--- title: "4 Arab Quotes By Jack Schwartz" description: "4 Arab quotes by Jack Schwartz. Plus more from Jack Schwartz and more Arab sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73c/jack-schwartz-25019_agenda_the-arab-representatives-and-their-follo_1855607.jpg" --- > [The Arab representatives and their followers were not interested in the persecuted millions throughout the world; they were fixed on a political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-schwartz/the-arab-representatives-and-their-followers-were-not-interested-in/) [Jack Schwartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-schwartz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73c/jack-schwartz-25019_agenda_the-arab-representatives-and-their-follo_1855607.jpg) > [Israel is now sustaining a war for its own existence. A nation defending its citizens against terrorist bombings and a military and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-schwartz/israel-is-now-sustaining-a-war-for-its-own-existence-a-nation/) [Jack Schwartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-schwartz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/615/jack-schwartz-25019_against_israel-is-now-sustaining-a-war-for-its-o_2534039.jpg) > [It would be hard to ignore the absence of democracy in any Arab nation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-schwartz/it-would-be-hard-to-ignore-the-absence-of-democracy-in-any-arab-nation/) [Jack Schwartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-schwartz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f89/jack-schwartz-25019_absence_it-would-be-hard-to-ignore-the-absence-o_2561055.jpg) > [When Arab apologists wring their hands over an Israeli military incursion, they never mention what the Israelis are reacting to, or else…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-schwartz/when-arab-apologists-wring-their-hands-over-an-israeli-military/) [Jack Schwartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-schwartz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00d/jack-schwartz-25019_arab_when-arab-apologists-wring-their-hands-o_3147645.jpg) ## Other authors on Arab - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-elliott-abrams-32793.jpg) Elliott Abrams 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arab/elliott-abrams/) - [Zeina Kassem 12 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arab/zeina-kassem/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-wadah-khanfar-94194.jpg) Wadah Khanfar 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arab/wadah-khanfar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-shereen-el-feki-84887.jpg) Shereen El Feki 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arab/shereen-el-feki/) - [Edgar Bronfman, Sr 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arab/edgar-bronfman-sr/) - [Yasmine Hamdan 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arab/yasmine-hamdan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-engel-78545.jpg) Richard Engel 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arab/richard-engel/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arab/noam-chomsky/) ## More by Jack Schwartz > [The situation in the West Bank and Gaza involves a military occupation amid urban guerrilla warfare, analogous to the British security measures in Northern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-schwartz/the-situation-in-the-west-bank-and-gaza-involves-a-military/) [Jack Schwartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-schwartz/) > [Martin Luther King Jr., recognized bias when he saw it, knew what he was talking about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-schwartz/martin-luther-king-jr-recognized-bias-when-he-saw-it-knew-what-he-was/) [Jack Schwartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-schwartz/) > [In the Middle Ages and beyond, the target was the Court Jew who had the ear of the ruler; during the Inquisition it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-schwartz/in-the-middle-ages-and-beyond-the-target-was-the-court-jew-who-had/) [Jack Schwartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-schwartz/) > [Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-schwartz/israel-is-the-only-democracy-in-the-middle-east/) [Jack Schwartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-schwartz/) > [Avoid context and specifics; generalize and keep repeating the generalization.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-schwartz/avoid-context-and-specifics-generalize-and-keep-repeating-the/) [Jack Schwartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-schwartz/) > [The evidence of a Jewish civilization going back more than two millennia is overwhelmingly borne out in the archaeology of the region. The heritage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-schwartz/the-evidence-of-a-jewish-civilization-going-back-more-than-two/) [Jack Schwartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-schwartz/) > [A fair observer only has to ask: If there is violence, who profits?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-schwartz/a-fair-observer-only-has-to-ask-if-there-is-violence-who-profits/) [Jack Schwartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-schwartz/) > [Without a Jewish state, the iron truth of history is that the Jewish people sooner or later become even more vulnerable to the next…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-schwartz/without-a-jewish-state-the-iron-truth-of-history-is-that-the-jewish/) [Jack Schwartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-schwartz/) > [Jewish and Palestinian nationalism are virtually contemporaneous, and grew out of the disruptions that created new national movements from the ruins of the old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-schwartz/jewish-and-palestinian-nationalism-are-virtually-contemporaneous-and/) [Jack Schwartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-schwartz/) > [More recently, as faith gave way to materialism, anti-Semitism assumed a secular mode, harnessing itself to the dominant ideologies of both the Left and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-schwartz/more-recently-as-faith-gave-way-to-materialism-anti-semitism-assumed/) [Jack Schwartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-schwartz/) > [The Arab representatives and their followers were not interested in the persecuted millions throughout the world; they were fixed on a political agenda that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-schwartz/the-arab-representatives-and-their-followers-were-not-interested-in/) [Jack Schwartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-schwartz/) > [The metaphor of Exodus is one that has dogged the Jews from the outset. Their very success attracts resentment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-schwartz/the-metaphor-of-exodus-is-one-that-has-dogged-the-jews-from-the/) [Jack Schwartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-schwartz/) > [Genocide is an attempt to exterminate a people, not to alter their behavior.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-schwartz/genocide-is-an-attempt-to-exterminate-a-people-not-to-alter-their/) [Jack Schwartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-schwartz/) > [Israeli Arabs have more political rights than any other Arabs in the Middle East, including their compatriots in the Palestinian Authority.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-schwartz/israeli-arabs-have-more-political-rights-than-any-other-arabs-in-the/) [Jack Schwartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-schwartz/) > [Islam has shown two faces to the Jews, one benevolent, one less so.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-schwartz/islam-has-shown-two-faces-to-the-jews-one-benevolent-one-less-so/) [Jack Schwartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-schwartz/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arab/jack-schwartz/#itemlist", "name": "4 Arab Quotes By Jack Schwartz", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Arab representatives and their followers were not interested in the persecuted millions throughout the world; they were fixed on a political agenda that distracted the world from their own serious shortcomings in the human-rights department.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jack Schwartz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-schwartz/the-arab-representatives-and-their-followers-were-not-interested-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73c/jack-schwartz-25019_agenda_the-arab-representatives-and-their-follo_1855607.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73c/jack-schwartz-25019_agenda_the-arab-representatives-and-their-follo_1855607.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73c/jack-schwartz-25019_agenda_the-arab-representatives-and-their-follo_1855607.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Arab representatives and their followers were not interested in the persecuted millions throughout the…” — Jack Schwartz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Israel is now sustaining a war for its own existence. 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