Mark Regev Quotes

"What makes these people dangerous is that their violent language is transformed into violent action."

"As long as extremists have the ability to torpedo the process of reconciliation and to launch attacks, we will be at their mercy."

"We had information to the effect that the whole [international monitoring] agreement was falling apart. The reason that we acted today the way we did was precisely not to allow these prisoners to be released and to scatter around the territories forcing us to do a much more comprehensive larger military operation to arrest them all."

"The whole agreement is to balance between security and movement. Hopefully, there will be conditions so we will not have to close it in the future. We would only do so if there is a specific security need."

"We'd like to see the economy flourish,"

"We want to send a very clear and unequivocal message that after attacks like this it's not business as usual. We expect them to follow through on their promises -- that these armed gangs be disarmed. Our entire ability to move forward is based on that promise."

"On one had, no one wants to see economic chaos [in the P.A.]. On the other hand no one wants to see [the aid] come back in the form of suicide bombers."

"The fear was that extremists would use porous borders to pour into Gaza to bring in explosives, weaponry cash, and that would energize the most extremist elements in the Gaza Strip instead of helping the moderates. I think this agreement that we have reached today has the right balance. It provides the maximum possible movement for Palestinians to move in and out of Gaza, as they desire and for goods to come in and out of Gaza, and at the same time for that to be balanced with the very real security concerns that everyone has."

"If it acts outside international norms, if it acts outside accepted international behavior, then it can't be surprised if the international community starts to treat it like a pariah."

"Unfortunately this appears to be another example of the hijacking of the agenda of a professional body of the U.N.."

"He called for the destruction of our country, of another UN member, and we don't believe the international community can let this stand. We've raised the issue with the secretary general and at the Security Council."

"We hope that the organized international community will, through the vehicle of the Security Council, present the extremist regime in Tehran with a clear dilemma. Either they totally cease their nuclear weapons development program or they seriously endanger their relationship with the community of nations."

"We welcome the Russian statement that they are re-evaluating and they expect to continue any such future cooperation also in coordination with us."

"We've expressed a desire to help, and we're hopeful that it will be possible to help."

"We have to move ahead on the crossings issue by balancing the very real security threats with the desire to allow for maximum possible movement of people and goods,"

"We have to move ahead on the crossings issue by balancing the very real security threats with the desire to allow for maximum possible movement of people and goods."

"(Abbas) goes by the motto of 'one authority, one law, one security service'. But we don't see him putting this motto into use."

"The meeting was facilitated by the Turkish government and we appreciate their role."

"has expressed concerns about the situation to the government of Egypt, and we've been assured the current situation is temporary."

"We have every intention to bring him to trial."