Israel Quotes · Page 26

And there is this fact of the twelve baskets: why twelve? What does it mean? Twelve is the number of the tribes…

— Pope Francis

The NGOs in Israel should devote more time to monitoring religious anti-Israel groups, chief among them the so-called "Christian Palestinianists."

— Manfred Gerstenfeld

You know the Ark of Israel and the calf of Belial were both made of gold. Religion has never yet changed the…

— Ouida

They are going to leave [Gaza], not because this is a gift from Israel. This is because they failed to confront our…

— Zuheir Mohsen

In ancient Israel and Rome the judge had appeared as a stand-in for the divine, and corruption was a blinding of the…

— Peggy Noonan

Growing up in Israel, how can I not be an optimist? When you remember what Israel was 50 years ago and you…

— Ehud Olmert

You must get Israelis to understand the feelings and the hopes and the traumas of the Palestinians. You have to get the…

— Uri Avnery

I don't understand if it was, like, Palestinians were here, then it was called Israel, and that's the problem, or they never…

— GloZell

The Syrian civil war is a "crime initiated by the United States and the Zionist regime, Israel."

— Ali Khamenei

I would that ye should come unto Christ, who is the Holy One of Israel, and partake of his salvation, and the…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

I'm just tired of people saying I'm a self-hating Jew because I'm critical of Israel or make fun of old Jewish ladies.…

— Harvey Pekar

It is essential for Israel's safety and ours that we do everything we can to support our staunchest ally at all times.

— Jeff Van Drew

Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.

— Golda Meir

If people are pro-Israel, they are pro-Israel one-hundred-and-twenty percent. If they are anti-Israel or pro-Palestinian, they tend to be pro-Palestinian one-hundred-and-twenty percent.

— Amos Oz

For many Washington liberals, terrorism was not the instrument of political fanatics and evil men, but was the product of social conditions…

— David Horowitz

In defeating terror, Israel's cause is our cause.

— Hillary Clinton

Public opinion in Egypt is very antagonistic to the way the dictatorship, Mubarak dictatorship, interpreted relations with Israel. Very antagonistic.

— Noam Chomsky

Almost without exception, my novels are rooted in Israel because that's the place I know well.

— Amos Oz

The people of Israel have come home never to be uprooted again,

— Benjamin Netanyahu

I dont know that there is one serious American representative that will advise Israel to sit with a terrorist government and negotiate…

— Ehud Olmert

I am opposed to any state with an ethnic character, not only to Israel.

— Norman Finkelstein

The Palestinian society is split into two - those who are openly calling for Israel's destruction like Hamas, and those who are…

— Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel's secret services are allowed to profile.

— Ehud Barak

Israel is an important ally and economic and security partner of the United States.

— Young Kim

In Israel, free men and women are every day demonstrating the power of courage and faith. Back in 1948 when Isreal was…

— Ronald Reagan