Mark Regev Quotations

Until the review that is under way is completed, there will not be automatic transfers.

We found solutions both sides can live with. The challenge was to find a successful balance between the very real security threats faced by Israel, while providing maximum movement in and out of Gaza for the Palestinians. I think it's a win-win agreement.

We found solutions both sides can live with.

We're hopeful that Europe will continue to move forward in its attitude to the Israel-Palestinian issue and not return to the more one-sided approach that we've seen in the past.

We have never said more than we have said in the case. This issue has been solved in a satisfactory way with the New Zealand government.

We want to send a very strong and sharp message to the Palestinians, and the temporary suspension of talks is that message.

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.

We want to see maximum movement at the crossings, but that decision has to be weighed next to the very real security threats that there are, ... If we opened every crossing and there were a wave of suicide bombings, then we'd just have to close everything down again.

We have proposed an EU presence there to act as an auxiliary that would enable the Palestinians to do their job. We have to have a force there that can make sure that border security is what it should be.

We regret that the meeting is not going to happen tomorrow.

Simon Wiesenthal's passing saddens us all. He was a champion in the fight to bring to justice the 20th Century's worst criminals who had escaped justice.

Simon Wiesenthal acted to bring justice to those who had escaped justice. In doing so, he was the voice of 6 million.

No one on the Israeli side has ever said that disengagement goes further than Gaza. Let's be very clear, this was a unilateral Israeli step.

Now that the international community is energized to deal with the issue, we believe the chance for diplomacy succeeding has improved.

On the economic front, we will be as forthcoming as we can,

If they chose to act like a pariah, they can't blame the international community for treating them like one.

If they want people to see them as a legitimate part of a political process, it is very clear what they must do. First and foremost, they must renounce terrorism and disarm. And secondly, they have to support peace and accept Israel's right to exist.

further evidence that the Liberty incident was a terrible and tragic case of mistaken identity.

If Abbas can act against anyone, it would seem to be them.

If through their stubbornness and short-sightedness and extremism, they isolate the Palestinian government and turn it into a pariah in the international community, they will have no one to blame but themselves.

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

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

The Palestinians must also do more to help us, and that means they have to act against their extremists,

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

It appears the problem with these extremists is that they followed through on their violent declarations with violent actions.

I think we should use the word cautious optimism.

Our assessment is that the jury is still out.

We hope these extremist comments by the Iranian president will make the international community open its eyes and abandon any illusions about this regime.

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 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.

The problem isn't only the extreme and hateful language. It's that these statements actually reflect the policies of the regime that have been implemented over the years, such as sponsoring suicide bombers.

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

We are only planning to build a police headquarters and some roads, there has been no decision to start working on the settlement itself.

We are concerned that the only way to bring about the possibility of change in the incoming Palestinian leadership is if the international community speaks with one voice.

We want to be as flexible as we can on the issue of the crossings.

We understand there are real needs, and we'll do what we can, but we can't just open up the borders immediately, because of security concerns. We'll do things incrementally.

We understand the needs, and we have offered another option, but the Palestinians rejected this. We have had to take additional security steps because we have seen an escalation in terrorist activity.

We believe the combination of fanatical ideology together with nuclear weaponry is a combination that no thinking person can feel comfortable with.

We were not more wrong than anyone else.

We will defend our citizens and act against the terrorist groups.

We would be entitled to use all legal means to prevent that money reaching terrorists.

There is a concern on our side that the moneys transferred will come back to haunt us in the form of suicide bombings.

We believe only if the regime in Tehran understands that the international community is indeed serious, there is a chance that these sort of cat and mouse games played by the regime will cease.

The question that many Israelis have on their minds is whether this is cosmetic or is this a substantial move in the right direction. Of course we very much hope it is the latter.

When you have these attacks you can't go on with business as usual. We want to send a clear message to the Palestinian leadership that they have to do more to prevent violence.

Both sides agreed in discussions because of the changes in the costing that it was no longer feasible.

Ultimately you're talking about pirates, the same sort of people who were active against disengagement.

Though it was a significant Israeli-Pakistani event, ... it's a larger event, the sort of phenomenon we'll see increasing, of people in the Muslim world who want to engage with Israel and see that's the way toward peace.

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 think that these agreements reached with the Palestinians and the Egyptians are a good balance and provide a good framework, a win-win situation,

We have expressed our concern to both sides.

We have every reason to believe that the new pope is building on the foundation that the previous pope already built, and we will see a further strengthening of our relationship.

We have every intention to bring him to trial.

