More Quotes
“After the resignation of the committee head, who was biased against Israel, the report – which was written at the behest of the UNHRC, which has proven itself to be an anti-Israeli body that has nothing to do with human rights – should be shelved … The terror organizations and the terror regimes are the ones that should be investigated.” (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a statement, 03/02/2015)
“We are in a very sensitive period in terms of Israeli’s political reality,” I’m wearing a uniform, but there is doubt that the subject of negotiations with the Palestinians is very important. I assume they [the government] will find a way to move forward with it”.
“Iran is behind the attack yesterday. The same Iran is now trying to achieve an agreement with world and acquire the ability to develop nuclear weapons, which we oppose vigorously. Israel will not accept a conciliatory agreement signed with Iran and allow it to continue the race bomb. Iran is arming, organizing, sponsoring and sending its proxy terrorists to our borders, north and south.” (Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking on 29/01/2015)
“I want to send my condolences to the bereaved families as well as my wishes for a full recovery to the wounded. I am certain that the IDF knows how to manage the situation, and that Israel’s leaders will work to calm the situation as much as possible. We are with you, even when we are required to do our job abroad, for our country and for our people.” (Israeli President Reuven Rivlin during a speech to the United Nations, 28/01/2015)
“Israel remains home to hundreds of thousands of Holocaust survivors, and many of our institutions and communities were built by arms bearing tattooed numbers. As our extraordinary founders now reach old age, we have a profound responsibility both to ensure that they receive the care they need, and to redouble our efforts to learn as much as we can of their stories. As the great writer and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel emphasises, “when you listen to a witness, you become a witness.”
Israel formally commemorates the Holocaust on Yom Hashoah, three months after International Holocaust Memorial Day. Whereas the latter marks the day that Auschwitz was liberated, the former pays tribute to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: perhaps the greatest display of Jewish resistance against the Nazis. Yet while the Holocaust will always carry particular national significance for Jews, the birth of the State of Israel so soon after the Holocaust was never about isolating the Jewish people from the international community, but rather becoming part of it. In remembering how our nation was so nearly erased, we are reminded of what we – as a nation among equals – can now achieve.” (Israeli Ambassador Daniel Taub in the Daily Telegraph ‘Auschwitz 70th anniversary: Even today, Jews need Israel as a safe haven’, 28/01/2015)
“We must be prepared for any attempt to challenge us in light of calls heard on the other side … We must continue to keep calm and be patient and know how to respond in the most suitable manner, which will clarify to all who try to harm us that we will not tolerate provocations from any area.” (Israel’s Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon speaking to during a visit to Israel Aerospace Industries, 26/01/2015)