Israel Quotes · Page 115

Protecting Palestinian civilians in Gaza is both a moral duty and a strategic imperative.

— Lloyd Austin

And in the end, bin Laden died in a squalid suburban compound surrounded by his wives and children and far from the…

— Peter Bergen

But clearly the fact that we've gone from zero Iraqi security forces on duty in May to up to 200,000 today is…

— John Abizaid

I urge the Iraqi leadership for sake of its own people... to seize this opportunity and thereby begin to end the isolation…

— Kofi Annan

We were enlightened people and we fell for this; why wouldn't Muslims fall for this?

— Alfons Heck

If power corrupts, the reverse is also true; persecution corrupts the victims though perhaps in subtler and more tragic ways.

— Arthur Koestler

Israel specifically does not want Syria to hand over weapons, chemical or conventional, to Hezbollah.

— Richard Engel

It is probably not true to say that there was a physical homosexual relationship between [Rudolf Hess and Hitler] but the attraction…

— Ernst Hanfstaengl

“In any case, the manifesto states that a Jew is without honour from the day of his birth. That he cannot differentiate…

— Geraldine Brooks

Each Middle East country has their own unique kinds of challenges; but the fundamentals, the desire for democracy and freely elected governments…

— John McCain

That's part of the problem with these conflicts. We're not close enough to it. If we don't try to get really close…

— James Foley

Congress has a limited role in regards to the nuclear agreement with Iran. We do have a review statute that was enacted…

— Ben Cardin

I've been called a spy of Israel since 1996, and since I made my documentary film in 2000 the FBI has investigated…

— Scott Ritter

Our intervention to destabilize the Assad regime has really made the chaos worse in Syria. And if you were to get rid…

— Rand Paul

For the vast majority of places in America, there is no way you can build a security system such as we have…

— Anonymous

“What about Adolf Hitler?" "Oh, him. He's not a thinker. He's just a ranter and raver." "There may come a time," said…

— Susan Dworkin Edith H. Beer

Iran is obviously part of the problem. They sponsor Hezbollah. They encourage a radical brand of Islam.

— George W. Bush

If I was an Arab leader I would never make [peace] with Israel. That is natural: we have taken their country.

— David Ben-Gurion

In July of 2004, I came out strongly against the war with Iraq because it was going to destabilize the Middle East.

— Donald Trump

When I belonged to Jobbik, I didn't wear a kippa and I didn't light Hannukah candles.

— Csanad Szegedi

Apparently, Osama bin Laden was killed with money and phone numbers sewn into his clothing. So we got him right before he…

— Jay Leno

I will tell you, as president, I'm not going to be neutral. America will stand unapologetically with Israel.

— Ted Cruz

Rejected names for World War II: 'Global Super Killfest', 'Germaniacal Japandamonium', 'World War 1: New Moon'.

— Dana Gould

We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbour them.

— George W. Bush

Saddam Hussein was the one person after whom the United States went, and they ruined the country.

— Sergei Lavrov

Attacks by extremist settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank must stop. And those committing the violence must be held accountable.

— Lloyd Austin

American foreign policy has been - and must continue to be - based on unequivocal support for Israel's right to exist and…

— Howard Berman

Disapproving and boycotting is the Quranic thing to do, whereas violence and threats are not.

— Mustafa Akyol

Saudi Arabia inflames the Sunni-Shiite divide and sets a pernicious example of intolerance by banning churches.

— Nicholas Kristof

“That the essence of Islam is permanent war with non-Muslims was the standard view of Islam held by Western scholars before 9/11.”

— Peter Mcloughlin

They are still trying to bomb with artillery and rocket-propelled grenades to hit the Republican Guard who are controlling Saddam International Airport.

— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

I'm hopeful that Israelis can go to Ramallah whenever they want and see how the people are living.

— Zubin Mehta

It would be, in fact, very ominous if Iraq were to be able to get weapon-usable material, hydro-plutonium or highly enriched uranium…

— Mohamed ElBaradei

This is the democratic process at work, What you're seeing with this process is the Iraqi people embracing American-style democracy.

— Condoleezza Rice

Anyone who cooperates with BDS is operating against Israel and it is a form of antisemitism.

— Benny Gantz

We must assert to the Abrahamic people that we are the last extension of the Abrahamic religion... There is no such thing…

— Hamza Yusuf

The zionist argument to justify Israel's present occupation of Arab Palestine has no intelligent or legal basis in history.

— Malcolm X

ISIS is a monstrosity. It didn't come from nowhere. It's one of the results of the U.S. hitting a very vulnerable society…

— Noam Chomsky

With respect to Syria, we are going to continue to work as we have over the last five, six years to push…

— Barack Obama

In the final analysis, terror is also another proof of the fact that the superpower is not really a superpower. It was…

— Ulrich Beck