Silvan Shalom
Silvan Shalom
Zion Silvan Shalomis an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Likud between 1992 and 2015. He held several prominent ministerial positions, including being Vice Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior. He resigned on 24 December 2015 following allegations of sexual harassment leveled by 11 women...
NationalityIsraeli
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth4 October 1958
CountryIsrael
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This government will not march or walk in two tracks in the same time in parallel. I mean terror by day and negotiation by night. If these terrorist contacts will continue, I think that we won't be able to continue at the same time with the peace process.
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This is an earthquake which has taken us back 50 years and will lead to an upheaval.
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This is a country of all its citizens, and the economy also belongs to all Israelis. Anyone who fails to understand that, anyone who tries to defend their own little patch of territory, will soon find out that there is nothing to defend,
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If we go forward and there will be an open passage from Rafah into Egypt and vice versa, we will need supervision of a third party. We will discuss as a possibility European Union involvement ... I'm much in favor of it,
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If we had built this fence on the 1967 borders, it would have been a political fence. But on this route, it is a security fence.
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I am certain that these relations, even if they are behind-the-scenes ties, will in the end thaw into public relations, with a much higher status than today.
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I am trying very hard to improve relations with the Arab and the Muslim world,
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I am sure this is best time for them and for us to move forward toward better relations, maybe full diplomatic relations,
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I am sure that this meeting will be followed by more meetings in the future. We hope that finally it will lead to full diplomatic relations with Pakistan as we would like it with all Muslim and Arab countries.
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Right now, even if I think that we have to go to a general election that will include the election ... for the Knesset, I think that we don't have enough time to do it.
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I wish to particularly thank President Musharraf for his courage in promoting peace and moderation in our region and in general.
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lay down in black-and-white that any organisation which calls for the destruction of Israel cannot participate in elections.
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She's coming also to try and narrow the gap between Israel and the Palestinians and to help us strengthen our relations with the Arab and Muslim world.
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I have already told (EU foreign policy chief) Javier Solana, if this model (of evacuating settlements) will work, and things will be calm and quiet, it will undoubtedly become a positive model for any future moves,