Political Quotes

“the gentleman is entirely correct, and it seems to me that we need to make clear that both the United States and the government of Israel need to have someone to talk to representing the Palestinians that clearly renounces violence, that renounces violence and terror and that does so in word and deed and who, secondly, clearly recognizes the right of Israel to exist as a Jewish state, not as a state that someday may have a Palestinian majority because of the demographics, but a state that is recognized as a Jewish state with a full right to exist in peace and security. Until we get those two commitments, a complete renunciation of violence and terror and a recognition of Israel to exist as a Jewish state, I do not see how we can go forward. I do not see how the Israelis can go forward in furthering the peace process when there is literally nobody to talk to presently on the other side that has any credibility whatsoever.”