Israel is a special country and to lead it one needs a level head and nerves of steel. He (Netanyahu) has neither of those, |
The timing the US chose to announce its decision to give Israel the dangerous F-16 jets is really strange. It seems as though the US is telling Israel |
Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian Authority are returning to the belief that they can defeat Israel by means of armed struggle, |
(People) should vote for me because I will preserve Jerusalem, united and undivided as the capital of the Jewish people, the capital of Israel, forever. |
(The American) position is that the Palestinians are now in a test. If they can't control Gaza, there is no chance of moving forward on other planes, |
(U.S.) President (George W.) Bush's framework will be brought to the government I intend to form after the elections for approval, and I will work with all my strength to make it as broad a unity government as possible, |
[•] We are in the process of verification of these reports, ... What we assume, and again I say we have not yet finalized the reports, is that weapons that he [Saddam] wanted to hide -- chemical weapons, biological weapons -- were indeed transferred to Syria. |
[Abbas added that he] hopes the disengagement plan will open a new page between the two peoples ... for the sake of peace and the future of both peoples and the region. |
[Abbas] is a courageous man, ... He understands that one can reach an agreement only as a result of negotiations, not as a result of terror. |
[Arafat is welcomed around the world] with a red carpet, ... he behaves as the head of terrorists and murderers. |
[He also presented his red lines:] There will be no compromise on the right of the State of Israel to exist as a Jewish state, with defensible borders, in full security and without threats and terror. ... whose leadership calls to wipe Israel off the face of the earth, and no one speaks out. |
[Israel began the forcible eviction of thousands of Gaza settlers on Wednesday, and Ms. Rice called it] really quite a dramatic moment in the history of the Middle East. ... enormously courageous. |
[Israeli Infrastructure Minister Ariel Sharon, who oversees waterworks projects, participated in the meeting.] The atmosphere was excellent, ... I think we also found solutions. |
[On both counts, Sharon said, Netanyahu displayed irresponsibility.] He panics and loses control. I've seen that more than once, ... Someone who runs from responsibility ... cannot be trusted to run the country, certainly not a country like Israel. |
[On Capitol Hill, Secretary of State Colin Powell said both Palestinians and Israelis are] pursuing policies right now that will just lead to more violence. ... take a hard look at his policies to see whether they will work. |