Ephraim Sneh
Ephraim Sneh
Efraim Sneh is an Israeli politician, physician, and a retired Brigadier General in the Israel Defense Forces. He was a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party between 1992 and 2008 and served in several ministerial posts. He currently heads the Yisrael Hazaka party, which he established in May 2008...
bank believes both cannot current profoundly situation west
I don't think he profoundly believes in a two-state solution, ... But he understands in the current situation he cannot have both the West Bank and Gaza.
actions needed security
We will take only those actions which are needed to the security of the Israelis,
afraid arafat bold chairman decision exactly interest sit stop strike table violence
We are now exactly in a crossroad, and Chairman (Yasser) Arafat has to take a bold decision to stop the violence and to sit back at the table ... and to strike a deal, ... If the violence continues, I am afraid we will go a long way back and this is not in the interest of peace.
immunity mistaken proved refugee
If they think they have some immunity in the refugee camps, they are mistaken and we've proved it,
advantages defense exercise face guerrilla israeli measures relative since
Since we face a guerrilla warfare, we have to take measures which are counter-guerrilla, ... This is one of the relative advantages of the Israeli Defense Forces, and we are going to exercise them, to use them on the ground.
answer attack beginning guerrilla helicopter signal since wage
Since the Palestinians are beginning to wage something that approximates a guerrilla war, our helicopter attack was a signal that if there is one, we have the answer to it,
coach factories pursue reach suicide
We will pursue these factories of the missiles, the place where they coach the suicide bombers. We will reach them everywhere.
attack carry concrete plans
concrete warnings of plans to carry out an attack at the shrine itself.
attack behind people targeting
targeting the people who have been behind the violence. This was not an attack on the Palestinian people.
genuine impression present whether worry
What has to worry us is whether it will be a genuine deployment or a make-believe deployment, and at present the impression is that it will be a make-believe deployment,
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We are at a very critical point, ... If Arafat gives a clear final order to stop the violence, and the violence really, totally stops, then everything is open again for resumption of the talks.
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Though there is no clear-cut evidence that this gunman is related to a terror organization, it's the most logical assumption that when someone opens fire on an El Al counter in an international airport, most likely this is a terror attack.
act al attacked believe passengers presume proved terrorist
We presume that when El Al passengers are attacked by a gunman at an international airport, we believe this is a terrorist attack, ... 'Til proved otherwise, this is an act of terror.
matter reached
This partnership has reached its end. It is just a matter of weeks.