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...
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They smell that he's weak, and they'll keep pressing.
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Anyone who participates in this government must renounce terrorism, must abandon the path of terrorism, must abandon incitement and the culture of hatred (and) must disarm the terrorist groups.
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are geared to one main purpose -- that is to see if the security coordination can be renewed to bring down and terminate the hostility.
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These, definitely, Arafat controls, ... I mean, if he wanted, he could stop those kinds of incitement. And we see today, in, you know, the tragic deaths of the two youths, a result of such incitement taking place by the Palestinian Authority.
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These conditions are nonnegotiable. It is not whether there will be a short-term cease-fire or a long-term cease-fire. It is not whether they want to eliminate us now or if they will wait 20 years to do it. A democratic victory does not provide legitimacy or a quick dry-cleaning service to a terrorist organization.
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The tectonic plates of Israeli politics are moving to the center. Because Sharon could speak to both the right and the left, he could carry out this almost impossible mission of disengagement.
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The tectonic plates of Israeli politics are moving to the center, ... Because Sharon could speak to both the right and the left, he could carry out this almost impossible mission of disengagement.
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The test of democracy is not this election, the test is in the day after when you have to start enacting policy.
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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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One terrorist attack or two terrorist attacks are not going to sway them.
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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.