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Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh: “We affirm that armed resistance is our strategic option and the only way to liberate our land, from the [Mediterranean] sea to the River [Jordan]. God willing, Hamas will lead the people… to the uprising until we liberate Palestine, all of Palestine.”
From the Independent
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “I intend to fight with all my power as the prime minister of Israel. I met with the head of the Shin Bet security service, the chief of police and the IDF chief of staff, and I’ve asked the defense minister to prepare this week a plan to take care on the rioters.”
From Israel Radio
President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres: “Any type of discrimination is a grave mistake that must be amended as soon as possible. The issue of shunning women or prohibiting them from singing in public has gained attention recently. We must not turn our public domains into places that conflict with our core values…No man has the right to force a woman to sit where he wants. As a Jew and as the president of the State of Israel I cannot disregard such a phenomenon.”
From Ynetnews
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesperson Mark Regev, “We are disappointed and frustrated by the Palestinian leadership’s repeated refusal to engage directly with Israel. They say they believe in peace, but it is very difficult to square this rejectionist position – a position that boycotts sitting at the table with Israel – with their stated aim of supporting peace and reconciliation.”
From the Jerusalem Post
US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro, “We believe that Iran is developing nuclear weapons. This poses a significant threat to Israel, to our own interests and to many of our partners in the region.”
From Israel Hayom
State Department Spokesman Mark Toner, “Just taking at face value his denial that there’s anything going on there…why not let international monitors, human rights monitors – which is what the Arab League is proposing – into Syria as well as international media and allow them to report transparently on what’s happening there?”
From Ynetnews