Ra'anan Gissin
Ra'anan Gissin
Raanan Gissin is an Israeli political scientist, analyst and consultant specializing in the Arab-Israeli conflict. He was senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and a frequent spokesman for the Israeli government on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox...
easy hold terms
Everyone who undergoes this kind of event, it does something to him in terms of perceptions, in terms of the need to hold back and take it easy for a while.
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committed to the cease-fire ... committed to peace.
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There's no reason in the world why we should provide the facilities for people to vote for an organization that calls for the destruction of Israel and will undermine the political process.
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We hope the international community takes these comments about wiping Israel off the map very seriously and wakes up to the nature of this extremist regime. Iran's nuclear program and its support of international terrorism are not only a danger for Israel but for the entire Western civilization.
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those around him and those who carry out acts of terror ... will pay the full price.
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The Arab countries ought to be working to convince Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat to halt the violence and restart the negotiations,
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The army today has the ability to move in those specific areas -- particularly when there are such events, terrorist events -- to pursue the terrorists, even into Areas A, ... And, of course, it does so as part of the self-defense policy.
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Free elections will be conducted when there is a cessation of the violence.
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From here we go only to the road map to peace, or we stay put. It depends very much what measures the Palestinians will take and whether they will, for the first time in a lifetime, take their destiny into their hands.
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If these meetings can be revived for the purpose of ending the violence, of course we view this in a positive light.
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No doubt some positive steps have been taken, but I would say, necessary but insufficient.
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People went to the hospital to sustain the hope that he will wake up. The key is never to lose hope.
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People wanted unity, apart from voting for Sharon, they wanted a government of national unity, ... People wanted restoration of personal security. I think that, a government of national unity can do.
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sends a very clear signal. There will be no disengagement when we are fighting these kinds of terrorist actions.