Silvan Shalom

Cease-fire is important, but it can last only for a very, very, very short time. ↗

— Silvan Shalom

#important #last #only #short #short time

I'd like to ask you: what you would prefer us to do? I'd like to ask my colleagues, would any other country act differently? I think the answer is very clear. No one would act differently. ↗

— Silvan Shalom

#answer #any #ask #clear #colleagues

In my view, Arafat is the only Palestinian in the world that isn't willing to have an independent Palestinian state. ↗

— Silvan Shalom

#independent #only #palestinian #palestinian state #state

It's not a democracy here, it's the Middle East. ↗

— Silvan Shalom

#east #here #middle #middle east

Most of the international community, most of the countries around the world, don't want any side, any party to take unilateral steps. They would like that all of us to stick to the road map. ↗

— Silvan Shalom

#around #community #countries #international #international community

Suicide bombers caused us more than 50 percent of our casualties. The fence works. There is a decline in the number of those terrorist attacks against Israelis. ↗

— Silvan Shalom

#attacks #bombers #casualties #caused #decline

The Palestinians are not willing to do anything, they're not willing to make the strategic decision to dismantle the infrastructure of terrorist organizations. ↗

— Silvan Shalom

#decision #dismantle #infrastructure #make #organizations

The Palestinians will never, never implement their commitment to dismantle their infrastructure of terrorist organizations. ↗

— Silvan Shalom

#dismantle #implement #infrastructure #never #organizations

The security fence is reversible. Human lives are irreversible. ↗

— Silvan Shalom

#human #human lives #irreversible #lives #man lives

There's no preventative measure between the Palestinians, between those terrorists to the state of Israel. ↗

— Silvan Shalom

#israel #measure #palestinians #preventative #state