Talk:Israeli–Palestinian conflict

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• I am satisfied that (i) war crimes have been or are being committed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip ("Gaza")...; (ii) potential cases arising from the situation would be admissible; and (iii) there are no substantial reasons to believe that an investigation would not serve the interests of justice.
  • Fatou Bensouda, Statement of ICC Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, on the conclusion of the preliminary examination of the Situation in Palestine, and seeking a ruling on the scope of the Court’s territorial jurisdiction (December 20, 2019)

• The Prosecutor is satisfied that there is a reasonable basis to initiate an investigation into the situation in Palestine under article 53(1) of the Rome Statute, and that the scope of the Court’s territorial jurisdiction comprises the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza (“Occupied Palestinian Territory”).
  • Fatou Bensouda, International Criminal Court Document 01/18 Situation in the State of Palestine, (April 30, 2020)

• On December 20, concluding a five-year preliminary examination of the “situation in Palestine,” Bensouda said she has “reasonable basis to believe that war crimes were committed” in those regions by both the Israel Defense Forces and Hamas and other “Palestinian armed groups."
  • Chief prosecutor insists ICC has jurisdiction to probe war crimes in ‘Palestine’, Raphael Ahren, The Times of Israel, (April 30, 2020)

what ideas do people have for how to decide on quotes for photo captions for this page, if we're going to have any?

moving this here because having only two quotes by men who are jewish is a bias issue. the quotes when i noticed this were "We all love the same children, weep the same tears, hate the same enmity, and pray for reconciliation. Peace has no borders. ~ Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and "we will never give up on our quest for peace" -Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu quotes without repetition

• I came here tonight to talk about the agreement and security that are broad consensus within Israeli society. This is what guides our policy. This policy must take into account the international situation. We have to recognize international agreements but also principles important to the State of Israel. I spoke tonight about the first principle - recognition. Palestinians must truly recognize Israel as the state of the Jewish people. The second principle is demilitarization. Any area in Palestinian hands has to be demilitarization, with solid security measures. Without this condition, there is a real fear that there will be an armed Palestinian state which will become a terrorist base against Israel, as happened in Gaza. We do not want missiles on Petah Tikva, or Grads on the Ben-Gurion international airport. We want peace.
  • Benjamin Netanyahu, Speech at Bar-Ilan University, as quoted in "Full text of Netanyahu's foreign policy speech at Bar Ilan" in Haaretz (June 14, 2009) [1][2]
• I believe there is no time to waste; we need to move toward peace with a sense of urgency and with a sense of purpose. I want to make this clear: My goal is not to have endless negotiations. My goal is not negotiations for the sake of negotiations. My goal is to achieve a permanent peace treaty between Israel and the Palestinians.
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Speech to the Jewish Federations of North America, as quoted in "Netanyahu Calls for More Peace Talks" CBS News (November 9, 2009) [3][4]
• My friends, while Israel will be ever vigilant in its defense, we will never give up on our quest for peace. I guess we’ll give it up when we achieve it. Israel wants peace. Israel needs peace. We’ve achieved historic peace agreements with Egypt and Jordan that have held up for decades.
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Speech before a joint session of the United States Congress, May 24, 2011 [5][6]
• The peace agreements with Egypt and Jordan are vital. But they’re not enough. We must also find a way to forge a lasting peace with the Palestinians. Two years ago, I publicly committed to a solution of two states for two peoples: A Palestinian state alongside the Jewish state.
  • Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Speech before a joint session of the United States Congress, May 24, 2011 [7][8]
• So now here is the question. You have to ask it. If the benefits of peace with the Palestinians are so clear, why has peace eluded us? Because all six Israeli Prime Ministers since the signing of Oslo accords agreed to establish a Palestinian state. Myself included. So why has peace not been achieved? Because so far, the Palestinians have been unwilling to accept a Palestinian state, if it meant accepting a Jewish state alongside it.
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Speech before a joint session of the United States Congress, May 24, 2011 [9][10]