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US President Barack Obama: “Iran’s leaders should have no doubt about the resolve of the United States. Iran’s leaders should understand that I do not have a policy of containment; I have a policy to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. And as I’ve made clear time and again during the course of my presidency, I will not hesitate to use force when it is necessary to defend the United States and its interests.”
Source: White House website
Israel’s President Shimon Peres: “We need a total and clear commitment that the catastrophe of Iran will not create an impossible situation. If you can achieve it by economic and political measures, yes, that’s the best way to start. But in order that the Iranians will take it seriously, you have to say, ‘Gentlemen, we’ll try the way which may be the best, but all the other options are on the table.’”
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney: “Without getting into assessments of our intelligence capabilities, I would simply say that we are aware of the fact that al Qaeda and other extremists are seeking to take advantage of the situation created by Assad’s brutal assault on the opposition, and to try to pretend — contrary to their history, their rhetoric, their reason for being — that they are on the side of greater freedom and democracy for the people of the region — in this case, of Syria.
It’s not clear right now the extent to which al Qaeda extremists are working with the Syrian opposition, and obviously that’s something that we assess, as was the case in Libya and elsewhere, as we go on. Our position, independent of that — well, related to but not solely dependent on that, is that now is not the time to further militarize the situation in Syria. We are working, rather, with our allies, through the “Friends of Syria,” to isolate and pressure Assad, and to try to get him to realize that his days are numbered and to cease the brutality that he’s been waging against his own people.”
Source: White House website
US Secretary of State is Hillary Clinton: “I think that there’s a very clear-eyed view of Iran and Iranian objectives and that’s why the president’s policy is so clear and adamant that the United States intends to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.”
from Ynetnews
I welcome today’s EU agreement to freeze the assets of the Central Bank of Syria and restrict the Syrian regime’s access to the gold and precious metals market. Along with previous rounds of sanctions, these tough measures are tightening the economic pressure on President Assad. (Source: www.fco.gov.uk.)
Palestinian Authoirty President Mahmoud Abbas: “Israel is deluding itself that it is capable of replacing the mosques and the Muslim history in Jerusalem with fairy tales, by which they seek to invent a history that will wipe out the religious and historical facts of Jerusalem … East Jerusalem is the capital of the Palestinian state forever.”
From Yedioth Ahronoth