These elections are an internal Palestinian matter, but I have reassured the secretary today that Israel will do everything in its power to ensure their smooth running.
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I think that this is the appropriate time for all the Muslim and Arab countries to reconsider their relations with Israel, ... I think that it will be a very positive signal to the Israeli public opinion and to the Palestinian public opinion that there are some fruits from this withdrawal from Gaza.Silvan Shalom
We will continue to work so that it does not run in the elections,
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I'd like to ask you: what you would prefer us to do? I'd like to ask my colleagues, would any other country act differently? I think the answer is very clear. No one would act differently.
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We will not cooperate with Hamas's desire to participate in the forthcoming Palestinian elections, ... And we call on the international community to make clear its own opposition to the inclusion of such terrorists in the democratic process. If Gaza is indeed to be the positive model we all wish to see, then it is those who promote dialogue not violence who must be empowered.
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lay down in black-and-white that any organisation which calls for the destruction of Israel cannot participate in elections.
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I have already told (EU foreign policy chief) Javier Solana, if this model (of evacuating settlements) will work, and things will be calm and quiet, it will undoubtedly become a positive model for any future moves,
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