EMM News Explorer: Riad Malki

[-accused]: salvage any chance left for resuming the peace talks.

jpost 28-JAN-12

[ said]: President Abbas replied to the letter of the Tunisian president and reiterated on the strong historic ties between Palestine and Tunis and between the Palestinians and the Tunisians,

xinhuanet_en 09-JAN-12

[-says]: A fourth time, we might lose, and a fifth time we might lose, and we'll go again until we reach a point when we will win,

ynetnews 16-DEC-11

[said:]: [This] will surely have positive influence on other states to follow the same steps.

aljazeera 15-DEC-11

[said:]: I hope so.

france24 15-DEC-11

[-agreed]: The timing was perfect,

france24 15-DEC-11

[-said]: There will be an ambassador from Iceland that will present his credentials to the Palestinians, a non-resident, and ... we are contemplating the possibility of appointing an honorary consul, an Icelander, here for the time being,

france24 15-DEC-11

[-told]: We are not interested in moving that quickly to other organizations,

news 28-NOV-11

[-told]: I hope that the United States will review that decision again, and re-engage with their commitment to support UNESCO,

news 28-NOV-11

[-told]: We always knew that one round to get full membership would not be enough,

haaretz 13-NOV-11

[-said]: We expected to get nine votes in the Security Council, but it's clear now, with the U.S. counter effort and huge intervention, that we are not going to have these nine votes,

haaretz 09-NOV-11

[-said]: We expected to get nine votes in the Security Council, but its clear now, with the U.S. counter effort and huge intervention, that we are not going to have these nine votes,

dailystar 09-NOV-11

[-told]: We expected to get nine votes in the Security Council, but it's clear now, with the US counter effort and huge intervention, that we are not going to have these nine votes,

jpost 09-NOV-11

[said:]: It is clear now, with the US counter effort and intervention, that we are not going to have these nine votes.

eecho 09-NOV-11

[saying that:]: this vote will help erase a tiny part of the injustice done to the Palestinian people

IHT 05-NOV-11

[said that:]: the Palestinians will not accept anything less than full UN membership and do not want an upgrade to an observer state in the world body

b92net_en 04-NOV-11

[-said]: We never felt responsible for the blackmail by the U.S. to cut UNESCO funds,

javno 03-NOV-11

[-said]: We want to make sure that we will succeed there, and the moment we will succeed there, our membership in the remaining U.N. organizations becomes an automatic one,

dailystar 03-NOV-11

[-said]: Our accession to UNESCO is a process that has lasted for 22 years, we started it in 1989. Each year the ambassador made the requests and now we could see the result of our efforts,

rian 31-OCT-11

[-said]: This success, if it is realized, and with this large number of votes, will give a great boost to the efforts that we are making to get the required vote in the United Nations,

jpost 30-OCT-11

[-said]: We made clear to them that any proposal must be based on a fundamental point: The acceptance of the membership of the state of Palestine in UNESCO,

jpost 30-OCT-11

[said:]: We will not agree to anything less than full membership at UNESCO. UNESCO's executive board voted on October 6 to recommend Palestinian membership and the organization's 193-member general conference, which has been meeting in Paris since October 25, is expected to vote on Monday. The US has threatened to block its annual UNESCO funding of 70 million dollars if Palestine becomes a member. Malki told the official Palestinian news agency WAFA:

trendnews 29-OCT-11

[-explained]: We are working hard to counter American pressure on poor countries to discourage them from voting for us

maannews 26-OCT-11

[-said]: We have recently held several meetings with Gabonese officials including the country’s president Ali Bongo Ondimba who asserted that his country would continue to support the Palestinian right to statehood,

maannews 23-OCT-11

[-told]: We won’t surrender for the status quo, we’ll even speak repeatedly with the countries that announced they would vote against the application and we’ll convince them with our just cause,

maannews 05-OCT-11

[-said]: We predict that America will ask for more papers, explanations and files, and in order not to waste any time, we have prepared all the necessary documents,

maannews 05-OCT-11

[ said]: He will also visit on October 7 and October 8 Honduras and two members of the Security Council, Columbia and Portugal, to gain more support for a vote on the bid for a full membership of a Palestinian state,

chinadaily 01-OCT-11

[ said]: He will also visit on Oct. 7 and Oct. 8 Honduras and two members of the Security Council, Columbia and Portugal, to gain more support for a vote on the bid for a full membership of a Palestinian state,

xinhuanet_en 30-SEP-11

[ said]: We didn't decide to go to the Security Council in order to fail. We went to the UN because we are certain that we will be able to convince the world to support the Palestinian bid,

xinhuanet_en 30-SEP-11

[ said]: We already have eight members, who announced that they will vote in favor of the bid,[*]We are working on convincing Columbia, Portugal and the Bosnia and Herzegovina to vote in favor.

