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“I think it's a very happy event for the Arab world and for the entire world. Blood-soaked dictators need to know that in the end they can not only be deposed but also brought to trial and maybe executed. The importance I see in this trial is not revenge but deterrence.”
Yuval Steinitz
“Threats of sanctions and isolation alone will not do it,”
“I did not get the feeling we were talking to the walls.”
“I say very clearly that Israel is not spying in the United States or against the United States.”
“When people cross from side to side, terrorists cross, and weapons pass, too, ... That's what worries us. And this could have been avoided.”
“I can tell you with confidence that Israel is not spying in the United States or in the Pentagon -- period, ... Since the [Jonathan] Pollard case 20 years ago, there was clear and firm decision not to spy against the United States government or in the United States, and therefore I am 100 percent confident that there is no Israeli involvement in this case.”
“no chance they will ever see the fruits of a nuclear program.”
“I think it is a historical tragic mistake to open the peace agreement between Israel and Egypt and to enable Egyptian troops to be deployed on the Israeli border again.”
“exists thanks to those who wear uniforms.”
“We cannot ignore the fact that Egypt is the only country in the Middle East that prepares itself for a possible conflagration or war with Israel. And we should preserve our national security interests.”