This is the first test of the new Palestinian government, and so far it is an utter failure. |
understand exactly the kind of grief this terrible, terrible terrorism causes. |
Unless the green light is turned into a red light, unless there's a clear message (from) Mr. Arafat to stop terrorism, there can't be any peace process. |
We are giving one more chance for peace at present by seeing whether Mr. Arafat will follow through his cease-fire commitment, |
We came here in order to listen, and also to let our friends in the administration hear our views and I think we started on the right foot. |
We now need a detailed security plan from the Palestinians, |
We pay very close attention to statements made by the United States and they're very important to us. |
We want the peace process to succeed. In order for it to succeed, you, Mr. Arafat, must move away from terrorism, shift this from a conflict process to a peace process. And then we're ready to engage diplomatically. |
We've got information about who's backing bin Laden and, in a lot of cases, it goes back to the royal family. |
What is perhaps most disturbing about this announcement is that it says that terrorism is legitimate in certain areas and terrorism will be stopped in other areas. We will not accept, we will not greet any kind of announcement which says killing Israelis here is OK but killing them there is not OK. |
What we can give our blessing to is the vision in the road map, the specific call for an unconditional cease-fire, with security steps like dismantling the terrorist infrastructure, ... Late Edition. |
When Israel announced its operation, it said it was a limited operation. It did not announce it was reoccupying parts of the Gaza Strip from which it had withdrawn, |
When we see the everyday security of the Israeli people vastly improving, we'll know real reform has occurred. |
You cannot harbor and give shelter to international terrorist organizations and expect a country to just absorb these blows, |