It certainly is a surprise, and as you might imagine, we were just about to try and conclude our arrangements for a $3 billion package, |
It is not in the purview of the bank to either start globalization or stop it, ... We have to recognize that globalization is taking place and work with that. We can't change it, but we must not ignore the situation. The challenge is to manage globalization. |
It seems to me that there needs to be some better means of ... recognizing the solutions which are in both their interests. This is not a game in which one benefits and the other loses. |
It would surprise me if one could win by getting all the kids out of school or starving the Palestinians. And I don't think anyone in the Quartet believes that to be the policy. |
My ... agenda is only a beginning ? but it is a gateway through which we must step if we are to get back to the road map, and move to a settlement of this bitter and wasteful conflict, |
next days, maybe the next hours are very important to see if we can ... get us to a certain level on (outstanding subjects)... and then maybe a chance to more forward. |
Now is the moment four you to decide, |
One need only look at the cement barriers surrounding these buildings to understand the big difference of the past year. |
One of the assumptions that divides institutions of faith from those based on politics and international agreements is the automatic assumption that you have to teach me spirituality, that you have to give me a moral center, that you must convince me there's more to development than economic mechanisms. |
Our focus is on poverty, which is an issue that affects everybody, but there's little doubt that other events of interest will make their way into different discussions, |
Our objectives are one and the same, ... If the protesters took a moment to understand what we do then they might view our cause a little differently. |
Outside these walls, young people are demonstrating against globalisation, ... I believe deeply that many of them are asking legitimate questions, and I embrace the commitment of a new generation to fight poverty. I share their passion and their questioning. |
possible to move in and out, and trade as freely as possible within the constraints of security for Israel. |
Some Palestinians are wondering why it shouldn't be three months, or maybe one month or one week. They are forgetting that Rafah being in Palestinian and Egyptian hands, without an Israeli presence, is something they should be proud of as a major achievement. |
Terror has reached our door, |