More Quotes
Finance Minister Yair Lapid: “I’m totally supportive of going back into negotiations on the basis of the two-state solution…For me, there’s no other game in town but the two-state solution. The Palestinians must have their own country, and the Israelis must understand that the Palestinians should have their own country. I’m going to push for this as hard as I can because I think this is really important for Israel. I’m not doing this because I’m in love with the Palestinians. I’m doing this because I think it’s in Israel’s best interests to have what I call an honest divorce.”
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “If Hezbollah is not a terrorist organization, I don’t know what is…I hope there is a European consensus on this issue. I can’t understand why this is still not the case. Hezbollah is assisting in the massacres in Syria and is murdering civilians around the world, including on European soil, as we saw in Bulgaria, and as was tried in Cyprus.”
Finance Minister Yair Lapid: “Israel should strive for peace on the basis of two states for two peoples, and even though it is difficult we must not give up and have to try again and again…Not having two states means that Israel would be a bi-national state, which would be the end of Zionism.”
The Quartet Representative, Tony Blair: “Some say two state solution is a fantasy. I say fantasy is thinking one state solution would be sustainable. We need leadership for peace, for the history book between Israelis and Palestinians.”
(source: Haaretz)
Foreign Secretary William Hague: “There have been positive words during the election campaign, but it will, of course, be the actions we judge, including on the potential to adopt a more constructive position when it comes to Syria, Iraq and Lebanon.”
Prime Minister David Cameron: “It is no secret that President Putin and I have had our disagreements on some of these issues. But what I take from our conversation today is that we can overcome these differences if we recognise that we share some fundamental aims: to end the conflict, to stop Syria breaking apart, to let the Syrian people choose who governs them, and to take the fight to the extremists and defeat them.”