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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Europe supports Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority. It's the wrong decision, at the wrong time, to the wrong address.
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These conditions are nonnegotiable. It is not whether there will be a short-term cease-fire or a long-term cease-fire. It is not whether they want to eliminate us now or if they will wait 20 years to do it. A democratic victory does not provide legitimacy or a quick dry-cleaning service to a terrorist organization.
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Everybody's concerned. The whole people of Israel are concerned. The whole world is concerned. Everybody wants to see him get better.
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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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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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The response that we got was heavy gunfire, more gunfire,
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Israel is not going to tolerate these acts as we move into this very sensitive period. They either bring them to justice or we bring justice to them.
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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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If these meetings can be revived for the purpose of ending the violence, of course we view this in a positive light.
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If the Palestinian Authority cannot impose law and order in the most basic manner that is required to have a functioning civil society, how do they expect to establish a Palestinian state living peacefully side by side with Israel?
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It's quite obvious that the lack of action by the Palestinian Authority to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure is one of the main reasons these actions are still taking place. The other thing wrong is the assumption that if the groups are allowed into the elections they can be co-opted. The ones paying the price are us.
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People wanted unity, apart from voting for Sharon, they wanted a government of national unity, ... People wanted restoration of personal security. I think that, a government of national unity can do.
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People went to the hospital to sustain the hope that he will wake up. The key is never to lose hope.
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As with regards to the future ... that's a separate issue.