More Quotes
“If Hamas is indeed removed from the terrorist list, then this will be the lowest and most worrying point for European Jewry in 70 years.”
(European Jewish Congress President Dr. Moshe Kantor on the EU’s moving towards taking Hamas off the EU terrorist list, 26/09/2016)
“Perhaps the most important reason not to give up on peace is that there is no good alternative. Crisis management, otherwise known as the status quo, has an expiration date. Israel has everything to gain from good relations with a stable neighbour, but should fear that Palestinians who believe in cooperation, on anything from security to trade, are dwindling along with their diminishing sense that progress is still possible towards the legitimate aspiration for statehood.”
(EU Ambassador Lars Faaborg-Andersen writing in the Jerusalem Post on International Day of Peace, 21/09/2016)
“Until now, Israel’s greatest challenge has been security. But now the prevention of racism and hatred has become one of the most acute and strategic problems of Israel. If Jews are taught that Arabs are evil, and Arabs are taught that Jews are evil, we will never be able to live together.”
(President Reuven Rivlin speaking on the State Comptroller’s report on racism in schools, 22/09/2016)
“Israel has no greater friend than the United States of America, and America has no greater friend than Israel. Our alliance is an unbreakable bond based on common values, buttressed by common interests, and bound by a shared destiny.”
(Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his meeting with US President Barak Obama, via Facebook, 21/09/2016)
“We have a real opportunity to write a bright page in the history of our region, to move toward peace. Egypt continues to pursue its utmost efforts to achieve peace in the region… Egypt affirms that the hand of peace remains extended in the form of the Arab Peace Initiative.” (Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi addressing the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, 20/09/2016)
“At the moment we do not have intelligence. Lone-wolf terrorists decide in an instant to act, they choose the method, they choose the means. We do not have time to organize [against them] and everything depends on how alert the police are.”
(Commander of the Jerusalem District Police, Yoram Halevy speaking on Army Radio, 20/09/2016)
