Yair Lapid Quotes

We know there can be no justice in the Middle East without a Palestinian state. But there can be no security in the Middle East without a Palestinian state.

Any territory that was delivered to them [the Palestinians] after Oslo became a safe haven for terrorists.

It is not surprising, then, that in the decade since Oslo began, Arafat used all the resources placed at his disposal to fan the flames of hatred against Israel.

The problem is not that there is an entity called Israel. The problem is that the Palestinian state is non-existent.

It will be in the long-term interests of the Middle East for Palestine to be a state.

The central premise behind Oslo was that if Arafat were given enough legitimacy, territory, weapons and money, he would use his power to fight terror and make peace with Israel.

The future of Israel has been a key bipartisan concern for generations of Americans, and it is almost axiomatic that if the Palestinians have no viable future, neither does Israel.

Throughout the second intifada, America provided unprecedented support for Israel's struggle against Palestinian terrorism and Israel's construction of the security barrier.

I'd be happy if, during my mandate, the Palestinian state existed.

I want the world to understand that a Palestinian state means no Israeli state. That's the equation.

The era of a Palestinian state is over.

There cannot be peace in the Middle East without giving Palestinians their full rights.

We need to see a Palestinian state.

I can't admit to myself that the creation of a Palestinian state won't happen. What I know is that with each passing year it gets more and more difficult to happen, not least because there is more and more bloodshed, generation upon generation.

That can be achieved by termination of Israeli occupation to the territories according to the international resolutions related, so the Palestinian State can be establish with Jerusalem as capital for such State.

In my view, Arafat is the only Palestinian in the world that isn't willing to have an independent Palestinian state.

The purpose of the PLO is the destruction of Jordan …

If the Palestinians lay down their weapons, there will be peace. If the Israelis lay down their weapons, there will be a massacre.

Abu Mazen understands that it is impossible to vanquish Israel by means of terrorism.

We need a Palestinian state - that is the ultimate goal, and this is the position of all the European Union.

The Obama administration has been unable to call Jerusalem the capital of Israel because the Palestinians want to claim it as their capital in a future state.

I think it is absolutely inevitable that Palestinians will, and have to, have their own state.

I will do everything in my power to prevent a Palestinian state

Palestinians will never realize their independence by denying the right of Israel to exist.

I believe the Obama administration, from the president on down, has taken a very weak position regarding granting Palestine statehood at the United Nations.