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 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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The repeated outrageous remarks by the Iranian president unfortunately indicate the real mind-set of the ruling clique.
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The issue (of U.S. aid) is not on the table at the moment. Everyone's dealing with Katrina.
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This is now totally different. This is a unilateral act. It is not within the framework of a U.N. resolution.
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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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Arresting a few activists in a particular atrocity is simply not enough. This group has to be thoroughly disarmed. If not, they will continue to wreak havoc, murdering innocent civilians and killing the chance for peace.
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It appears the problem with these extremists is that they followed through on their violent declarations with violent actions.
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This is a measured response. We will respond to what happens on their side and leave as many options open as possible.
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On the economic front, we will be as forthcoming as we can,
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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.
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The conditions are there, and now there is momentum, and that momentum is affecting others.
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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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Things like what happened today happen because terrorist groups remain armed.
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It would surely be a pity if this positive momentum would stop and we would see a regression to the one-sided (European) position of the past.