It is manifestly idiotic to believe that Israel, with five million Jewish citizens and one million Arab citizens, will concede to the return of four million refugees. It will not happen. We can wish it, we can think it's just,… — Uri Avnery Copy Share Image
Critics of the war plans (including myself) have pointed to the disastrous political results that must be expected: Iraq would break into three parts… — Uri Avnery Copy Share
It is our responsibility as the stronger party [Israel], as the occupying power, to convince the Palestinians that they can achieve their basic national… — Uri Avnery Copy Share
Sharon's so-called two-state solution will be, let's say, twelve Palestinian enclaves, which will be called a Palestinian state. It will be connected by, perhaps,… — Uri Avnery Copy Share
There is the Jewish Agency, which gets a lot of money from the United States, from American Jews, whose sole job it is to… — Uri Avnery Copy Share
In 1949, the country of Palestine was partitioned after the war in such a way that the State of Israel-proper consisted of 78 percent… — Uri Avnery Copy Share
You must get Israelis to understand the feelings and the hopes and the traumas of the Palestinians. You have to get the Palestinians to… — Uri Avnery Copy Share
What is the alternative to peace? A catastrophe for both peoples [Palestine and Israel]. — Uri Avnery Copy Share
By that time it was already clear that the next prime minster was going to be Golda Meir, a woman whom I frankly detested… — Uri Avnery Copy Share
How do we solve the problem by allowing a number of refugees to return to Israel, allowing a number of refugees to return to… — Uri Avnery Copy Share
I have always been conscious of the importance and the strength of nationalism, and this has led me straight to the acknowledgment of the… — Uri Avnery Copy Share
There are lots of grounds for hope in Israeli society. We are seeing Israelis getting fed up with war, looking for solutions. The youngest… — Uri Avnery Copy Share
Violence [in Palestina] is a symptom; the occupation is the disease - a mortal disease for everybody concerned, the occupied and the occupiers. Therefore,… — Uri Avnery Copy Share
One of the main aims of Sharon is to prevent a Palestinian state - a real, viable, sovereign, free Palestinian state. It has been… — Uri Avnery Copy Share
In order to put an end to the occupation, you must make peace between the Israeli and Palestinian people. This is the real aim,… — Uri Avnery Copy Share
It is manifestly idiotic to believe that Israel, with five million Jewish citizens and one million Arab citizens, will concede to the return of… — Uri Avnery Copy Share
