Quotes About Diplomacy

Without strong Arab backing, it will be hard, if not impossible, for a Palestinian leader to reach peace with Israel.

The United States needs to stop putting Israel's wants above Palestinian rights.

The Palestinian conflict is the glass ceiling of Israel's economy.

You need to have a secure Israel, which is very clear, and you need to have a Palestinian community that feels it can have hope.

It is difficult to think of a foreign policy issue that preoccupies and polarizes world opinion as much as the Palestinian question.

Abu Mazen has no more hope for Netanyahu's approach. He's searching for a way to establish the Palestinian state. He doesn't want a militarized struggle with Israel.

I want the world to understand that a Palestinian state means no Israeli state. That's the equation.

I'd be happy if, during my mandate, the Palestinian state existed.

We know there can be no justice in the Middle East without a Palestinian state. But there can be no security in the Middle East without a Palestinian state.

It's not good for Israel to have a Palestinian state in the heart of Israel.

Israelis want peace and security, and Palestinians want peace and justice - these are two very different things, and this is the real gap we have to close.

I am keen and anxious for the safety of both the Jews and the Palestinians.

I hope that France - and all of Europe - we would take an initiative for the year 2012 to be the year of peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

Jerusalem doesn't belong only to Israelis and Palestinians, Muslims and Jews, but to the world.

First of all, I think the Saudis are deeply concerned about the collapse of negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians and the resumption of conflict.

It's not good for Israel to govern millions of Palestinians.

The way for the Palestinians to get a state is to go ahead and build it.

I don't feel we need a declaration from the Palestinians that they recognize Israel as a Jewish state.

Israel needs to separate from Netanyahu in order to separate from the Palestinians.

Every administration has this idea to talk tough to Israel and make nice to the Arabs and the Palestinians, and that's the way to bring about peace. It's counter-productive - it's actually the opposite.

If we see to it that the Israelis, Palestinians and Jordanians have jobs, we will actually be securing our own future.

Hamas is really a problem for the Palestinians and for Egypt more than Israel.

Toward the Palestinians, Israel can only give. But when dealing with the entire Arab world, Israel can get a lot.

If there is ever to be an end to the conflict, the Palestinians must recognize the Jewish people's right to a homeland and the existence of an independent Jewish state in the homeland of the Jewish people.