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...
almost crossed point venture
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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We extend a hand for peace, I think now the whole world can watch and see what the Palestinian Authority is instigating in response.
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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.
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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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.
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Some may question the timing of this raid, and why not detain them? But when you have the intelligence, it's hard not to act. To stop terrorism, we want to act together with the Palestinian Authority.
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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.