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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “We stretch out our hand in peace to the Palestinians…Israel has proven time and again it is ready for concessions in exchange for real peace, and the situation today is no different…With a Palestinian partner that is willing to hold negotiations in good will, Israel will be ready for a historic compromise that will end the conflict with the Palestinians once and for all.”
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “We face a decisive year in the fields of security and economy, in efforts to promote peace and in Israelis’ desire to effect change. There is cooperation in this government and I believe we will bring change to all Israeli citizens in all areas. That is my mission.”
(source: Ynetnews)
Israel’s Military Intelligence chief Major-General Aviv Kochavi: “The nuclear programme is progressing, but Iran is making sure not to cross any internationally perceived ‘red lines.’ …At this time 10,000 centrifuges are at work, mainly in Qom and Natanz, enriching 240 kilos of uranium, which is enough to produce between five and six bombs, should the Iranian leader decide to make them…Iran doesn’t see a likelihood for an international attack on its nuclear facilities and will continue to promote its programme. Iranian nukes are today the main threat on Israel.”
(source: Ynetnews)
Director of National Intelligence, James R. Clapper: “Iran continues to develop technical expertise in a number of areas, including uranium enrichment, nuclear reactors and ballistic missiles, from which it could draw if it decided to build missile-deliverable nuclear weapons. These technical advancements strengthen our assessment that Tehran has the scientific, technical and industrial capacity to produce nuclear weapons…we assess [however] Iran could not divert safeguarded material and produce a weapon-worth of WGU (weapons-grade uranium) before this activity is discovered.”
Prime Minister David Cameron: “We are still an independent country. We can have an independent foreign policy. If, for instance, we felt action needed to be taken to help bring about change in Syria, to help end this appalling bloodshed and we felt our European partners were holding that back then we’d have to change the approach. But that is not what I hope will happen. William Hague did a very good job persuading his colleagues to amend the terms of the arms embargo so we can provide this equipment.”
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz: “The chances of war against us in the visible future are low but there is a high probability of deterioration. Not a week goes by, not to say hardly a day, when I don’t have to deal with an issue that you didn’t even hear about, that could have resulted in a strategic threat.”