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title: "10 History Israel Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [The history of Israel and Judaism is the unfolding of the meaning of this story. It's retelling is never finished and will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-radcliffe/the-history-of-israel-and-judaism-is-the-unfolding-of-the-meaning-of/)

[Timothy Radcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-radcliffe/)

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> [To treat the history of Israel as I would treat the history of England or Russia or China; that is, an attempt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hershel-shanks/to-treat-the-history-of-israel-as-i-would-treat-the-history-of/)

[Hershel Shanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hershel-shanks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/hershel-shanks-25800_approach_to-treat-the-history-of-israel-as-i-woul_2111886.jpg)

> [I feel like the history between Israel and Palestine has a lot in common with the history between India and Pakistan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freida-pinto/i-feel-like-the-history-between-israel-and-palestine-has-a-lot-in/)

[Freida Pinto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freida-pinto/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8b/freida-pinto-10890_common_i-feel-like-the-history-between-israel-a_1288132.jpg)

> [If there's one country that can be trusted to understand the complexity of history, it's Israel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-tusk/if-there-s-one-country-that-can-be-trusted-to-understand-the/)

[Donald Tusk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-tusk/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb3/donald-tusk-18320_complexity_if-there-s-one-country-that-can-be-trust_2176662.jpg)

> [No nation in the world has so many drastic problems squeezed into so small a space, under such urgent pressure of time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-tuchman/no-nation-in-the-world-has-so-many-drastic-problems-squeezed-into-so/)

[Barbara Tuchman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-tuchman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d5/barbara-tuchman-3945_burden_no-nation-in-the-world-has-so-many-drast_2127445.png)

> [The military operation in Lebanon was the most successful military operation in recent Israeli history. Many in Israel don't recognise that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ehud-olmert/the-military-operation-in-lebanon-was-the-most-successful-military/)

[Ehud Olmert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ehud-olmert/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afd/ehud-olmert-2898_history_the-military-operation-in-lebanon-was-th_763416.png)

> [For the earliest period of the history of Israel, all that precedes the building of the temple, not a trace can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julius-wellhausen/for-the-earliest-period-of-the-history-of-israel-all-that-precedes/)

[Julius Wellhausen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julius-wellhausen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/952/julius-wellhausen-29165_building_for-the-earliest-period-of-the-history-o_3053400.jpg)

> [The history of Israel is divided into two parts. One, under attack that we have had to defend ourselves. When you defend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/the-history-of-israel-is-divided-into-two-parts-one-under-attack-that/)

[Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3a/shimon-peres-1970_behave_the-history-of-israel-is-divided-into-tw_2087802.png)

> [It's interesting to think about the history of Israel in relation to the history of the U.S.. There were Native Americans living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-soloway/it-s-interesting-to-think-about-the-history-of-israel-in-relation-to/)

[Jill Soloway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-soloway/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c4/jill-soloway-12619_connected_it-s-interesting-to-think-about-the-hist_23461.jpg)

> [There are some episodes in the history of Israel that are still kept under the strongest secrecy thick veil possible. Some of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronen-bergman/there-are-some-episodes-in-the-history-of-israel-that-are-still-kept/)

[Ronen Bergman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronen-bergman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/850/ronen-bergman-12944_history_there-are-some-episodes-in-the-history-o_377644.jpg)

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