More Quotes
“Don’t dismantle sanctions before you dismantle Iran’s capacity to make a nuclear bomb. And as I understand it, the Iranians are nowhere near to accepting that and if for any reason the United States and the other powers agree to leave Iran with that capacity to break out, I think that would be a historic mistake not only because it endangers my country, Israel–that Iran’s ruler, the Ayatollah Khameini wants to annihilate–but endangers the entire middle east and the world.” (Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking to ABC’s This Week, 23/11/2014)
“There can be no discrimination against Israeli Arabs. We must not generalize about an entire public due to a small and violent minority. The vast majority of Israel’s Arab citizens are law-abiding and whoever breaks the law – we will take determined and vigorous action against him. In the framework of the draft nationality law that I will submit to the Cabinet on Sunday, we will enshrine the full equality before the law of every citizen regardless of religion, race or sex alongside ensuring Israel’s identity as the national state of the Jewish People; there is no contradiction between the two and I will not allow these two basic principles to be undermined.” (Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 20/11/14).
“He stood first against the fire to defend the residents of Jerusalem. Fearless, he stood against the terrorists and he gave his live to defend the residents of Jerusalem. He acted according to the values he was raised on: strong-heartedness, courage, sacrifice and self-sacrifice.”
“Terrorism has returned to Jerusalem – terrorism which does not distinguish between man and man, between blood and blood … The murderers’ bullet took Saif’s life, but this bullet cannot break the shared lives, living together. We will not let terror win.” (Israeli President Reuven Rivlin speaking at the Funeral of Zidan Saif, a Druze policeman killed during attack on the Har Nof synagogue, 20/11/2014)
“I believe a deal can be done … But we will not do a bad deal. These negotiations are extremely tough and Iran needs to show more flexibility if we are to succeed.” (British Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond MP, speaking following a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry, 18/11/2014)
“People who had come to worship God in the sanctuary of the synagogue were hatcheted and hacked and murdered in their holy place in an act of pure terror and senseless brutality.”
“The Palestinian leadership … must begin to take steps to restrain any kind of incitement that comes from their language or from other people’s language and exhibit the kind of leadership that is necessary to put this region on a peaceful path.” (US Secretary of State John Kerry speaking to the press alongside British Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond, 18/11/2014)
“I won’t make concessions on democracy. I will continue to fight so that Israel will be both the Jewish nation-state and democratic. That is the basis of Zionism. That is what the Declaration of Independence stipulates and that is what will be.” (Israel’s Justice Minister Tzipi Livni via Facebook, 16/11/2014)