Israel Quotes · Page 143

I've occasionally been asked to talk on Israel-Palestine. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it elicits hysteria in the community.

— Noam Chomsky

I was surprised when Nixon passed the test and showed up in heaven, but, I guess Hitler threw off the curve for…

— Lenny Bruce

I don't feel particularly attached to Israel - 'nationalism,' as Noam Chomsky said, 'is not my cup of tea' - but I…

— Norman Finkelstein

I think that anyone who moves to establish a Palestinian state and evacuate territory gives territory away to radical Islamist attacks against…

— Benjamin Netanyahu

The understanding of Syria's devastating civil war has been distorted by the immense danger and difficulty of covering it.

— Nancy Gibbs

When we ask God to 'bring an end to our enemies', we should be thinking about Iran, those evil ones who threaten…

— Ovadia Yosef

Can you believe that? She says I'm not leader enough for her. Who was she looking for... Hitler?

— Woody Allen

The United States has, unfortunately, been victimized by terrorism going back decades.

— Hillary Clinton

This is a war for the soul of Islam. And those countries who are opposed to Islam, they are going to have…

— Bernie Sanders

Many Muslims consider the United States hostile to Islam and to Arab interests. In fact, the United States saved tens of thousands…

— Antony Blinken

I believe myself that the secretary of state, secretary of defense and - you have to make your own decisions as to…

— Harry Reid

There is very little hope that the United States or anyone else can do much to stabilize Iraq, Libya, Syria or Egypt.…

— Stephen Kinzer

I would expect the fundamentalists to agree with me that democracy is incompatible with fundamentalist Islam. Moderate Muslims have to decide which…

— Gerard Batten

It is important that the right of Israel to exist should be respected and also the viable Palestinian authorities, in terms of…

— Ban Ki-moon

But I was amazed at how organized the Palestinian election authority was, how competent they were in setting up their polling places…

— Joe Biden

Is Israel going to continue to be 'Fortress Israel'? Or, as we all hope, become accepted into the neighborhood, which I believe…

— Anonymous

I was by Ariel Sharon's side on the day it was decided to form Kadima. It was founded in aim to create…

— Tzipi Livni

In 1947 and '48, everybody in then-Palestine belonged to some group. I chose the group that was the forerunner of the Israel…

— Ruth Westheimer

I was such a Jewish princess. My whole life was leading up to marrying a rich man and living on 48th Street.

— Lee Grant

While Israel is prepared to make generous compromises for peace, it cannot go back to the 1967 lines...

— Benjamin Netanyahu

I have absolutely no doubt at all that we will find evidence of weapons of mass destruction programmes.

— Tony Blair

We never said that the majority [of the terrorists] are not Syrians, but we said that the minority is what they call…

— Bashar al-Assad

I will confine myself to reaffirming the Israel will not be the first country to introduce nuclear weapons to the region.

— Shimon Peres

I didn't feel up to writing about 9/11. If I were to write about it, it would take me years.

— Richard Ford

To me, the Holocaust stands alone as the most horrible human event in modern civilization.

— Robert Shapiro

I have a lot of respect for aspects of Islam, but I would not choose to live in a theocratically organised Muslim…

— John Rhys-Davies

It is also worth asking whether the strict limitations of Geneva make sense in a war against terrorists.

— John Yoo

Israel is a piece of real estate that neither Jew or Arab will let go of; neither will leave these shores. And…

— Zubin Mehta

The Muslim world suffers from internal divisions, antidemocratic practices, and the violation of fundamental human rights and freedoms.

— Fethullah Gulen

The Jewish people, ever since David slew Goliath, have never considered youth as a barrier to leadership.

— John F. Kennedy

Were there peace and justice in the Middle East, the Arabs would no more need their tinhorn dictators than they would their…

— James Buchan

I say at this point, for different reasons, Bush and Hussein are both very threatening to world peace and to deny that…

— Janeane Garofalo

It's important that the United States not forget the lessons of September the 11th, 2001. I assure you, I'm not going to…

— George W. Bush

Today, there are those who hallucinate that a democratic and Jewish state is only democratic for the Jews.

— Reuven Rivlin

Iraq may still have a decent outcome...but even if it becomes Switzerland, we overpaid for it.

— Thomas Friedman

I think Israel suffered a certain trauma from a unilateral step of pulling out of Gaza.

— Isaac Herzog

We ended the war in Iraq, refocused ourselves on who actually attacked us on 9-11.

— Barack Obama

The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous. They want to achieve a return to the Islamic purity of the Middle Ages.

— Brent Scowcroft

Israelis keep teaching you your own business. God knows everything but the Israelis know everything better.

— George Mikes

The Palestinian state is within our grasp. Soon the Palestinian flag will fly on the walls, the minarets and the cathedrals of…

— Yasser Arafat