103 Quotes by Silvan Shalom

The iron wall ... Relations are growing at a rate never seen before.

These are optimistic times in the Middle East. The iron wall that has defined Israel's relations with most of the Arab and Muslim world for generations is coming down,

This is a historic move because it could lead other Muslim, Arab countries to understand that this is the right time to do this and to move their ties with us from darkness to light, ... After the Gaza pullout, the time is ripe also in the eyes of the public and it is also easier at the moment to do this than it was in the past.

The Egyptians didn't exactly succeed in stopping the transfer of weapons,

The Egyptian president is expected to arrive. We think he will probably come at the time of the marking of the decade since Rabin's murder. But we want the visit to have also bilateral implications,

The foreign minister of China believed after his visit to Tehran that the Iranians are serious about they are planning to move this development or those efforts only in order to develop, let's say, nuclear energy, ... We know the truth. I think most of the world knows the truth.

The security fence is reversible. Human lives are irreversible.

We believe that we should come to an agreement with the Palestinians. But we need two to tango.

Cease-fire is important, but it can last only for a very, very, very short time.