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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Today I call on my Arab and Muslim colleagues to bring our contacts out into the light of day, so that our peoples may understand our shared desire to work with each other, to bring peace and prosperity to our region,
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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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It's easy to call for a unilateral withdrawal when you don't consider what will happen the next day among the northern border communities.
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We would like to ease the life of the Palestinians. I prepared a new plan that we call a positive agenda.
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It is inconceivable that a movement such as Hamas, which has a very good chance of doing well or even winning, can participate in elections while calling for the destruction of the state of Israel.
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formulate a unified and stern policy toward Iran. We must insure that more than Western countries will not become hostages of the Iranian radicalism. We call upon the U.N. Security Council to take the matter into its own hands.
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We will not allow Hamas to take part in the elections.
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I very much hope that those same good relations with the governments of the Arab world will lead to contacts with the people themselves.
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Israel is very sorry about the decision that was taken by the government of New Zealand, but we believe that if we will work one with each other, as we used to work in the past, we will overcome the last difficulties,
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Israel is a democracy; everyone can say what they would like to. But they are a very very small minority in Israeli public opinion.
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We have decided to open a broad diplomatic offensive,
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bring our contacts out into the light of day, so that our peoples may understand our shared desire to work with each other, to bring peace and prosperity to our region.
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even now, we think that if Syria takes positive steps within the region, of course it will bring a new atmosphere and more peace and more quiet and stability.
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Today everything needs to be done to unite the ranks, ... It's crucial to try to keep everyone together.