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
commitment implement
While the Palestinians are not doing anything, we would like to implement our commitments,
implement
The Palestinians will never, never implement their commitment to dismantle their infrastructure of terrorist organizations.
allow elections hamas
We will not allow Hamas to take part in the elections.
arab contacts good hope lead people relations
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.
broad decided diplomatic open
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 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,
crucial needs today unite
Today everything needs to be done to unite the ranks, ... It's crucial to try to keep everyone together.
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We have the responsibility to protect our people and that's why we're building this fence. We've suffered from 19,000 terrorist attacks during the last three years.
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Furthermore, the result proves once again that Iran is heading toward more radicalism and extremism rather than toward reform and reconciliation.
position
I don't think its the real position of his party.