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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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,
calling chance elections good movement state
It is inconceivable that a movement such as Hamas, which has a very good chance of doing well or even winning, can participate in elections while calling for the destruction of the state of Israel.
call ease life positive prepared
We would like to ease the life of the Palestinians. I prepared a new plan that we call a positive agenda.
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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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It's easy to call for a unilateral withdrawal when you don't consider what will happen the next day among the northern border communities.
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formulate a unified and stern policy toward Iran. We must insure that more than Western countries will not become hostages of the Iranian radicalism. We call upon the U.N. Security Council to take the matter into its own hands.
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It could happen, ... But we need to see a timetable ? how we will start the peace process and how we will end.
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Today everything needs to be done to unite the ranks, ... It's crucial to try to keep everyone together.
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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,
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I think this decision is a very grave decision, a dangerous decision, a poor decision.
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It is not our goal to continue this activity. It can end immediately,
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I think that this is the appropriate time for all the Muslim and Arab countries to reconsider their relations with Israel, ... I think that it will be a very positive signal to the Israeli public opinion and to the Palestinian public opinion that there are some fruits from this withdrawal from Gaza.
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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.
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I am trying very hard to improve relations with the Arab and the Muslim world,