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“One of the fundamental mistakes of the Obama administration’s foreign policy was that it always tried to explain to others what was good for them—not what was good for America. That was perceived by the non-democratic world as chronic weakness; it was perceived by the democratic world as a lack of policy. A superpower can’t engage with the rest of the world by playing the role of the Jewish mother.”
(Israeli journalist Nahum Barnea speaking on US President Obama’s foreign policy, 04/12/2016)
“[The UK-Israel high-tech trade model is] so successful that a number of other countries have copied the model elsewhere.”
(Eugene Kandel, Chief Executive of Start-Up Nation Central, speaking at the BICOM-Jewish News conference, 30/11/2016)
“In 1976 Rabin said that ‘once the region recognises Israel and crosses the Rubicon, all the rest is solvable’. And it is true – the region has recognised Israel big time – both the modern Sunni nations and our adjacent neighbours Egypt and Jordan. What we call the mini Arab Quartet, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Jordan, can pursue, together with Israel, a unique golden opportunity.”
(Israeli opposition leader Isaac Herzog speaking via video link at the BICOM – Jewish News Conference, 30/11/16)
“Iran has not changed, not before the agreement on the nuclear program or after it. Its objective remains the same, which is to maintain a foothold in the region and keep the fire of terrorism burning. We know that, and we are facing it.” (Army spokesperson Moti Almoz speaking to London-based Elaph newspaper on the constant threat of Iran, 29/11/2016)
“In a broad and level-headed view, the fact that Jordanian and Egyptian planes came here with their crews to fight the fire, that fire trucks and firefighters from the Palestinian Authority operated alongside our firefighters, that the doors of the Israeli Arabs opened to host Jewish families—these are the more important parts of the picture. The arsonists and the inciters should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, but they do not represent the Israeli Arabs or the Palestinian people.”
(Former Prime Minister and Defence Minister Ehud Barak speaking on the assistance from Israel’s regional allies to help stop the fires, 28/11/2016)
“Sunday’s incident in the southern Golan Heights seemed like an occurrence that the IDF handled quite well… we should nevertheless increase our vigilance on this front and make sure that our forces are properly camouflaged so that local ISIS commanders will not get further opportunities to show their fighting spirit.”
(Ron Ben-Yishai writing in YNet, 27/11/2016).
