Ra'anan Gissin
Ra'anan Gissin
Raanan Gissin is an Israeli political scientist, analyst and consultant specializing in the Arab-Israeli conflict. He was senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and a frequent spokesman for the Israeli government on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox...
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It had nothing to do with the election. It had to do with the decision by (Abbas) to abdicate his responsibility.
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It is a serious mistake, this visit could have consequences for our links that could be hard to repair. Ankara took its most meaningless and untimely step in its diplomatic history. There will be a cost to this aimless diplomacy.
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I think there's a very strong signal to the future Palestinian Authority, when it comes to terrorists ... the long arm of Israeli law will reach them.
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Our pursuit of terrorists does not distinguish by political affiliation,
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Our purpose and mission is really to deliver a very stern message that these things cannot be tolerated, ... Even in a war there are certain conventions that can't be violated, and this is a violation of the worst way.
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The Arab countries ought to be working to convince Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat to halt the violence and restart the negotiations,
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The army today has the ability to move in those specific areas -- particularly when there are such events, terrorist events -- to pursue the terrorists, even into Areas A, ... And, of course, it does so as part of the self-defense policy.
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We will consider employing that plan and using all our resources from the air, the sea and the ground to create a sort of buffer which will be controlled by fire, not by the presence of troops.
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to the extent that the Palestinians will fulfill their pledges and their commitments.
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We can't allow to pay ... with the blood of our people and the blood of our citizens for some illusion of stability or restraint in the Middle East,
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There is no reason whatsoever we should assist a terrorist organization on the ballot to gain victory. This would be like letting a Trojan horse into our city.
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Today's action was intended to try and stop this new wave of suicide and homicide bombings,
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We are not partner to any agreement between various terror groups and the Palestinian Authority. We deal only with the Palestinian Authority.
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We are not going to exonerate him or release him from this obligation. If he fails to do that, then clearly we will have to reassess the overall situation.