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title: "119 Israel Quotes By Bashar al-Assad"
description: "Bashar al‑Assad’s Israel quotes cover Israeli occupation, Syrian humanitarian efforts, and criticism of Israel’s global stance."
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> [Since its very inception, Israel has been a threat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/since-its-very-inception-israel-has-been-a-threat/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [Hizbullah is not a militia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/hizbullah-is-not-a-militia/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [It should be known that Israel is based on treachery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/it-should-be-known-that-israel-is-based-on-treachery/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [None of us and none of the Arabs trust Israel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/none-of-us-and-none-of-the-arabs-trust-israel/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [Look at the results of regime change in Iraq. You can't possibly claim that it was successful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/look-at-the-results-of-regime-change-in-iraq-you-can-t-possibly-claim/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [ That's all before the crisis. We always have this kind of cooperation with Iran \[Supplies, weaponry\]. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/that-s-all-before-the-crisis-we-always-have-this-kind-of-cooperation/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [We cannot use jihadists because it's like shooting yourself in the foot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/we-cannot-use-jihadists-because-it-s-like-shooting-yourself-in-the/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [I believe that the United States is not genuine regarding having a cessation of violence in Syria.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/i-believe-that-the-united-states-is-not-genuine-regarding-having-a/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/the-logical-thing-is-to-implement-the-arab-defense-agreement/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [If you want to kill the Syrian people, who's going to support us as a government, as officials? No one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/if-you-want-to-kill-the-syrian-people-who-s-going-to-support-us-as-a/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [Israeli interests are not necessarily in harmony with the American interests.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/israeli-interests-are-not-necessarily-in-harmony-with-the-american/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [Using terrorism or jihadists or extremists for any political agenda is immoral.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/using-terrorism-or-jihadists-or-extremists-for-any-political-agenda/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/today-the-iraqi-citizen-sees-that-america-is-coming-and-wants-to/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [We are ready to cooperate in any way to achieve stability in Syria, of course taking into consideration the interest of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/we-are-ready-to-cooperate-in-any-way-to-achieve-stability-in-syria-of/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [Any external support, if you want to call it support, let's use this world, is... how to say... it's going to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/any-external-support-if-you-want-to-call-it-support-let-s-use-this/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [We learned that lesson very well, especially in the eighties, that terrorists cannot be used as a political card, you cannot put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/we-learned-that-lesson-very-well-especially-in-the-eighties-that/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [ The United States accused Syria, and because you accused you have to bring evidence \[of chemical weapons\], this first of all. We… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/the-united-states-accused-syria-and-because-you-accused-you-have-to/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [It's not religious war, but Al-Qaeda always use religions, Islam - actually, as a pretext and as a cover and as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/it-s-not-religious-war-but-al-qaeda-always-use-religions-islam/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [In Aleppo we had the missile itself, and the material, and the sample from the sand, from the soil, and samples from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/in-aleppo-we-had-the-missile-itself-and-the-material-and-the-sample/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [You have different parties, different factions, you have different ideologies ; you have everything in Middle East region now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/you-have-different-parties-different-factions-you-have-different/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [You have to look at the reality in Syria. Whenever we liberate any city or village from the terrorists, the civilians will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/you-have-to-look-at-the-reality-in-syria-whenever-we-liberate-any/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [It's very simple ; once the Western countries stop supporting those terrorists and making pressure on their puppet countries and client states…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/it-s-very-simple-once-the-western-countries-stop-supporting-those/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [The hope for an American is different from the hope of a Syrian. For me, I should be the hope of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/the-hope-for-an-american-is-different-from-the-hope-of-a-syrian-for/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [Since the beginning of the crisis, since the terrorists started to control some areas within Syria, the majority of the Syrian civilians…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/since-the-beginning-of-the-crisis-since-the-terrorists-started-to/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [The army is making good advancement on daily basis against the terrorists. Of course, they still have the support of Turkey, Qatar,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/the-army-is-making-good-advancement-on-daily-basis-against-the/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [At the very beginning, it was fully political. When you have these terrorists, the first part of the same plan which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/at-the-very-beginning-it-was-fully-political-when-you-have-these/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [From the first day I took the decision as President to defend my country. So, who killed ? That's another question. Actually,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/from-the-first-day-i-took-the-decision-as-president-to-defend-my-2/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [According to what we've been seeing recently in the area where the terrorists control, where they ban people from going to schools,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/according-to-what-we-ve-been-seeing-recently-in-the-area-where-the/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [From our side, from our part as government, we have two missions: the first one is to fight those terrorists to liberate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/from-our-side-from-our-part-as-government-we-have-two-missions-the/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [We wouldn't have withstood for two years and a half. We would have disintegration of the army, disintegration of the whole institution…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/we-wouldn-t-have-withstood-for-two-years-and-a-half-we-would-have/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/we-are-dealing-with-treachery-and-threats-which-accompanied-the/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [Those who arrived on America's tanks are not credible in Iraq.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/those-who-arrived-on-america-s-tanks-are-not-credible-in-iraq/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [Iran doesn't have any soldier in Syria, so how could Iran help me ?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/iran-doesn-t-have-any-soldier-in-syria-so-how-could-iran-help-me/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [If there is any change regarding that hope, we should ask the Syrian people, not anyone else in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/if-there-is-any-change-regarding-that-hope-we-should-ask-the-syrian/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [ Nobody knows \[who they are\] because when \[terrorists\] are dead and they are killed, they don't have any ID. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/nobody-knows-who-they-are-because-when-terrorists-are-dead-and-they/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [ \[Peace in Syria\] is \[António Guterres\] priority, and of course it's our priority, that's self-evident. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/peace-in-syria-is-ant-nio-guterres-priority-and-of-course-it-s-our/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [ \[ Jihadists\] are going to be against you sooner or later. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/jihadists-are-going-to-be-against-you-sooner-or-later/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [The U.S. and Britain are incapable of controlling all of Iraq.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/the-u-s-and-britain-are-incapable-of-controlling-all-of-iraq/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [It is natural that we should always expect an Israeli attack, even when it does not threaten.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/it-is-natural-that-we-should-always-expect-an-israeli-attack-even/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [Israel does not care about the international public opinion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/israel-does-not-care-about-the-international-public-opinion/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/lebanon-was-under-israeli-occupation-up-to-its-capital-but-we-did-not/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

