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
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.
anyone belongs country defend economy fails patch soon tries understand
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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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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This is a historic move because it could lead other Muslim, Arab countries to understand that this is the right time to do this and to move their ties with us from darkness to light, ... After the Gaza pullout, the time is ripe also in the eyes of the public and it is also easier at the moment to do this than it was in the past.
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.
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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,
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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,