More Quotes
Foreign Secretary William Hague: “In the absence of diplomatic progress, the United Kingdom will do much more. We will expand our support to the Syrian people and the Syrian political opposition, with an extra £5 million in non-lethal practical assistance. This will help protect unarmed opposition groups, human rights activists and civilians from some of the worst of the violence. This is in addition to and separate from our humanitarian assistance.
We expect that our assistance will include trauma and medical supplies for civilians in areas under regime control, and could include items such as paramedic trauma kits, specialist trauma treatment for surgical equipment, field dressings, antibiotics, painkillers, and water purification kits to respond to the cutting of fresh water supplies.
I have agreed in principle that our assistance to the opposition will include communications equipment, to help political activists overcome the regime’s communications blockade and ensure their message gets to the outside world. I cannot say anything, of course, that could risk identifying these people to the regime or reveal the precise nature of all of that assistance. But our help is likely to include, for instance, mobile phones, satellite phones and radio equipment which can be used to warn civilians of impending regime assaults.”
IDF Chief of Staff Mag.-Gen. Benny Gantz: “The recent attempts to hurt Israelis were foiled thanks to the high efficiency of our forces and thanks to precise intelligence. We will not always have the early warning so we must be prepared for any scenario. Recent events require the IDF to prepare for every scenario – even a multi-front confrontation.”
US Jewish gold medal winning gymnast Aly Raisman: “The fact that it was the 40th anniversary (of the Munich massacre) was special. Winning gold on that day means a lot to me. If there had been a moment’s silence, I would have supported it and respected it”.
Source
King Abdullah of Jordan: “Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody. What scares most of us is the weapons, chemical weapons, falling into rebel hands – and who are those rebels? – and obviously the use of chemical weapons against innocent people. Those weapon sites then need to be secured by the international community. So immediately people have to cross borders with Syria to make sure that those weapons storage depots are secure. I hope that you’re not looking at it as a reason for intervention. I think it’s a crisis where we have to react. I hope that people are not planning to sort of push whoever they may be to make sure that those storage sites fall into rebel hands because the minute you cross the borders, no plan goes the way you planned it.”
Prime Minister David Cameron: “As the world comes together in London to celebrate the Games and the values it represents, it is right that we should stop and remember the 11 Israeli athletes who so tragically lost their lives when those values came under attack in Munich 40 years ago today. It was a truly shocking act of evil. A crime against the Jewish people. A crime against humanity. A crime the world must never forget.”
Source: Daily Telegraph
Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi: “There is no room for appeasing this treason, this aggression and criminality. The [security] forces will take full control of these regions.”