More Quotes
“Hamas’ leaders cannot expect to propagate violence and terror from the comfort of their living-rooms and pulpits of their mosques. When you encourage, promote and praise the death the innocent, the IDF will act swiftly in order to contain the hateful incitement that jeopardizes the safety and wellbeing of so many Israelis and Palestinians alike.”(IDF spokesperson Lt. Col. Peter Lerner in a statement, 19/10/2015)
“We appeal to the leaders of both peoples to refrain from incitement and the ferment of emotions … Our task at this time is to inspire calm and ensure public safety.” (A declaration “Call for a Secure and Shared Life in Israel”, issued by Givat Haviv and signed by seven Arab and Jewish Mayors, 16/10/2015)
“The current terror campaign in Israel is a result of continuous Palestinian incitement. First, on the al-Aqsa Mosque and the outrageous claims that we are changing the status quo there or intend to destroy it, and now we have a new big lie.
That new big lie is that Israel is executing Palestinians. Yesterday, President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel of putting to death, executing an innocent Palestinian boy.
First of all, he’s not dead – he’s alive. Second, he’s not innocent – he tried to kill, murder, knife to death an innocent Israeli youngster, 13-years-old, riding a bicycle. This Palestinian terrorist is now being treated in Hadassah hospital in Israel.
The only way that we can fight this big lie and all the other lies that are hurled at Israel and spread in the Palestinian social network and from there to the world, is to tell the truth. This is what we will do today. We expect all our friends and anyone concerned with the facts and the truth to look at these facts, to see the truth and not to draw a false symmetry between Israeli citizens and those who would stab them and knife them to death.” (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, via Facebook, 15/10/2015)
“India attaches great importance to its relations with Israel, which have progressed and evolved significantly in recent years. We cooperate and exchange knowledge in many fields including defense, agriculture, scientific research and development. We identify other areas with potential for cooperation. We will seize this opportunity to discuss the global challenges that both countries face today, including increased terrorist threat far, our shared concerns on global warming, and the immediate need to reform the infrastructure of the international organizations.” (President of India Pranab Mukherjee speaking alongside Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, during a first visit by an Indian head of State to Israel, 14/10/2015)
I would like to say to the citizens of Israel: We are in a struggle, a struggle for us all, and we will face it together. We knew waves of terrorism in the past and we overcame them. They did not achieve their aim to uproot us from our land, to destroy our country. They will not achieve it this time either. We are focused on our mission to fight the murderers and inciters, and I am confident that the actions we take will lead to the other side’s recognition that terrorism does not pay. (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking at the special Knesset Session to mark 14 Years since the assassination of Minister Rechavam Ze’evy, 13/10/2015)
“The majority wants to live their lives decently and quietly … I call on them to speak up and say: enough with this, we want to live quietly, and every citizen deserves their quiet and personal safety, and it’s our job to restore personal safety.” (Deputy Police Cmdr Jamal Hakroush the highest-ranking Muslim officer in the police, speaking to Army Radio, 12/10/2015)