More Quotes
“I condemn today’s terrorist act of somebody driving in another car into innocent people standing on the roadside. That is not just a terrorist act and an act of – an atrocity, but it only makes matters worse. It only raises tensions.” (US Secretary of State John Kerry speaking after meeting Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh in Paris, 05/11/2014)
“For me, the legacy of Rabin is not only a legacy of war and peace but also the legacy of his leadership – one that does not simply lead the camp but also walks within out of a concern not just for our safety but also our image as a society – more just and more equal.”
“The legacy of Rabin is, for me, also the legacy of leadership, a defining, molding leadership which courageously stands up to difficult decisions. ‘I will decide and I will navigate,’ he declared, and he indeed navigated according to his conscience and without excuses.” (President Reuven Rivlin speaking during a candle-lighting ceremony to mark the 19th anniversary of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination, 04/11/2014)
“For the first time I believe … they need the European Union to be present in order to make steps forward at this time of their history. This might not have been the case in the past. But at this date I get the same messages from the Palestinian side, from the Israeli side, and from the key Arab countries, exactly in the same terms – we do need at this time the European Union to move forward.” (Federica Mogherini, the European Union’s new foreign policy chief speaking to The Guardian, 03/11/2014)
“There are those who have turned the word ‘peace’ into a derogatory term, and there are those who consider ‘peace supporters’ as delusional people … I say clearly today: Those who have given up on peace are the delusional ones. Those who gave up and stopped looking for peace. they’re the naive ones, the ones who are not patriots.” (Former President Shimon Peres speaking at the 19th annual Isaac Rabin memorial rally, 1/11/2014)
“I have ordered significant reinforcements so that we can maintain both security in Jerusalem and the status quo in the holy places … This struggle might be long, and here, like in other struggles, we must first of all, lower the flames. No side should take the law into its own hands. We must be level-headed and act with determination and responsibility, and so we shall.” (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking at his Jerusalem office, 30/10/2014)
We have no positive information meaning that there are tunnels. The situation is not similar to what there was around the Gaza Strip … That said, this idea of going below ground is not foreign to Lebanon and is not foreign to Hezbollah and so we have to suppose as a working assumption that there are tunnels. These have to be looked for and prepared for.” (Major-General Yair Golan, commander of Israeli forces on the Lebanese and Syrian fronts speaking to Army Radio, 29/10/2014)