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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “The Iranian nuclear program has not slowed down by one millimetre. What they are being asked now to do is not stop filling the canister, not to stop enrichment, not to take away the material. The Iranians were only asked to stop 20% enrichment of uranium. That doesn’t stop their nuclear program in any way. The reasons they don’t agree is that they are pursuing atomic bombs.”
Source: Jerusalem Post
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: “We have discouraged unilateral action from both sides. This new coalition government in Israel provides the best opportunity in several years to reach such a negotiated agreement. In recent weeks, I’ve called both Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Abbas urging them to take this opportunity, to use this new opening that has come about because of the broad coalition that now exists that has pledged itself to pursuing a negotiated resolution. And we’re going to continue to urge them to do so. We believe that there is an opportunity for direct negotiations, and we hope it was enhanced by the release of bodies today by the Israelis as a sign of confidence building. But they need to get to the table and start dealing with all the very hard issues we know have to be resolved.”
Source: Ynet
Iran’s Paliament Speaker Ali Larijani: “U.S. military officials probably have a poor understanding of themselves and regional issues because Syria is in no way similar to Libya, and (the effects of) creating another Benghazi in Syria would spread to Palestine, and ash rising from the flames would definitely envelop the Zionist regime.”
Source: Tehran Times
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “The Iranians have given nothing up to this point and have not yielded over a thing, but they have gained eight weeks to continue their nuclear program. We believed that Iran would be willing to make sacrifices over the issue of enrichment to the level of 20% in order to save its nuclear program, but even they are not even willing to do that.”
Source: Haaretz
Baroness Ruth Deech, “Habima performance of Shylock a triumph. Tiny number of protesters thrown out sharpish and rejected by audience. Well done Globe.”
Foreign Secretary William Hague: “The clear and unified conclusion of the EU3+3 was that urgent, concrete steps need to be taken by Iran to allow progress. As we have confirmed at the conclusion of the Talks in Baghdad today, we remain fully committed to the diplomatic process underway, and to finding a peaceful, negotiated solution to the nuclear issue. But we must see significant progress by Iran at the next meeting in Moscow.”
Source: Kuwait News Agency