More Quotes
“The families of young people who sensed that they were planning a terror attack called in the security services. There were quite a few cases where families turned in young people before a terror attack, and also afterwards.” (Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon addresses some of the aspects of reduced terror attacks)
“True, 15 seconds is a bizarre promise, but these seconds are important for finding shelter. On this important and optimistic morning I want to point out that for 15 years we did not have these 15 seconds, and yet we grew during these years.” (Sha’ar Hanegev Council Chairman Alon Schuster, following news that Residents of southern Israel will now have 15 seconds to take shelter from mortar shells, 11/04/2016)
“I would like to thank Hassan Kaabiah, deputy spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry, who convinced me to visit to see the true Israel, which we have not seen on anti-Israeli television. One day, I hope that I will be the Iraqi ambassador to Israel and that Hassan will be the Israeli ambassador to Iraq… I consider myself a friend of Israel. At this time, Arabs need to understand that there is no conflict between Israel and Arab states, rather there is an Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I hope that it will end and peace will reign.” Hamad Al-Sharifi, Iraqi former diplomat
“The teams made progress towards finalising the agreement and closing the gaps, and agreed that the deal will be finalised in the next meeting which will be convened very soon.” (A statement by the Turkish Foreign Ministry, 07/04/2016)
“These are far from easy days in which to bring about change, relations between Jews and Arabs have reached a new low – you are taking action despite these negative forces and I ask of you, to persevere, we must not give up, the spirit of our cooperation will prevail.” (Israeli President Reuven Rivlin meeting with CEOs from the Collective Impact employment initiative in Nazareth, 06/04/2016)
“I condemn in the strongest possible terms the racist remarks of MK Bezalel Shmotrich who support creating separate maternity wards for Arab and Jewish mothers. Together with my wife when she gave birth to our son, Noam, were three Bedouin mothers. We shared in one another’s joy and pride. Israel must always preserve that unity and tirelessly fight discrimination.” (Kulanu MK Michael Oren, via Facebook, 05/04/2016)