> [I never rejected any responsibility, but that depends on the decision.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/i-never-rejected-any-responsibility-but-that-depends-on-the-decision/)

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> [If you are going to be a mediator or arbitrator you have to be in the middle between the two sides; you cannot take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/if-you-are-going-to-be-a-mediator-or-arbitrator-you-have-to-be-in-the/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

> [ The other thing we did as government is to open gates for the civilians to leave that \[ eastern part\] area \[in Aleppo\], and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/the-other-thing-we-did-as-government-is-to-open-gates-for-the/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

> [ This war \[in Syria\] is going to support Al-Qaeda and the same people that killed Americans in the 11th of September. The second thing… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/this-war-in-syria-is-going-to-support-al-qaeda-and-the-same-people/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

> [Freedom and democracy are nothing but instruments, just like stability. The goal is called progress and growth. Anyone who puts freedom ahead of stability…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/freedom-and-democracy-are-nothing-but-instruments-just-like-stability/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

> [ I will tell \[Barack Obama\] very simply : present what you have as evidence to the public, be transparent. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/i-will-tell-barack-obama-very-simply-present-what-you-have-as/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

> [ \[Enemies of Syria\] are the enemies of the people and the enemies of God. And the enemies of God will go to hell. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/enemies-of-syria-are-the-enemies-of-the-people-and-the-enemies-of-god/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

> [The problem is not the occupation, but how people deal with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/the-problem-is-not-the-occupation-but-how-people-deal-with-it/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

> [The first question that I ask : do I have public support or not. That is the first question that I asked as President.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/the-first-question-that-i-ask-do-i-have-public-support-or-not-that-is/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

> [The criteria or the paradigm for us is not the West, not the Western paradigm, because the West has its own culture, we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/the-criteria-or-the-paradigm-for-us-is-not-the-west-not-the-western/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

> [ \[It is important\] to have stability and to have security, which means humanitarian equals fighting terrorists. You cannot talk about humanitarian aid and supporting… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/it-is-important-to-have-stability-and-to-have-security-which-means/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

> [Iran doesn't have any soldier in Syria, so how could Iran help me ?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/iran-doesn-t-have-any-soldier-in-syria-so-how-could-iran-help-me/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

> [Conversely, it is correct to say that bringing about peace would be the best way to fight terror.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/conversely-it-is-correct-to-say-that-bringing-about-peace-would-be/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

> [The hope for an American is different from the hope of a Syrian. For me, I should be the hope of the Syrian, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/the-hope-for-an-american-is-different-from-the-hope-of-a-syrian-for/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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