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“There are people, there are ideas. Occasionally those two come together to create vision. Lady Thatcher was an exceptional leader, a colleague in the international arena and a friend for me personally. She served as an inspiration for other leaders, as the first female Prime Minister of Great Britain she broke new ground. She showed how far a person can go with strength of character, determination and a clear vision.
She was a true and dedicated friend of Israel, who stood with us in times of crisis and used her influence to help us in trying to make peace. During our negotiations with Jordan in the late 1980s, she stood as a mediator and a source of wisdom for me and the King of Jordan.
I send my sincere condolences to her family, to her friends and to the people of Great Britain.”
“No force can distance us from the greatest darkness the human race has ever known,” Peres said. “A third of our people, 6 million innocent individuals were murdered. … The Jewish people today is smaller than it was on the eve of World War II. We have grown smaller, but haven’t lost spirit.” (President Peres, Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony)
“We are concerned that there are elements in the P.A. that seem to refuse to jettison the harsh language of confrontation, and try to exploit different incidents to stir up trouble,” Mr. Regev said in an interview. “The only path to Palestinian statehood is through peace and reconciliation with Israel. Extreme confrontational language, incitement to violence, does not serve that end.” (Source New York Times)
“I condemn the rocket fire from Gaza into Israel. We again call on those responsible to respect in full the ceasefire put in place in November. All parties should take advantage of the continuing talks brokered by Egypt to resolve the outstanding issues of ending arms smuggling and improving the movement of goods and people, particularly between Gaza and the West Bank, to relieve the suffering of the people of Gaza. The calm since November has been welcome: it should be built upon, not reversed.” (Source: FCO)
“Our policy is that we have no intention of ignoring fire from Syria… incidental or not, and we will respond with a strike.”
Amos Gilad, the head of the Defence Ministry’s diplomatic security bureau: “You can look now and see al-Qaida in Syria, economic lows, instability, the lack of one address and huge refugee problem. This all presents new types of challenges that are not similar to the military challenge [Syria posed to Israel before the civil war]…In reality this is a blow to Iran and Hezbollah together in Syria. They admit it and are doing everything so Assad survives.”
(Source: Jerusalem Post)