Silvan Shalom
Silvan Shalom
Zion Silvan Shalomis an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Likud between 1992 and 2015. He held several prominent ministerial positions, including being Vice Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior. He resigned on 24 December 2015 following allegations of sexual harassment leveled by 11 women...
NationalityIsraeli
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth4 October 1958
CountryIsrael
calm foreign future model policy positive
I have already told (EU foreign policy chief) Javier Solana, if this model (of evacuating settlements) will work, and things will be calm and quiet, it will undoubtedly become a positive model for any future moves,
discuss egypt european favor forward open passage third union vice
If we go forward and there will be an open passage from Rafah into Egypt and vice versa, we will need supervision of a third party. We will discuss as a possibility European Union involvement ... I'm much in favor of it,
built fence political security
If we had built this fence on the 1967 borders, it would have been a political fence. But on this route, it is a security fence.
arab bring call colleagues contacts desire light muslim peace prosperity shared today understand work
Today I call on my Arab and Muslim colleagues to bring our contacts out into the light of day, so that our peoples may understand our shared desire to work with each other, to bring peace and prosperity to our region,
crucial needs today unite
Today everything needs to be done to unite the ranks, ... It's crucial to try to keep everyone together.
failed peace
He has failed to give us peace; he has failed to give us security,
certain higher public status
I am certain that these relations, even if they are behind-the-scenes ties, will in the end thaw into public relations, with a much higher status than today.
arab hard improve muslim relations trying
I am trying very hard to improve relations with the Arab and the Muslim world,
best diplomatic forward full maybe move sure time toward
I am sure this is best time for them and for us to move forward toward better relations, maybe full diplomatic relations,
arab diplomatic finally followed full hope lead meeting meetings muslim pakistan relations sure
I am sure that this meeting will be followed by more meetings in the future. We hope that finally it will lead to full diplomatic relations with Pakistan as we would like it with all Muslim and Arab countries.
cannot choice early minister prime support
We cannot go on like this. If the prime minister cannot get the support of his own party, there is no other choice than early elections,
allow elections hamas
We will not allow Hamas to take part in the elections.
commitment implement
While the Palestinians are not doing anything, we would like to implement our commitments,
broad decided diplomatic open
We have decided to open a broad diplomatic offensive,