xinhuanet_en 30-SEP-11

[-told]: We're working on getting the ninth vote,

ynetnews 29-SEP-11

[-told]: The Palestinian Authority is now working to secure the ninth vote,

maannews 29-SEP-11

[ said]: We're working to get the ninth vote,

ynetnews 29-SEP-11

[-said]: The only new thing that the Quartet carries is a time line for discussing the issues of security and borders,

jpost 24-SEP-11

[-said]: The only new thing that that the Quartet carries is a time line for discussing the issues of security and borders,

jpost 24-SEP-11

[-told]: We're working towards it and I think we'll manage it,

thestar 21-SEP-11

[-told]: We’re working towards it and I think we’ll manage it,

khaleejtimes 21-SEP-11

[-told]: They have used different forms of pressure, threats, and many others, sending letters, sending ambassadors, etcetera, etcetera... Amazing,

lebanonews 21-SEP-11

[-told]: They have used different forms of pressure, threats, and many others, sending letters, sending ambassadors, etc, etc... Amazing,

aljazeera 21-SEP-11

[-said]: The president was clear in his position,

trendnews 20-SEP-11

[-told]: We're working toward it and I think we'll manage it,

reuters 20-SEP-11

[-said]: We are still unsure about how to act with regards to the US; we hope they will reconsider their stance,

yediotaharonot 20-SEP-11

[ said]: No one talks about that, and if you expect me to even repeat those words, I won't,

time 19-SEP-11

[ said]: We have decided to submit our application for full [U.N.] membership,

bignewsnetwork 16-SEP-11

[ said]: We have decided to submit our application for full [UN] membership,

chosun 16-SEP-11

[-said]: I think the best way out for Israel today is to come forward and to recognize the state of Palestine on the ‘67 borders,

japantoday 16-SEP-11

[-said]: If Israel takes such an action, we might find ourselves compelled.

japantoday 16-SEP-11

[-said]: I think the best way out for Israel today is to come forward and to recognise the state of Palestine on the 1967 borders,

lebanonews 16-SEP-11

[-said]: nonmember observer state.

newschannel5 15-SEP-11

[-said]: We are going to the United Nations because we want really to strengthen the chances for the resumption of negotiations,

newschannel5 15-SEP-11

[-told]: We will see if anyone carries with him or her any credible offer that will allow us to look into it seriously and to be discussed in the Palestinian leadership. Otherwise, on the 23rd at 12:30, the president will submit the application,

newschannel5 15-SEP-11

ChinaPost 15-SEP-11

[ said]: We will see if anyone carries with him or her any credible offer that will allow us to look into it seriously and to be discussed win the Palestinian leadership,

telegraph 15-SEP-11

[-said]: Until this moment we do not see any offer that requires us to look at it seriously,

latimes 15-SEP-11

[-said]: I think the best way out for Israel today is to come forward and to recognize the state of Palestine on the '67 borders,

AP 15-SEP-11

[-said]: President Mahmoud Abbas will hand the letter to UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon when they meet on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting on Sept. 20,

xinhuanet_en 13-SEP-11

[-told]: Germany's position, like a number of other European Union countries, is not positive,

haaretz 12-SEP-11

[-said]: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will personally present the request to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the opening of the 66th session,

jpost 19-AUG-11

[-said]: I think that the president, when he gets to the United Nations and meets the secretary general, will present the application,

jpost 14-AUG-11

[said:]: this might happen as it happened before, and this will be left to the chairman, which will be Lebanon and the member states.

xinhuanet_en 13-AUG-11

[-told]: We will insist on this historic initiative and Ban Ki-moon will present the request to the Security Council,

haaretz 13-AUG-11

[ said]: no longer possesses the abilities to set the base for launching negotiations,

peopledaily 18-JUL-11

[-said]: The world has to pay attention to the Palestinians and understand that they have all the characteristics of an independent state,

peopledaily 10-JUL-11

[ said]: I can tell you that the indications I am getting are positive,

newschannel5 25-MAY-11

[ said]: Israel seeks to destroy the village and expand the neighboring settlements,

peopledaily 12-APR-11

[-added that]: We are fighting hard to preserve the two-state option.

jpost 23-MAR-11

[-said]: We cannot accept that there will be one Israeli soldier in the Jordan Valley, even if it is Druse or a Muslim,

jpost 23-MAR-11

[-said]: Until this moment [a negotiated peace deal] is our choice, and it will continue to be our choice until September 2011,

jpost 23-MAR-11

[-pointed out that]: people whose identity remains unknown.

jpost 13-MAR-11

[-said]: Yes we are ready (for statehood). Are we ready for September? Absolutely,

yediotaharonot 03-MAR-11

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