More Quotes
“In order to make peace it is necessary to distinguish between good and bad, between forbidden and permitted, between terrorism and violence and legitimate protest. Only from this place it is possible to embrace and encompass the different and opposing parts that live here. Life here in this land will only be possible if we stop blaming each other.”
(Michal Froman, who was injured in a terror attack this year and one of the organisers of the Women Wage Peace march, 19/10/2016)
“I firmly believe that to deny or conceal any of the Jewish, Christian or Muslim traditions undermines the integrity of the site. The heritage of Jerusalem is indivisible, and each of its communities has a right to the explicit recognition of their history and relationship with the city.”
(UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova speaking on the importance of the Old City in Jerusalem to all three monolithic religions, 15/10/2016)
“70 years ago, 100 years ago, we lived in peace – and this is so important. We must return to living in peace – Jews alongside Muslims. The same minority which is preventing peace must be stopped by us. We must condemn terror in all its forms, and after this minority is stopped, there is a chance for peace between us and the Muslims.”
(Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef speaking at the meeting with religious leaders hosted by Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, 13/10/16)
“I feel stupid even having to comment on it… Demanding proof that the Temples stood on the Mount is like demanding proof that the ancient stone walls surrounding Jerusalem, which stand to this day, were the ancient stone walls surrounding Jerusalem.”
(Dr. Yuval Baruch, a leading Israeli archaeologist who has studied Jerusalem throughout his career on the Palestinian-backed motion to UNESCO, 12/10/2016)
“These are days of soul searching for all mankind. It is not easy to ask for forgiveness…and yet, a society without forgiveness is an inhumane society. It is a society in which we are condemned to live eternally entrenched in the past without the ability to look to the future.”
(Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin speaking on ahead on the Jewish holidays, 06/10/2016)
“I condemn this morning’s [yesterday’s] terror attack by a Palestinian perpetrator in occupied East Jerusalem which killed two Israelis and injured six others. Nothing can justify such attacks… It is deplorable and unacceptable that Hamas and others choose to glorify such acts which undermine the possibility of a peaceful future for both Palestinians and Israelis.”
(UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nikolay Mladenov following the Jerusalem shooting on Sunday morning, 09/10/2016)
