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Israel Quotes by Silvan Shalom

10 Israel quotes by Silvan Shalom

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Silvan Shalom’s thoughts on Israel come through in a handful of statements that capture his political nuance. Though brief, this set gives a clear sense of his stance and the themes he emphasizes, making it a handy reference for anyone curious about his view on the region.

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We believe that we should come to an agreement with the Palestinians. But we need two to tango.

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It's not a democracy here, it's the Middle East.

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The Palestinians will never, never implement their commitment to dismantle their infrastructure of terrorist organizations.

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In my view, Arafat is the only Palestinian in the world that isn't willing to have an independent Palestinian state.

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There's no preventative measure between the Palestinians, between those terrorists to the state of Israel.

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We would like to ease the life of the Palestinians. I prepared a new plan that we call a positive agenda.

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The Palestinians are not willing to do anything, they're not willing to make the strategic decision to dismantle the infrastructure of terrorist…

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We are not going to damage our safety and our security. We're not going to give those extremists the privilege to come…

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In 1988, King Hussein of Jordan said that it doesn't take any connection any more to those territories, and he would like…

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There is no taboo after this assassination and no one of the Palestinian leaders has immunity anymore, ... It shows once again…

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We believe that we should come to an agreement with the Palestinians. But we need two to tango.

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In my view, Arafat is the only Palestinian in the world that isn't willing to have an independent Palestinian state.

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We have been in the territories since 1967. In 2002, we had sometimes three or four suicide attacks every day. We came to the…

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Cease-fire is important, but it can last only for a very, very, very short time.

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There's no preventative measure between the Palestinians, between those terrorists to the state of Israel.

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We have the responsibility to protect our people and that's why we're building this fence. We've suffered from 19,000 terrorist attacks during the last…

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No one can compare us to the apartheid regime. It's not like in South Africa between the blacks and the whites who belong to…

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Most of the international community, most of the countries around the world, don't want any side, any party to take unilateral steps. They would…

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The Palestinians are not willing to do anything, they're not willing to make the strategic decision to dismantle the infrastructure of terrorist organizations.

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The security fence is reversible. Human lives are irreversible.

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We would like to ease the life of the Palestinians. I prepared a new plan that we call a positive agenda.

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In 1988, King Hussein of Jordan said that it doesn't take any connection any more to those territories, and he would like to split…

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It's not a democracy here, it's the Middle East.

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The Palestinians will never, never implement their commitment to dismantle their infrastructure of terrorist organizations.

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I'd like to ask you: what you would prefer us to do? I'd like to ask my colleagues, would any other country act differently?…

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