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
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We know what kind of role Syria is taking in letting terror organizations increase their activities, but unfortunately they're not doing anything to prevent it from stopping. More than that, they're encouraging all of this,
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We believe that Iran is trying to buy time ... so it can develop a nuclear bomb,
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She's coming also to try and narrow the gap between Israel and the Palestinians and to help us strengthen our relations with the Arab and Muslim world.
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I wish to particularly thank President Musharraf for his courage in promoting peace and moderation in our region and in general.
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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,
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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.
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lay down in black-and-white that any organisation which calls for the destruction of Israel cannot participate in elections.
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We made a huge breakthrough today..., ... This is the appropriate time for all the Muslim and Arab countries to reconsider their relations with Israel. We think it will be a very positive signal to Israeli and Palestinian public opinion that there are some fruits from this withdrawal from Gaza.
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We are talking about an earthquake that has sent us back 50 years and will lead the entire region into chaos.
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We regret that the summit that was planned ... will not take place tomorrow, but we hope that it will take place in the near future,
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Pakistan as the second largest Muslim country after Indonesia has great weight. They themselves took a very brave step. We know they were under harsh attack, from the clergy and from others.
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We have the responsibility to protect our people and that's why we're building this fence. We've suffered from 19,000 terrorist attacks during the last three years.
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We reached an agreement with the Egyptians and the Palestinians that we will wait six more months before we consider the opening of the Rafah passage for two ways,
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We are close to a split and when the house is on fire, you have to do everything possible to extinguish the flames,