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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “A wide national unity government is good for Israel’s security, economy and people.”
Matthew Gould, Britain’s ambassador to Israel: “We all agree that a negotiated peaceful solution to this [the issue of Iran’s nuclear programme] is better than the alternative … If this is the case, we need to at least keep the door open to the possibility that these talks might succeed. We need to be ready to take yes for an answer. I know there is concern in some quarters in Israel that the P5 +1 will give away all the leverage we have with the sanctions just to get an agreement. I think our record on this issue should give confidence that we are not trying to get an agreement just for the sake of an agreement.”
From Haaretz
Foreign and Commonwealth Office statement: “We do not have any direct contact with Hamas… The Quartet have set out clearly that Hamas must renounce violence, recognise Israel and accept previously signed agreements. Hamas must make credible movement towards these conditions, which remain the benchmark against which its intentions should be judged.”
from Haaretz
Former foreign minister and Kadima leader Tzipi Livni: “I have had the privilege of being among Kadima’s founders, a party that aims to promote a (government) based on responsibility and hope – one that can resist extortion. Today, Kadima is the biggest political party. I wanted to introduce a different kind of politics in Israel, one that prefers principles to seats, one that promotes the greater good over personal interests and one free of cynicism and power-drunkenness. I have followed these principles all my life and I will follow them wherever I go.”
Source: Ynetnews
Defence Minister Ehud Barak: “I have enough experience to know that a military option is not a simple one. It would be complicated with certain associated risks. But a radical Islamic Republic of Iran with nuclear weapons would be far more dangerous both for the region and, indeed, the world.”