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US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton: “The Iranians are all in for Assad, and there is very little room for any kind of dialogue with them.”
(source: Haaretz)
US Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel: “the United States should take no options off the table in our efforts to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. If confirmed, I will focus intently on ensuring that US military is in fact prepared for any contingency… While there is time and space for diplomacy, backed by pressure, the window is closing. Iran needs to demonstrate it is prepared to negotiate seriously.”
(source: Jerusalem Post)
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “We woke up this morning to a clear message from the public: it wants me to form a government that will bring about great internal changes…I spoke to [Likud-Beytenu No. 2] Avigdor Liberman and we decided that we will focus our talks on these three core issues, in addition to maintaining Israel’s security, in an effort to build as broad a coalition as possible.”
(source: Times of Israel)
Yair Lapid, founder and chair of Yesh Atid: “If we have an equal share of the burden, a small cabinet free of ministers without portfolio, and we solve our housing problems… these things strengthen the peace process. The peace process requires a healthy, functioning Israeli society.”
(source: the Times of Israel)
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “In the perspective of the almost 75 years that have passed since the Holocaust, what has not changed is the desire to annihilate the Jews. What has changed is the ability of the Jews to defend themselves. This ability finds expression in the state, the military, and the security services and in our willingness to act against those who come to destroy us. This ability is the difference between what was then and what there is today. Nobody will defend the Jews if they are not ready to defend themselves; this is another lesson of the Holocaust.”
(source: PMO’s office)
US Secretary of State nominee John Kerry: “My prayer is that perhaps this can be a moment where we can renew some kind of effort to get the parties [Israel and the Palestinians] into a discussion, to have a different track than we’ve been on over the course of the last couple of years… So much of what we need to aspire to achieve and what we need globally … all of this is tied to what can and doesn’t happen with respect to Israel/Palestine.”