Political Quotes

Robert Wexler

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Quotes by year · 19972017161 total · peak 2017 (40)
1997: 4 quotes1998: 4 quotes1999: 4 quotes2000: 6 quotes2001: 3 quotes2002: 4 quotes2003: 6 quotes2004: 5 quotes2005: 2 quotes2006: 3 quotes2007: 6 quotes2008: 7 quotes2009: 2 quotes2013: 8 quotes2014: 27 quotes2016: 30 quotes2017: 40 quotes
Feb 1, 2017

Congress and the administration should work with Secretary General Guterres, who just this week clearly documented the Jewish connection to the land of Israel, to dismantle the anti-Israel U.N. infrastructure.

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Feb 1, 2017

The truth is the U.N. is just a venue.

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Feb 1, 2017

I would make it clear that America essentially has two red lines in terms particularly as it relates to this issue, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

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Feb 1, 2017

We should not impose solutions. That is not the role of the United States in terms of a friend and an ally.

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Feb 1, 2017

We should have our Embassy in Jerusalem. We should. But you know what? It should get there when we have a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Feb 1, 2017

The Israeli Knesset is considering a legalization bill that will set in process a troubling trend of outlying settlements being legalized.

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Feb 1, 2017

There has to be positive reinforcement as well. If you are going to do some good things, there has got to be some reward for it as well.

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Feb 1, 2017

I think it is a close call. It is a justified American position in my humble opinion, a justified law but as it plays out, at times, it is a bit insane.

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Feb 1, 2017

There is an opportunity for greater involvement by the Arab States in helping move the peace process forward.

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Feb 1, 2017

The King of Jordan is a huge ally to us. Why make his life difficult in a way that doesn't achieve the type of result that ultimately we and Israel are looking for, which is a negotiated two-state outcome?

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Feb 1, 2017

Palestinians and their leadership have defrauded their own people for decades, for generations.

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Feb 1, 2017

If I were President Trump, I would speak with the new Secretary-General and basically tell him I am all with you, I am with you 110 percent.

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Feb 1, 2017

No, they are refugees but it is true that only in the case of Palestinian refugees are second, third, and fourth generation members considered refugees.

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Feb 1, 2017

Any reference by anyone in that regard would be terribly unfortunate.

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Feb 1, 2017

The result wasn't that Hamas was curtailed in its activity. The result wasn't that the violent ones within the PA were somehow marginalized.

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Jul 5, 2016

My understanding is that, unfortunately, they have not achieved any dramatic reduction in the incitement contained in the textbooks.

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Jul 5, 2016

And all I would suggest is, if you are going to do that--which, obviously, your bill stands for that--then at least have round two figured out on how you are going to achieve your purpose, which is minimize terrorism, not enhance it.

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Jul 5, 2016

If we wait forever for Abbas or his successors to do the right thing, in the meantime we are going to be compromised.

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Jul 5, 2016

Separation into two states, following the Security First plan, is essential for Israel to remain a democratic, Jewish-majority state.

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Jul 5, 2016

Their concern is about the policy. Their concern-- these are generals. For the most part, almost all of them are not politicians.

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Jul 5, 2016

Yeah, 100 percent. You had me totally, Congressman Weber, until you said kick out Hamas. I agreed with every word you said.

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Jul 5, 2016

The Quartet calls on the Palestinian Authority to stop incitement of violence, bolster efforts to prevent terrorism, and, importantly, condemn attacks against Israelis.

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Jul 5, 2016

Hamas is a despicable terrorist organization that is designed to destroy the state of Israel. If I could stamp them out tomorrow, if I had the power to do it, I would do it.

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Jul 5, 2016

If they take all the land from the Mediterranean to the Jordan River, if they take a great bulk of the West Bank, they are going to either lose their Jewish majority or their democratic nature.

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Jul 5, 2016

if the Israelis did that kind of action, their international legitimacy for those that are at least objective would go sky-high.

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