103 Quotes by Silvan Shalom

I wish to particularly thank President Musharraf for his courage in promoting peace and moderation in our region and in general.

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,

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.

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.

I am trying very hard to improve relations with the Arab and the Muslim world,

I am sure this is best time for them and for us to move forward toward better relations, maybe full diplomatic relations,

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.

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,

Furthermore, the result proves once again that Iran is heading toward more radicalism and extremism rather than toward reform and reconciliation.