More Quotes
“We welcome the efforts to achieve a stable, long-term and genuine ceasefire in Syria. Anything that stops the terrible killing there is important especially from a humanitarian standpoint, but it must be clear at the same time that any agreement in Syria must include a halt to Iran’s aggression toward Israel from Syrian territory.
We will not agree to the supply of advanced weaponry to Hezbollah from Syria and Lebanon. We will not agree to the creation of a second terror front on the Golan Heights. These are the red lines that we have set and they remain the red lines of the State of Israel.” (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking at a Cabinet meeting, 28/02/2016)
“It is very special to welcome ambassadors from our close and important neighbours. Egypt is ‘Um El Donya’, ‘mother of the world’ and especially in our region Egypt plays a most important role.
We live together in a difficult region. We have found a way to live together in peace and friendship. This is a message to the whole region, and the whole world. I was in Egypt during times of war, and I was in Egypt during peace. The peace agreement between our countries is an international treaty and it is for both us, a top priority. We may not agree on everything, but we respect each other and because of this we will build a shared future.” (Israeli President Reuven Rivlin welcoming Egypt’s new ambassador to Israel Hazem Khairat at a ceremony in Jerusalem, 25/02/2016)
“The Iranian regime through the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is building a complex terror infrastructure including sleeping cells that are stockpiling arms, intelligence and operatives and are ready to act on order including in Europe and America.” (Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon speaking to the press, 24/02/2016)
“The strong partnership between Kenya and Israel stems all the way back to our independence … With the spirit of us working together, we are both countries have had to struggle for our independence, we have fought for our independence and as such we value the issues of sovereignty, of independence and for the right to self-determination. We are founded on strong principles of democracy, strong principles of freedom of expression, principles of freedom of religious expression and I think this brings us together in many ways.” (Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta speaking alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, 23/02/2016)
“We’ve been enjoying unprecedented quiet, Hamas hasn’t fired one bullet … Hamas is trying to arm itself with rockets but it’s having difficulties importing (rockets) as it did before and it has to manufacture them. That is why they’re conducting all of the tests of firing rockets into the sea. There is also a shortage of materials to manufacture rockets with and they’re trying to improvise – and of course digging defensive and offensive tunnels, we are not fooling ourselves to think that they aren’t.” (Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon speaking in Haifa alongside US Ambassador Dan Shapiro, 22/02/2016)
“Yes, there are Israel supporters of all shapes and sizes but when the ‘Z’ word is thrown about do enough of us stand up and proudly proclaim that we are Zionists and what Zionism is?” (I am a Zionist, James Sorene, Times of Israel)