Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon: “The State of Israel respects the sovereignty of Egypt and is aware of the Egyptian military’s bolstered activity against terror in the Sinai Peninsula. We will not allow rumours and speculations, which have developed in the past 24 hours, to harm the peace treaty between the two countries.”
US State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki :”Negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians will be resuming August 14th in Jerusalem and will be followed by a meeting in Jericho. Ambassador Indyk and Deputy Special Envoy Lowenstein will travel to the region to help facilitate negotiations. Secretary Kerry does not expect to make any announcements in the aftermath of this round of talks.”
Maj. Gen. (ret.) Amos Yadlin: “In 2012 the [Americans’] red light was as red as it can get, the brightest red,” Yadlin said in an interview with Army Radio Wednesday morning. “But the music I’m hearing lately from Washington says, ‘If this is truly an overriding Israeli security interest, and you think you want to strike,’ then the light hasn’t changed to green, I think, but it’s definitely yellow.”
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “Iran’s president said that pressure won’t work. Not true! The only thing that has worked in the last two decades is pressure…and the only thing that will work now is increased pressure. I have said that before and I’ll say it again, because that’s important to understand. You relent on the pressure, they will go all the way. You should sustain the pressure.”