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“On my way to London for PM @netanyahu talks at @Number10gov with PM Cameron. Big agenda: UK/Israel, the region (iran, ISIL), peace process.” (British Ambassador to Israel David Quarry via Twitter, 09/09/2015)
“This is a great day for the State of Israel. I am committed to bringing the gas to the Israeli economy, the hundreds of billions for the education, social welfare and health of Israel’s citizens, and tens of billions for investments and jobs.
We have improved the outline. It passed the Cabinet and passed the Knesset by an overwhelming majority. There is one more obstacle but when I want to achieve something, I achieve it. There will be gas for Israel. I want it for the citizens of Israel, to lower the cost of living, to channel vast sums to the state coffers for energy security.
This will be achieved. We are moving forward step by step and overcoming one obstacle after another.
They told us at the outset: We have not seen the outline so we opened the outline. They told us to improve it; we improved it. They told us to submit it to the Cabinet; we did so and it was approved. They told us to submit it to the Knesset and we approved it by majority vote. Now we have one obstacle left and we will overcome it because it is the right thing for the citizens of Israel.” (Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu speaking after a Knesset vote, 07/09/2015)
“I spoke with the head of the Syrian opposition [in Europe], Kamel Labwani. It is incumbent on Israel to take in refugees from the war and push for the establishment of an urgent international conference on the issue … Jews cannot be apathetic when hundreds of thousands of refugees are searching for safe haven.” (Israeli Opposition leader Isaac Herzog speaking to Channel 10, 05/09/2015)
“I said to the Pope that I see in him a bridge, and asked of him to serve as such in the most difficult of places for mediation, where there no trust exists between the parties.” (Israeli President Reuven Rivlin after meeting Pope Francis at the Vatican, 03/09/2015)
“Iran’s regional policy is the opposite of America’s. While [America] seeks to divide the countries of the region and to create statelets that obey it, this will not happen. Some were amazed by statements I made in the past about America’s attempt to divide Iraq, but today the Americans themselves honestly acknowledge this. The Americans’ clear goal is to divide Iraq, and, if they can, Syria as well. But the territorial integrity of the countries of the region – Iraq and Syria – is very important to Iran.
Iran supports the resistance in the region, including the Palestinian resistance, and we will support anyone who struggles against Israel and strikes at the Zionist regime. Iran’s chief policy is a struggle against America’s policy of division and its sowing of conflict.” (Iranian Supreme leader Ali Khamenei in a speech, 17 August 2015)
“I have no preconditions for negotiations. I am ready now to go to Ramallah or any other place in order to meet and hold direct negotiations without preconditions. We want to conduct negotiations with the Palestinians. The solution is two states for two peoples – a demilitarized Palestinian state that recognizes the national state of the Jewish People.” (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking to activists from the group Women Wage Peace group, 01/09/2015)