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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The whole agreement is to balance between security and movement. Hopefully, there will be conditions so we will not have to close it in the future. We would only do so if there is a specific security need.
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There were clear indications these killers would be set free. We had to act to make sure these killers would stay under lock and key.
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There is not the slightest change in Israel's position with regard to Jordan. We do not consider Jordan in any way as a substitute Palestinian state.
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The repeated outrageous remarks by the Iranian president unfortunately indicate the real mind-set of the ruling clique.
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This is a measured response. We will respond to what happens on their side and leave as many options open as possible.
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Israel supports the European position. We believe that the international community - through the UN Security Council - must present the Iranian regime with a clear dilemma, either they totally cease their nuclear weapons program, or they endanger their relationship with the outside world.
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Things like what happened today happen because terrorist groups remain armed.
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The whole process of reconciliation between us and the Palestinians is based on the principle that terrorist groups will be disarmed. Unfortunately, things like what happened today happen because terrorist groups remain armed.
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As long as extremists have the ability to torpedo the process of reconciliation and to launch attacks, we will be at their mercy.
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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.
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The sad fact about the statement of the President of Iran is that he was correctly articulating the policy of his regime which has given hands-on support to the most extreme terrorist elements in the Middle East.
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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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We believe the combination of fanatical ideology together with nuclear weaponry is a combination that no thinking person can feel comfortable with.
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We were not more wrong than anyone else.