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...
against attacks carry continue israeli lives pay reach terror trying
We're not going to pay with Israeli lives while they are experimenting in trying to reach understandings with terror organizations and they continue to carry out terror attacks against us.
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until now could play the left against the right.
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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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This attack was in Tel Aviv. Tomorrow, it may be in Berlin or in Paris or in London - countries that may vote against Iran on the issue its nuclear program.
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When there will be a let-up in terrorist attacks, when the Palestinian Authority decides finally to take action against these groups, to disarm them ... then we will not have to bring justice to them.
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We extend a hand for peace, I think now the whole world can watch and see what the Palestinian Authority is instigating in response.
exercising
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.
political pursuit terrorists
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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I think they crossed the point of no return. I would venture and say that it's almost a done deal.
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It is a serious mistake, this visit could have consequences for our links that could be hard to repair. Ankara took its most meaningless and untimely step in its diplomatic history. There will be a cost to this aimless diplomacy.
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I think there's a very strong signal to the future Palestinian Authority, when it comes to terrorists ... the long arm of Israeli law will reach them.
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Our only concern, and the concern of those committed to the peace process and the road map, is the performance of this government with regard to the implementation of the security requirements of the road map, which include dismantling of terror organizations and the stopping of incitement as well as completing comprehensive democratic reforms.