35 Quotes by Dore Gold

There are no quick solutions. This is not armored warfare in the Sinai, where you encircle divisions of the other side and end it in six days. But with determination and perseverance, Israel will win this struggle.

I think Israelis felt that by completing the withdrawal from Gaza, they had created an opportunity for peace for the Palestinians to seize upon. And what they saw was synagogues in flames, and that's something with a very ominous tone for the success of any future negotiations.

I think today's the day of tremendous national anguish. Many people thought this whole process would polarize Israeli society because that seemed to be the environment here leading up to the national disengagement effort.

Right now the evidence is not very promising.

We now need a detailed security plan from the Palestinians,

The assumption that just being there and talking about democracy and elections would work was naive.

We are giving one more chance for peace at present by seeing whether Mr. Arafat will follow through his cease-fire commitment,

The real question is not just a political science question of how many ministers there are. The real question is whether Mr. Arafat will abandon violence, and that can only be seen on the ground.

We came here in order to listen, and also to let our friends in the administration hear our views and I think we started on the right foot.