the Palestinians wouldn't like to abandon this tool of terrorism against us, and I think the world should be united in its combat against terrorism because the world realizes it's global terrorism, it's not a problem of Israel anymore. Terrorism can hit anyone and everywhere. |
The question is not if they are going to hold that bomb in 2009 or 2010 or 2011, the question is when they will have the full knowledge, |
There is no doubt our situation is better today with regard to ties with the Muslim world, |
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. |
There is no taboo after this assassination, and no one of the Palestinian leaders has immunity, |
These are optimistic times in the Middle East. The iron wall that has defined Israel's relations with most of the Arab and Muslim world for generations is coming down, |
These elections are an internal Palestinian matter, but I have reassured the secretary today that Israel will do everything in its power to ensure their smooth running. |
They need us for bringing pooling booths, they need us to give voters freedom of movement, to cancel those roadblocks and checkpoints, ... And we're not going to do it because Hamas is a terrorist organization that calls for the destruction of Israel. |
This government will not march or walk in two tracks in the same time in parallel. I mean terror by day and negotiation by night. If these terrorist contacts will continue, I think that we won't be able to continue at the same time with the peace process. |
This is a country of all its citizens, and the economy also belongs to all Israelis. Anyone who fails to understand that, anyone who tries to defend their own little patch of territory, will soon find out that there is nothing to defend, |
This is a historic move because it could lead other Muslim, Arab countries to understand that this is the right time to do this and to move their ties with us from darkness to light, ... After the Gaza pullout, the time is ripe also in the eyes of the public and it is also easier at the moment to do this than it was in the past. |
This is an earthquake which has taken us back 50 years and will lead to an upheaval. |
This is the time for all Muslim and Arab countries to reconsider their relations with Israel. We think it will be a very positive signal to Israeli and Palestinian public opinion that there are some fruits from this withdrawal from Gaza. |
Today everything needs to be done to unite the ranks, ... It's crucial to try to keep everyone together. |
Today I call on my Arab and Muslim colleagues to bring our contacts out into the light of day, so that our peoples may understand our shared desire to work with each other, to bring peace and prosperity to our region, |