In Palestine, the Israelis claim they found a land without people,' a Syrian officer explained to us. 'Now they will take southern… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
President Bush cruelly manipulated the grief of the American people - and the sympathy of the rest of the world - to… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
One of the reasons why I think people have gone from reading mainstream newspapers to the Internet is because they realize they're… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
When I arrived in Beirut from Europe, I felt the oppressive, damp heat, saw the unkempt palm trees and smelt the Arabic… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
The violence stems from injustice, because people feel they have been treated unfairly in the Middle East, whether that means military occupation,… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
I've never seen a single demonstration in Pakistan, in the streets of Gaza, in the West Bank, in which the people have… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
How could believers, people who regard themselves as true Muslims, get on those planes, quoting the words of God delivered through the… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
I've lived in the Middle East for twenty-five years. I know exactly how these issues come up. Even my landlord, who is… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
Whatever the political injustices are that created an environment that brought this about, it was not Americans who flew those planes into… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
Bin Laden always wanted to get rid of Mubarek and Ben Ali and Gaddafi and so on, claiming that they were all… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
After the allied victory of 1918, at the end of my father's war, the victors divided up the lands of their former… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
We love to think this fundamentalism and terrorism is all about poverty, and, of course, it has a connection. You can see… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
Even my landlord, who is a moderate Lebanese guy, says, "But bin Laden says what we think." These people believe that bin… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
Wasn't Saddam destroyed? Wasn't Gaddafi liquidated? Didn't Milosevic go to the Hague? All true. But Stalin survived. Kim Jong-un isn't doing too badly, either… — Robert Fisk Copy Share
And I think, in the end, that is the best definition of journalism I have heard; to challenge authority - all authority - especially… — Robert Fisk Copy Share
Bin Laden was constantly revolving in his mind the fact that he had got rid of the Russians; therefore, the Americans can be got… — Robert Fisk Copy Share
How could believers, people who regard themselves as true Muslims, get on those planes, quoting the words of God delivered through the Prophet to… — Robert Fisk Copy Share
American power in the Middle East is collapsing. It doesn't need much more than a shove, and it will - and that's not going… — Robert Fisk Copy Share
The Second World War is and was constantly being drudged up by Blair and Bush to rationalize the invasion of Iraq. — Robert Fisk Copy Share
I'm not sure whether I've been happy. After my last book tour, I sat on my balcony with a cup of tea. I thought:… — Robert Fisk Copy Share
“Terrorism” is a word that has become a plague on our vocabulary, the excuse and reason and moral permit for state-sponsored violence— our violence—which… — Robert Fisk Copy Share
In just one year in Bosnia, thirty of my colleagues died. There is a little Somme waiting for all innocent journalists. — Robert Fisk Copy Share
President Bush cruelly manipulated the grief of the American people - and the sympathy of the rest of the world - to introduce a… — Robert Fisk Copy Share
I was very struck by the fact that Colin Powell said he would produce evidence of Osama bin Laden fault and then never produced… — Robert Fisk Copy Share
I've never seen a single demonstration in Pakistan, in the streets of Gaza, in the West Bank, in which the people have come out… — Robert Fisk Copy Share
President Bush will come here and there will be new "friends" of America to open a new relationship with the world, new economic fortunes… — Robert Fisk Copy Share
