The [Israelis] believed - they were possessed of an absolute certainty and conviction - that 'terrorists' were in Chatila. How could I explain to them that the terrorists had left, that the terrorists had worn Israeli uniforms, that the terrorists… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
Whether Osama bin Laden is doing it cynically and has no interest in these matters, or whether he's doing it out of genuine conviction, his voice has a tremendous resonance throughout the Arab world. One editorial in a Lebanese paper… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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