March 3, 2008
“The State of Israel must make a strategic decision to order the IDF to prepare quickly to topple the Hamas terror regime and take over all the areas from which rockets are fired on Israel."
--MK Tzachi Hanegbi (Kadima), interview with Israel Radio, March 1, 2008 
“It [re-occupying Gaza] will not solve the problem. It must be remembered that the Qassams were flying while we were still in Gaza. You may know when you go in to Gaza, but you never know when you'll get out."
--Major General (ret.) Danny Rothschild, President of the Council of Peace and Security and former head of IDF intelligence and administrator of the occupied territories, radio interview, February 28, 2008
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“We knew at the outset that the task would be difficult. We acknowledged that publicly and privately. We knew this would be a road with many bumps— and there have been many bumps—and that continues to this day. But we are not deterred. We are, to the contrary, determined more than ever to proceed to realize the common objective, which we all share, of a Middle East that is at peace with security and prosperity for the people of Israel, for Palestinians, and for all the people in the region. We will continue our efforts in that regard, undeterred and undaunted by the difficulties, the complexities or the bumps in the road.”
—George Mitchell, special envoy for Middle East peace, remarks with Prime Minister Netanyahu, September 29, 2010
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