103 Quotes by Silvan Shalom

It is not our goal to continue this activity. It can end immediately,

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.

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.

I think there was a very major breakthrough today in the relations between us and Pakistan,

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.

Starting from that moment, all the responsibility will devolve onto the Egyptians and also the multinational force, which is supposed to supervise,

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.

The question is not if they are going to hold that bomb in 2009 or 2010 or 2011, the question is when they will have the full knowledge,

We would like to ease the life of the Palestinians. I prepared a new plan that we call a positive agenda.