More Quotes
“This moment is not easy for me. It is not easy for the ministers. It is not easy especially for the families, the bereaved families, whose heart I understand. But there are moments in which tough decisions must be made for the good of the country and this is one of those moments.”
Israel’s Minister for Regional Development Silvan Shalom: “We hope that the talks will begin next week in Washington between Israeli and Palestinian representatives…We in Israel are ready to go there next week, we have said it to the Americans… As I understand today, I think the Palestinians will decide to come next week, but I cannot speak on behalf of the Palestinians. But if they do so, the negotiations will start next Tuesday.”
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “We both want to see peace between Israel and the Palestinians. I hope that soon we will be able to see the beginning of peace talks. Our team is ready – we’ve always been ready.”
Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon: “Not a day goes by when we don’t here a report about terror attacks in Sinai, and our concern is that the guns will be turned on us…We have indeed strengthened our deployment along the border, and we have deployed an Iron Dome battery here in Eilat as well, in case someone dares to fire at the city. We did it in order to protect the city’s residents and make sure life in Eilat remains as normal as possible. I hope the Egyptian security establishment overcomes the challenge of radical Islam in Sinai.”
President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres: “Your Royal Highnesses, On behalf of the people of the State Of Israel, I wish to express our tremendous joy at the birth of your child – a royal baby, born in the most democratic country on earth. From Jerusalem, we pray for his health, his future, and his peace. May he live to a hundred and twenty years, and I know that the whole Jewish nation joins me in wishing the entire royal family a hearty Mazal Tov. God bless you.”
Prime Minister David Cameron: “It is a very depressing picture [in Syria] and it is a picture which is on the wrong trajectory. There is too much extremism among the rebels. There is also still appalling behaviour from this dreadful regime using chemical weapons. There is an enormous overspill of problems into neighbouring countries…I think he [Assad] may be stronger than he was a few months ago but I’d still describe the situation as a stalemate.”