Mark Regev
Mark Regev
Mark Regevis an Israeli diplomat and civil servant, and the Ambassador of Israel to the United Kingdom since April 2016. Prior to that, he was the chief spokesman for the Prime Minister of Israel, a position he held from 2007 to 2015. Originally from Australia, he moved to Israel in 1982...
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We want to send a very clear and unequivocal message that after attacks like this it's not business as usual. We expect them to follow through on their promises -- that these armed gangs be disarmed. Our entire ability to move forward is based on that promise.
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We want to see maximum movement at the crossings, but that decision has to be weighed next to the very real security threats that there are, ... If we opened every crossing and there were a wave of suicide bombings, then we'd just have to close everything down again.
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We have never said more than we have said in the case. This issue has been solved in a satisfactory way with the New Zealand government.
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We're hopeful that Europe will continue to move forward in its attitude to the Israel-Palestinian issue and not return to the more one-sided approach that we've seen in the past.
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We hope these extremist comments by the Iranian president will make the international community open its eyes and abandon any illusions about this regime.
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We hope that the organized international community will, through the vehicle of the Security Council, present the extremist regime in Tehran with a clear dilemma. Either they totally cease their nuclear weapons development program or they seriously endanger their relationship with the community of nations.
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Unfortunately this appears to be another example of the hijacking of the agenda of a professional body of the U.N..
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We are only planning to build a police headquarters and some roads, there has been no decision to start working on the settlement itself.
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We have to move ahead on the crossings issue by balancing the very real security threats with the desire to allow for maximum possible movement of people and goods.
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The problem isn't only the extreme and hateful language. It's that these statements actually reflect the policies of the regime that have been implemented over the years, such as sponsoring suicide bombers.
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We are concerned that the only way to bring about the possibility of change in the incoming Palestinian leadership is if the international community speaks with one voice.
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We want to be as flexible as we can on the issue of the crossings.
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It would surely be a pity if this positive momentum would stop and we would see a regression to the one-sided (European) position of the past.
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The third party will be on the Palestinian side of the frontier, and will be there to help beef up the Palestinian security presence.