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State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland: “We are working hard at keeping these parties working and talking, and trying to keep them committed to this process. The process is still very much alive. I don’t dispute the fact that we’ve had some bad incidents on the ground this week … but that is further to why these parties need to stay engaged.”
Source: Haaretz
Israeli vice-premier Shaul Mofaz: “I believe that there is an opportunity to restart [Israeli-Palestinian peace] negotiations. I have a firm basis for believing this will happen in the near future.”
Source: Israel Radio News
BICOM Senior Associate Fellow Brig. Gen (ret.) Michael Herzog: “Israel will say the result highlights the fact the parties are unable to continue on a high level. The differences cannot be resolved on a technical level. Israel will declare that diplomacy is failing and will probably demand the international community to set a timetable and just not let talks go and on.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “This was the work of intolerant, irresponsible lawbreakers. We will act quickly in order to bring them to justice.”
IDF spokesman, Brigadier General Yoav Mordechai: “At this stage, the IDF forces are scanning the area with the intention of preventing additional terrorists from being found in Israel. The entire region is closed,until we contain the entire event. At this stage communities are closed, no one is being allowed in or out, and there is no large number of casualties. But the incident is not over yet.”
Kadima Chairman MK Shaul Mofaz: “There is a historic opportunity today to establish a new national agenda. This is not a matter of forcing our worldview on anyone. It is not a matter of subduing some coalition partner. It is a statement and an act of leadership. The time has come to pass on to our children and grandchildren a proper country – a country within secure borders, a country with a Jewish majority, a Zionist country for all eternity.”
Source: Haaretz