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...
appears extremists followed problem violent
It appears the problem with these extremists is that they followed through on their violent declarations with violent actions.
act against help means
The Palestinians must also do more to help us, and that means they have to act against their extremists,
assessment jury
Our assessment is that the jury is still out.
blame government isolate turn
If through their stubbornness and short-sightedness and extremism, they isolate the Palestinian government and turn it into a pariah in the international community, they will have no one to blame but themselves.
assured concerns current expressed government situation
has expressed concerns about the situation to the government of Egypt, and we've been assured the current situation is temporary.
action dangerous language people violent
What makes these people dangerous is that their violent language is transformed into violent action.
activists arresting atrocity chance civilians continue few group innocent particular simply thoroughly
Arresting a few activists in a particular atrocity is simply not enough. This group has to be thoroughly disarmed. If not, they will continue to wreak havoc, murdering innocent civilians and killing the chance for peace.
dealing issue table
The issue (of U.S. aid) is not on the table at the moment. Everyone's dealing with Katrina.
context fence terrorist
The fence isn't going up in a vacuum, ... It's going up in the context of an all-too-real terrorist threat.
aid beef budget cut direct effort incumbent maximum money
If money to the budget of the PA is cut off, it's incumbent on all of us to make a maximum effort to beef up direct humanitarian aid to alleviate hardship.
allow days few gaza hopeful including maximum next possible reach success
I'm hopeful that in the next few days we can reach understandings that can allow the maximum possible flow. It's in everyone's interest, including our own, that Gaza will be a success story.
acts surprised treated
If the PA acts like a pariah, then they can't be surprised if they're being treated like a pariah.
act cannot community complain outside people treat
If you are outside the international community and you act like a pariah, you cannot complain that people treat you like a pariah.
accepted acts behavior community outside starts surprised treat
If it acts outside international norms, if it acts outside accepted international behavior, then it can't be surprised if the international community starts to treat it like a pariah.