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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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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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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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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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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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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We made a huge breakthrough today..., ... This is the appropriate time for all the Muslim and Arab countries to reconsider their relations with Israel. We think it will be a very positive signal to Israeli and Palestinian public opinion that there are some fruits from this withdrawal from Gaza.
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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,
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We cannot go on like this. If the prime minister cannot get the support of his own party, there is no other choice than early elections,
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We would like to see the Gaza model succeeds,
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We would be very happy to stop the building of the fence or destroy it in the future if we reach any kind of agreement with them.
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While the Palestinians are not doing anything, we would like to implement our commitments,