More Quotes
“On behalf of all citizens of Israel, I would like to send my condolences to Egyptian President al-Sisi and to the Egyptian people in wake of the EgyptAir disaster in the Mediterranean Sea.” (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a statement in the wake of the EgyptAir disaster, 19/05/2016)
“From a political perspective, it makes sense bringing Lieberman into the government instead of Herzog […] Diplomatically, such a government will have a difficult time maneuvering between the demands for Israeli concessions on the Palestinian front, staving off potential sanctions on settlements from the European Union and ensuring the Obama administration continues using its veto to knock down anti-Israel resolutions at the United Nations.” (Jerusalem Post Editor in Chief Yaakov Katz, 18/05/2016)
“If we can all join forces in order to solve the Palestinian issue by creating hope for Palestinians and assuring security for Israelis, we will be able to write a new chapter that may prove to be more important than the peace accords between Israel and Egypt.” (President al-Sisi speaking live on television about Egypt’s role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, 17/05/2016)
“All those who are worshipping God according to their beliefs – whether they are Christian, Muslim, or Jewish – everyone has to know that there is one God of all of us, and that people who are declaring war in the name of religion are dangerous to all humanity.” (President Reuven Rivlin welcoming the Ethiopian Patriarch Abune Mathias Asratetsion to Israel, 16/05/2016)
“The IDF was and remains the State of Israel’s central melting pot and, as such, we need to safeguard it vigilantly, and not to allow violent and inciting elements to penetrate it, or those that influence its soldiers.” (Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon speaking about the values of the IDF during an Independence Day event, 15/05/2016)
“To sit there, without holding the wheel does not interest me. If I receive a mandate to stop the next procession of funerals [by avoiding another war], to bring to a halt the threat posed by the international boycott movement, to fix ties with the US and Europe, to launch negotiations with regional countries and to separate from the Palestinians in the form of two states to stop the ongoing terror wave — then I’ll know that my hands are at the wheel.” (Labour Party leader Isaac Herzog on the possibility of joining the government, via Facebook, 13/05/2016)