Israel Quotes · Page 212

In spite of the polls, the fact is that American Muslims are very happy and they thrive in this country.

— Feisal Abdul Rauf

One of the things that we don't want to do is to destroy the infrastructure of Iraq, because in a few days…

— Tom Brokaw

Any organization or any individual that targets civilians and kills them for political agenda is a terrorist organization.

— Feisal Abdul Rauf

My constant prayer, my number one foreign goal, is to bring peace to Israel. And in the process to Israel's neighbours.

— Jimmy Carter

When you're a brown Muslim from Iran talking about Jesus on TV, you need to keep your cool at all times, OK?…

— Reza Aslan

There are many other [then ISIS] terrorist organizations. And their primary victims are Muslims. I think that's very important.

— Dalia Mogahed

I think that globalization is partly responsible for the spread of the hostile, radical forms of Islam.

— Franklin Foer

There are different versions of Islam... it is meaningless to claim to speak in the name of a ‘real’ Islam.

— Tariq Ali

History will eventually depict as legitimate the efforts of the Iraqi resistance to destabilise and defeat the American occupation forces and their…

— Scott Ritter

Lebanon cannot resolve a question like Hezbollah which is in Syria, Iraq, everywhere because of Iran. It is a regional political solution…

— Saad Hariri

“Israel is the historical definition of the specific nature of the religious consciousness, save only that here this consciousness was circumscribed by…

— Ludwig Feuerbach

“As life became more precarious for Jews in Europe, Jews in many communities became the personal property of their protectors, with no…

— Phyllis Goldstein

I think it's been hard for people to understand how Islam can be a good religion, and yet the Islamists are evil.…

— P. J. O'Rourke

“The word Palestine always brought to my mind a vague suggestion of a country as large as the United States. I do…

— Mark Twain

One of the principles that we operate on in this country is that leaders are held accountable. The simple truth is that…

— Wesley Clark

It's a mistake to assume that Islamists always come from the slums. Indeed, many come from affluent families but for some reason…

— Otto Schily

Bashar al-Assad and those who still stand by him are now responsible for the deaths of more than 20,000 in Syria.

— Susan Rice

In liberating Iraq, we have rid the nation and the rest of the world from the danger of Saddam Hussein.

— Elizabeth Dole

“If I believed terrorists were beyond redemption, I would need to rip out half of my New Testament Scriptures, for they were…

— Shane Claiborne

The U.S. has already suffered a devastating attack on September 11, 2001, and may again become a target.

— Linda Chavez

My focus on 9/11 was on the victims - in the towers, in the planes - and all that loss.

— Kiefer Sutherland

One can't doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed - different plans have to be made. And the kernel here…

— William F. Buckley, Jr

Fighting terrorism is not unlike fighting a deadly cancer. It can't be treated just where it's visible - every diseased cell in…

— David Hackworth

Respecting other people's cultures is well and good, but I draw the line at where some branches of Islam, what they do…

— Jello Biafra

The rabbis will find in me personally someone who cares about their future and welfare.

— Ephraim Mirvis

“And (HAMAS) instead offered alternative ideas on how to both confront Israel without surrendering and govern the Palestinians without corruption.”

— Khaled Hroub

The Egyptian military and the government of Israel have long had a common interest in maintaining order and fighting terrorism in Sinai.

— Elliott Abrams

The calls for refusal and the threats to stop volunteering undermine the basic values of the IDF as the people's army, and…

— Yoav Gallant

In the brief monthly reports of the Security Police, I only want figures on how many Jews have been shipped off and…

— Heinrich Himmler

Any attempt to vilify an entire unit casts a heavy shadow on the actions of the IDF to protect the citizens of…

— Yoav Gallant

I state in no uncertain terms: An order to uproot an Arab village or a Jewish settlement violates the most basic of…

— Naftali Bennett

The definition of terrorism is killing civilians with the intent of changing their political affiliation.

— Caleb Carr

The U.S. presence and American missteps made ethnic violence in Iraq far worse than it would have been otherwise after Saddam Saddam…

— Richard Engel

If I was comforting the Islam nation for its crisis of Pakistan's earthquake, I today congratulate it and bless the Islamic victory…

— Ayman al-Zawahiri

The global response to global terrorism must not endanger fundamental human rights and freedoms.

— Stjepan Mesic

No doubt, the fight against ISIS is deadly serious, as was the raid that took down their elusive leader.

— Lara Trump

I'm Jewish. I've always had a thing where it's okay to dance with the devil, just don't become the devil.

— Pauly Shore

Islamism is not Islam. Islamism is the politicisation of Islam, the desire to impose a version of this ancient faith over society.

— Maajid Nawaz

So Ahmadinejad wants to be the first Iranian in space - wasn't he there just last week? 'Iran launches monkey into space.'

— John McCain

ISIS is an idea. And we have to fight this idea with the same tools that they're using.

— Matthew Heineman