Dan Gillerman
Dan Gillerman
Dan Gillermanwas Israel's 13th Permanent Representative to the United Nations. He was appointed in July 2002 and assumed his post on January 1, 2003, serving through 2008...
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This is not a dramatic development, as Israel also favors a Middle East clean of nuclear weapons, when no threat will exist. The Iranian issue is what the UN is dealing with. The message is clear: Iran poses an immediate and terrifying global threat and it is good that the world has come to its senses.
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An informal discussion that was merely a waste of time took place. The Security Council has more important issues to deal with.
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He represents the Palestinians' dark past rather than the bright future. He is the region's and his own people's greatest tragedy.
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Resolutions come and go, but this one you could call eternal because it means that every year from now on there will be a commemoration.
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These are steps that could not have happened even two years ago. It would have been unthinkable, suicidal for us even to try them.
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This has been probably one of the most tragic events to hit Israel certainly since the assassination of Prime Minister Rabin. Sharon is not just a leader who is very respected, he's also a leader who is very much loved by the people.
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Thank God that the fate of Israel and of the Jewish people is not decided in this hall.
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We sound an alarm, a call to arms and a wake-up call to the world. A world in which an extreme and evil regime denies the Holocaust, while preparing the next one.
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We are all keeping our fingers crossed and praying and are very elated by every small, however minute, sign of progress. But I think there is still a very long way to go... And hopefully Sharon will survive and come back.
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We should not be so detached from reality as to treat an advisory opinion as though it were binding, and binding Palestinian obligations as though they were nonexistent. This is not a recipe for progress, it is a sure recipe for failure.
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It isn't poverty that breeds terrorism, but terrorism that breeds poverty.