More Quotes
President Abbas, you are our partner and we are yours. You share our hopes and efforts for peace, and we share yours. We can and should make the breakthrough. We should not permit the hurdles to overcome us. History will judge us not by the process of negotiations but by its outcome. The today obstacles will pale in the light of peace. (Speech to World Economic Forum)
Foreign Secretary William Hague: “Israel is an important friend and strategic partner for the United Kingdom and we are strongly committed, as you know, to the security of Israel. I look forward to discussing with the Prime minister our cooperation in that area, including the very strong concerns that we have of about the nuclear program of Iran. We pursue the approach of sanctions and negotiations but nobody should doubt our resolve in these matters.”
Foreign Secretary William Hague: “It is very clear that Syrian regime is receiving a great deal of support, increasing support in recent months from outside Syria from Hezbollah and Iran. This is a regime that is increasingly dependent on external support…The regime is being propped up by others outside, further undermining its legitimacy. It also shows that is a crisis that is increasing the threat to regional stability.”
IDF Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz: “In Syria, we see that things are occurring, beginning with the transfer of arms, and including threats by Assad, who is speaking, encouraging and directing an increase in action against Israel in various degrees on the Golan Heights. Last night, our patrol, which is clearly located on the border fence, came under fire three times from a Syrian position. Enough is enough…We cannot allow the Golan Heights area to become a comfortable space for Assad to operate from. If he causes [the situation on] the Golan Heights to deteriorate, he will have to bear the consequences…All in all, the reality on the Golan Heights is unstable, and it is being undermined.”
Finance Minister Yair Lapid: “I need to clarify something after my interview with The New York Times. Whoever thinks we can have peace without a two-state solution is mistaken…even if it’s controversial here, and even if it is hard to trust the Palestinians, we will not abandon negotiations.”
(source: Jerusalem Post)
the full New York Times interview can be read here.
Senior Israeli economist Professor Manuel Trajtenberg: “Beyond moral considerations, it is of fundamental importance for the future of Israel to offer the Arab population equal opportunities, upward mobility, good education and promising employment. Through this scholarship fund, amongst other progressive initiatives, we are contributing to a more robust, just and resilient Israeli society.”