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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We don't have a retaliatory policy, one must understand. And we make that very clear. This is a preventative policy, and we will take any necessary action persistently and consistently to prevent terrorist activity and the killing or shooting against our citizens.
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We are not partner to any agreement between various terror groups and the Palestinian Authority. We deal only with the Palestinian Authority.
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We are not going to exonerate him or release him from this obligation. If he fails to do that, then clearly we will have to reassess the overall situation.
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What we're doing now is exercising our way to self-defense as the U.S. is doing in Afghanistan,
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We've shown what we can do with settlements.
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Our pursuit of terrorists does not distinguish by political affiliation,
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Our purpose and mission is really to deliver a very stern message that these things cannot be tolerated, ... Even in a war there are certain conventions that can't be violated, and this is a violation of the worst way.
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It had nothing to do with the election. It had to do with the decision by (Abbas) to abdicate his responsibility.
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He's got out of the dangerous zones and life-threatening situations more than the average person and, therefore, my belief is that he's going to pull through. Every day is another battle. The man is fighting for his life, but that's not the first time he's been doing it.
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He's a warrior, he's a real fighter. He's fought many battles in his life and won them all.
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He's fought many battles in his life and won them all. We hope that he will win this battle as well.
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He has to take real action. Declarations won't do. They won't get him off the hook. This time it's a moment of truth, and lies will not cover up.
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This wasn't supposed to be the kind of protest these people promised and above all, these people defiled a synagogue,
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The purpose was to hit the terrorists and those who sent them. I think that mission was accomplished.