Silvan Shalom Quotes
In my view, Arafat is the only Palestinian in the world that isn't willing to have an independent Palestinian state.
Silvan Shalom
Independent, Views, World
Interview with Elizabeth Farnsworth, www.pbs.org. February 1, 2004.
There is no taboo after this assassination and no one of the Palestinian leaders has immunity anymore, ... It shows once again the necessity to collect the illegal weapons and to dismantle the infrastructure of terrorist organizations.
Organization, Leader, Weapons
We are not going to damage our safety and our security. We're not going to give those extremists the privilege to come so freely to Israel in order to carry out more attacks against us and kill us one day after another.
Israel, Order, Safety
We have been in the territories since 1967. In 2002, we had sometimes three or four suicide attacks every day. We came to the conclusion that it can't continue like that.
Suicide, Four, Territory
There's no preventative measure between the Palestinians, between those terrorists to the state of Israel.
Israel, States, Terrorist
"Extended Interview With Silvan Shalom". "PBS NewsHour" with Elizabeth Farnsworth, www.pbs.org. February 1, 2004.
Suicide bombers caused us more than 50 percent of our casualties. The fence works. There is a decline in the number of those terrorist attacks against Israelis.
Suicide, Numbers, Bombers
The Palestinians are not willing to do anything, they're not willing to make the strategic decision to dismantle the infrastructure of terrorist organizations.
Organization, Decision, Infrastructure
"PBS NewsHour" with Elizabeth Farnsworth, www.pbs.org. February 1, 2004.
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 the same nation, or in Berlin where you find parents living on the eastern side and their children in the western side.
Children, Parent, Berlin
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 like that all of us to stick to the road map.
Country, Party, Community
It's not a democracy here, it's the Middle East.
Easter, Democracy, Middle East
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 from those territories. So according to the international law, it doesn't belong to anyone.
Kings, Law, Splits
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? I think the answer is very clear. No one would act differently.
Country, Thinking, Answers
Cease-fire is important, but it can last only for a very, very, very short time.
Fire, Important, Lasts
We believe that we should come to an agreement with the Palestinians. But we need two to tango.
Believe, Agreement, Two
The security fence is reversible. Human lives are irreversible.
Fence, Human Life, Humans
Yair Lapid
Moshe Ya'alon
Tzipi Livni
Moshe Katsav
Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister of Israel
Ariel Sharon Former Prime Minister of Israel
Menachem Begin Former Prime Minister of Israel
Reuven Rivlin President of Israel
Yair Lapid Former Finance Minister of Israel
Moshe Ya'alon Defense Minister of Israel
Tzipi Livni Former Minister of Justice of Israel
Moshe Katsav Former President of Israel
Tzachi Hanegbi Politician
Ehud Olmert Former Prime Minister of Israel
Avigdor Lieberman Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel
Ehud Barak Former Prime Minister of Israel
Shimon Peres President of Israel
Mahmoud Abbas Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization
Golda Meir Former Prime Minister of Israel
Yasser Arafat Former Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization
Moshe Dayan Defense Minister of Israel
John F. Kerry United States Secretary of State
Yitzhak Rabin Former Prime Minister of Israel
Occupation: National Infrastructure Minister of Israel