We couldn't have a situation where murderers would be walking around free instead of being behind lock and key.

brought justice to those who had escaped justice.

And the sad truth is that, today, unfortunately, the Palestinians are just not up to the challenge of policing their own border and preventing extremist, terrorist elements from coming in to the Gaza Strip,

There's no point of opening up all the crossings and have a wave of suicide bombings.

Israel supports the European position. We believe that the international community - through the UN Security Council - must present the Iranian regime with a clear dilemma, either they totally cease their nuclear weapons program, or they endanger their relationship with the outside world.

Things like what happened today happen because terrorist groups remain armed.

The whole process of reconciliation between us and the Palestinians is based on the principle that terrorist groups will be disarmed. Unfortunately, things like what happened today happen because terrorist groups remain armed.

The sad fact about the statement of the President of Iran is that he was correctly articulating the policy of his regime which has given hands-on support to the most extreme terrorist elements in the Middle East.

It would surely be a pity if this positive momentum would stop and we would see a regression to the one-sided (European) position of the past.

The third party will be on the Palestinian side of the frontier, and will be there to help beef up the Palestinian security presence.

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

This is a slap in the face to the very principles upon which the Council of Europe was established, namely democracy, human rights and the rule of law.

This is not a time for business as usual with the regime in Tehran,

This is now totally different. This is a unilateral act. It is not within the framework of a U.N. resolution.

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.

This is a measured response. We will respond to what happens on their side and leave as many options open as possible.

They have hinted at the possibility in the past and did not follow through ... We do not need double talk.

There were clear indications these killers would be set free. We had to act to make sure these killers would stay under lock and key.

There is not the slightest change in Israel's position with regard to Jordan. We do not consider Jordan in any way as a substitute Palestinian state.

The repeated outrageous remarks by the Iranian president unfortunately indicate the real mind-set of the ruling clique.

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

Ever since accepting the Road Map and the idea of a two-state solution in 2003, Sharon has realized that all settlements in Gaza would have to be dismantled under any final-status agreement. What Sharon has been emphasizing to his opponents is that by evacuating them now, he gets badly-needed brownie points with the international community, which loves the fact that we're withdrawing from Gaza.

Nothing good will come out of the conference, nothing good will come out of it for the Palestinians. Iran is only offering the Palestinians more blood and despair. The future is only in peace and in reconciliation and regional cooperation and Tehran is fundamentally opposed to those goals.

Arresting a few activists in a particular atrocity is simply not enough. This group has to be thoroughly disarmed. If not, they will continue to wreak havoc, murdering innocent civilians and killing the chance for peace.

The issue (of U.S. aid) is not on the table at the moment. Everyone's dealing with Katrina.

The fence isn't going up in a vacuum, ... It's going up in the context of an all-too-real terrorist threat.

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.

I hope the sort of remarks we heard today help to dissolve any possible illusion that might exist as to the true character of this new Palestinian leadership.

I know the Israeli negotiating team, headed by our foreign minister, Shlomo Ben-Ami, left here with a feeling, with a sense that we do have something to work with and it is possible to move forward.

If money to the budget of the PA is cut off, it's incumbent on all of us to make a maximum effort to beef up direct humanitarian aid to alleviate hardship.

I'm hopeful that in the next few days we can reach understandings that can allow the maximum possible flow. It's in everyone's interest, including our own, that Gaza will be a success story.

If the PA acts like a pariah, then they can't be surprised if they're being treated like a pariah.

If you are outside the international community and you act like a pariah, you cannot complain that people treat you like a pariah.

Gaza will be turned over the Palestinians in full and with the completion of that process ... Israel's presence in Gaza will be part of history.

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.

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.

The Iranian regime calls for the annihilation of Israel, it oppresses its own citizens, it's part of the murder going on in Syria and it's building an atomic bomb.

Iran’s President openly talks about wiping Israel off the map. The Iranian nuclear program is a threat, not just to my country, but to the entire region. And it’s incumbent upon us all to do what needs to be done to keep from proliferating.

It’s not just Israel who refuses to speak to Hamas. It’s the whole international community… Most of the democratic world refuses to have a relationship with Hamas because Hamas has refused to meet the most minimal benchmarks of international behavior.

The combination of extremist ideology, a warped understanding of reality and nuclear weapons is a combination that no-one in the international community can accept.

The combination of a regime with a very radical agenda, put together with nuclear weapons, I think that is a combination, a dangerous combination that no one in the international community can accept.

The conditions are there, and now there is momentum, and that momentum is affecting others.

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