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Foreign Secretary William Hague: “We are determined to prevent nuclear proliferation in the Middle East, and the Iranians should not doubt our resolve in our determination to prevent that coming about.”
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: “It’s absolutely fair to say that we are on the same page at this moment trying to figure our way forward to have the maximum impact on affecting the decisions that Iran makes.”
Source: Jpost
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: “Our goal is to help bring about the two-state solution. And we know that it can only happen if there is a negotiation between the Israelis and the Palestinians, and that can only happen if all Palestinians are committed to seeking a political resolution and renouncing violence.”
Source: US State Department
British UN Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant: “It goes to show that business as usual for the Security Council is not an option. The Security Council, as requested by Kofi Annan, now needs to apply joint and sustained pressure on the parties, with serious consequences for non-compliance.”
Source: Reuters
Nawah al-Fares, former Syrian Ambassador to Iraq: “I declare that I have joined, from this moment, the ranks of the revolution of the Syrian people. I ask … the members of the military to join the revolution and to defend the country and the citizens. Turn your guns toward the criminals from this regime. Every Syrian man has to join the revolution to remove this nightmare and this gang which has reeked corruption across Syria and destroyed the state and society over the last 40 years, and to guarantee a bright future for the coming generations.”
Source: Haaretz
Vice Prime Minister Moshe Yaalon: “We are trying to formulate a bill with an outline for gradual implementation that, even if it won’t satisfy everyone, will not rip the nation apart and will lead to a substantial increase in those bearing the burden”.