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
discuss egypt european favor forward open passage third union vice
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,
doubt entry europeans exit interested later party permit third time
If we would want at a later time to permit the entry and exit from Rafah to Egypt, and smoothly, we would want a third party there. There is no doubt that the Europeans are very interested to be the third party,
check european issues luggage specific
I don't want to go into specific details, but who is going to check the luggage of those who will get in and out? Still we are negotiating these specific issues with the European Union,
employees forces fully paid security
In Gaza, there are 22,000 employees paid by the Palestinian Authority, fully armed, working for the security forces of the Palestinian Authority.
arrange nations next opportunity party united week
not to give the Palestinians the opportunity to try to arrange a big party next week in the United Nations.
egypt fence jordan moved peace signed treaty
The fence is moveable. We moved a fence that we had with Egypt after we signed the peace treaty with them. We moved the fence with Jordan and Lebanon.
hope indeed peace process successful summit
I hope the summit will indeed by successful and take place before very long, ... We must do everything so the peace process can be renewed.
cannot continue hunt message restraint silence terrible terror
The message cannot be one of silence and restraint after such a terrible attack, ... The terror organizations must know that we will continue to hunt them everywhere, all the time.
allow elections hamas
We will not allow Hamas to take part in the elections.
commitment implement
While the Palestinians are not doing anything, we would like to implement our commitments,
broad decided diplomatic open
We have decided to open a broad diplomatic offensive,
bring contacts desire light peace prosperity shared understand work
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.
cannot choice early minister prime support
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,