Ayelet Shaked Quotes

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Ayelet Shaked

Profession : Politician

Birth : May 7, 1976

There is no contradiction between the fact that Israel has full personal equality of citizenship but extends national rights only to the Jewish people.

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I was a Likud member for many years. The problem in the Likud is that every leader takes the Likud to the left. It wasn't easy for me to take this step.

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I want to establish a right-wing government.

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I have been to Holot. I think it's a very good place, very dignified with very good conditions.

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Segregation is not exclusion.

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Of course in a democracy the government and the citizens have to abide by court rulings, even if we don't like them or don't agree with them.

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It's one of the most important things in life to provide someone with a job.

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I just want to faithfully represent the public that voted for me and diligently work for all the people in Israel. If I can do that, I don't care what anyone says about me.

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Israel's Supreme Court is one of the best in the world, and I think that it should stay that way; I don't want to weaken it, I just want to change its approach.

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The Knesset is the parliament that passes the most laws in the world. It's a disaster for the business sector.

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We must openly call for the establishment of a Kurdish state that separates Iran from Turkey, one which will be friendly towards Israel.

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I'm doing a lot of mistakes, like every human being.

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When I was in the army in the Golani troops, I served with Zionist and modern Orthodox guys and I became friends with them.

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We witness anti-Semitic attacks in the heart of Europe. We hear anti-Semitic slanders in European media. We feel anti-Semitic hatred in the continent that should have learned the lesson.

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The governments that were in power before Naftali Bennett and I went into politics, before the Jewish Home party gained strength, were right-wing governments that carried on with the policies of the left.

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I don't think I can change the fact that the court can cancel a law, but I think the court should only get involved in extreme issues like human rights violations.

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The justice system is a foundation of our existence as a democratic society. I will not be the one to soften its bite. But I will also not allow it to eat away at the legal authority of the legislative and executive branches. We must find the formula for the right balance between the branches.

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If you get into emotions, then it disturbs your work. Sometimes you focus on what's less important and not the main thing.

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In a unity government, it's very difficult to move anything at all.

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Until I was justice minister, Netanyahu was proud of stopping laws to change the judiciary.

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