Mark Regev
Mark Regev
Mark Regevis an Israeli diplomat and civil servant, and the Ambassador of Israel to the United Kingdom since April 2016. Prior to that, he was the chief spokesman for the Prime Minister of Israel, a position he held from 2007 to 2015. Originally from Australia, he moved to Israel in 1982...
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We found solutions both sides can live with.
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We're hopeful that Europe will continue to move forward in its attitude to the Israel-Palestinian issue and not return to the more one-sided approach that we've seen in the past.
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We want to send a very strong and sharp message to the Palestinians, and the temporary suspension of talks is that message.
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We have proposed an EU presence there to act as an auxiliary that would enable the Palestinians to do their job. We have to have a force there that can make sure that border security is what it should be.
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We regret that the meeting is not going to happen tomorrow.
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Gaza will be turned over the Palestinians in full and with the completion of that process ... Israel's presence in Gaza will be part of history.
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Ever since accepting the Road Map and the idea of a two-state solution in 2003, Sharon has realized that all settlements in Gaza would have to be dismantled under any final-status agreement. What Sharon has been emphasizing to his opponents is that by evacuating them now, he gets badly-needed brownie points with the international community, which loves the fact that we're withdrawing from Gaza.
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The third party will be on the Palestinian side of the frontier, and will be there to help beef up the Palestinian security presence.
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They have hinted at the possibility in the past and did not follow through ... We do not need double talk.
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The sad fact about the statement of the President of Iran is that he was correctly articulating the policy of his regime which has given hands-on support to the most extreme terrorist elements in the Middle East.
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has expressed concerns about the situation to the government of Egypt, and we've been assured the current situation is temporary.
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I think we should use the word cautious optimism.
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I know the Israeli negotiating team, headed by our foreign minister, Shlomo Ben-Ami, left here with a feeling, with a sense that we do have something to work with and it is possible to move forward.
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The fence isn't going up in a vacuum, ... It's going up in the context of an all-too-real terrorist threat.