More Quotes
“I’m standing here deeply moved, having put pen to paper in the signing of a historical agreement … We are realizing the Zionist vision of Theodor Herzel who, as early as in the late 19th century, had predicted the need to revitalize the Dead Sea.”
“This is the most important agreement since the peace treaty with Jordan … It’s the high point of a productive cooperation between Israel and Jordan that will help rehabilitate the Dead Sea and offer solutions to Jordan’s water supply crisis.” (Israel’s Energy and Water Minister Silvan Shalom on the signing of an Israeli-Jordanian water agreement, 26/02/2015)
“Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat vigorously condemned the arson at the Greek Orthodox seminary this morning (Thursday, 26 February 2015) in Jerusalem, saying, ‘There is no room for such deplorable activity in Jerusalem, we must eradicate this behavior and bring those responsible to justice.’ The Mayor spoke with the Jerusalem Chief of Police and asked him to speed up the investigation. ‘We must quickly restore the peace and coexistence in Jerusalem,’ Barkat said.” (A statement by Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, 26/02/2015)
“I am delighted to be appointed as British Ambassador to Israel. It is a great privilege to have this opportunity to deepen our already thriving economic, science and technology ties with Israel, cooperate against shared security threats and work for progress towards peace.” (Newly appointed British Ambassador to Israel David Quarrey in a statement, 24/02/2015)
“The deal with Iran, as it is now being consolidated, is a danger to peace in the Western world and threatens the security of the State of Israel … Iran is spreading terror across the world to harm Israeli and Western interests … every deal that will be signed between the West and this messianic and apocalyptic regime will strike a severe blow to Western and Israeli interests and will allow Iran to become a nuclear threshold state and continue its terror activities. (A statement by Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon, 23/02/2015)
“The fact that Iran is continuing its murderous terrorism that knows no borders and which embraces the region and the world has, to our regret, not prevented the international community from continuing to talk with Iran about a nuclear agreement that will allow it to build the industrial capacity to develop nuclear weapons.
It is astonishing that even after the recent IAEA report determined that Iran is continuing to hide the military components of its nuclear program, the nuclear talks are with it are proceeding. Not only are they continuing, there is an increased effort to reach a nuclear agreement in the coming days and weeks. Therefore, the coming month is critical for the nuclear talks between Iran and the major powers because a framework agreement is liable to be signed that will allow Iran to develop the nuclear capabilities that threaten our existence. The agreement that is being formulated between Iran and the major powers is dangerous for Israel and therefore I will go to the US next week in order to explain to the American Congress, which could influence the fate of the agreement, why this agreement is dangerous for Israel, the region and the entire world.” (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking to his cabinet, 22/02/2015)
“Our relations with India have become strong because of common values, interests and respect. Both countries have found ways to cooperate on security and defence behind the scenes. We were short of water and land so we made the desert bloom through innovation. This is one of the things we have offer to India. Israel is ready to share our technology & defence preparedness in government to government interactions. We are optimistic on implementing Modi’s vision and we’re hopeful that we can cement our partnership with India with him at the helm.” (Israel’s Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon during a visit to India, 19/02/2015)