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“This is a moment of opportunity and we should take advantage of it to separate from the Palestinians and establish relations with the Arab world.”

“The world is undergoing rapid change. New coalitions based on shared interests are forming around us, and we must take advantage of them … Hamas is isolated, President [Abdel-Fattah] al-Sissi of Egypt has interests that are similar to ours, the moderate Arab states are scared of the rise of extremist Islam and ISIS has awoken the United States and Europe.” (Israeli Minister of Finance and leader of the Yesh Atid Party Yair Lapid speaking at the World Summit on Counter-Terrorism in Herzliya, 08/09/2014)