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title: "Best Israel Quotes by Bashar al-Assad"
description: "119 Israel quotes by Bashar al-Assad. Plus more from Bashar al-Assad and more Israel sayings from other authors."
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> [When Lebanon started its resistance it was a small and divided country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/when-lebanon-started-its-resistance-it-was-a-small-and-divided-country/)

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

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> [Israel ranks her priorities in the following way: security, land, and water.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/israel-ranks-her-priorities-in-the-following-way-security-land-and/)

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

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> [ That the rebels or the terrorists used the chemical weapons in northern Aleppo five months ago \[in 2013\]. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/that-the-rebels-or-the-terrorists-used-the-chemical-weapons-in/)

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

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> [Syria is geographically and politically in the middle of the Middle East.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/syria-is-geographically-and-politically-in-the-middle-of-the-middle/)

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

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> [ \[Hezbollah forces\] cannot exist all over Syria anyway, for many reasons, but they exist on the borders. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/hezbollah-forces-cannot-exist-all-over-syria-anyway-for-many-reasons/)

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

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> [You in Lebanon, your power is no match to Israel. Israel, militarily, is more powerful than you and maybe it is more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/you-in-lebanon-your-power-is-no-match-to-israel-israel-militarily-is/)

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

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> [It is even more so when it comes to Iraq, which is a large Arab country with scientific, material, and human resources…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/it-is-even-more-so-when-it-comes-to-iraq-which-is-a-large-arab/)

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

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> [Terrorists have been supported by tens of foreign countries, so Syria alone wouldn't be able to face this kind of war without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/terrorists-have-been-supported-by-tens-of-foreign-countries-so-syria/)

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

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> [Did the President order anyone to kill civilians, did he order the destruction, did he order supporting terrorism in his country? Of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/did-the-president-order-anyone-to-kill-civilians-did-he-order-the/)

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

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> [We have more difficult circumstances than most of the Arab countries but in spite of that Syria is stable. Why? Because you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/we-have-more-difficult-circumstances-than-most-of-the-arab-countries/)

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

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> [I don't believe that in a couple of months Erdogan and the United States regime, and the Western regimes in general, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/i-don-t-believe-that-in-a-couple-of-months-erdogan-and-the-united/)

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

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> [ The part in Aleppo, what \[people\] call it the eastern part, is occupied by the terrorists for the last three years, and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/the-part-in-aleppo-what-people-call-it-the-eastern-part-is-occupied/)

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

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> [Every friend of Syria is looking for peaceful solution, and we are convinced about that. We have this advice, and without this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/every-friend-of-syria-is-looking-for-peaceful-solution-and-we-are/)

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

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> [There's a video about one of those women who they consider as rebel or fighter who worked with those terrorists and she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/there-s-a-video-about-one-of-those-women-who-they-consider-as-rebel/)

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

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> [Even if you want to take the American story, they say we used chemical weapons the same day the team or the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/even-if-you-want-to-take-the-american-story-they-say-we-used-chemical/)

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

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> [ We said \[U.S\] are going to be repercussions of the mistaken way of dealing with it, of treating the terrorism, but nobody… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/we-said-u-s-are-going-to-be-repercussions-of-the-mistaken-way-of/)

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

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> [ This war \[in Syria\] is going to support Al-Qaeda and the same people that killed Americans in the 11th of September. The… ](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/)

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> [Talking about winning and losing is like if you're talking about two armies fighting on two territories, which is not the case.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/talking-about-winning-and-losing-is-like-if-you-re-talking-about-two/)

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

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> [Al-Qaeda has one ideology and they go back to the same leadership in Afghanistan or in Syria or in Iraq. That's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/al-qaeda-has-one-ideology-and-they-go-back-to-the-same-leadership-in/)

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

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> [In the eighties, we asked for international coalition against terrorism after the Muslim Brotherhood crisis in Syria when they started killing, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/in-the-eighties-we-asked-for-international-coalition-against/)

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

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> [ \[Barack\] Obama can draw lines for himself and his country, not for other countries. We have our red lines, like our sovereignty,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/barack-obama-can-draw-lines-for-himself-and-his-country-not-for-other/)

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

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> [ We didn't say that 80% \[of terrorists\], for example, or the majority or the vast majority, are foreigners. We said the vast… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/we-didn-t-say-that-80-of-terrorists-for-example-or-the-majority-or/)

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

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> [If the American administration want to support Al-Qaeda - go ahead. That's what we have to tell them, go ahead and support…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/if-the-american-administration-want-to-support-al-qaeda-go-ahead-that/)

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

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> [Think of the war against terrorism. In my view, Washington's approach can be compared to a doctor constantly banging away at a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/think-of-the-war-against-terrorism-in-my-view-washington-s-approach/)

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

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> [ You hardly find any military base in distant areas from the \[Syria\] cities unless it's an airport or something like this, but… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/you-hardly-find-any-military-base-in-distant-areas-from-the-syria/)

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

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> [This is the Middle East, where every week you have something new; so whatever you talk about this week will not be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/this-is-the-middle-east-where-every-week-you-have-something-new-so/)

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

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> [As soon as the legitimate Lebanese government is convinced that the conditions have ripened and that Lebanon is able to maintain stability…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/as-soon-as-the-legitimate-lebanese-government-is-convinced-that-the/)

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

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> [ Why should you use a term \[rebels\] in the United States and England and maybe other countries and use another term in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/why-should-you-use-a-term-rebels-in-the-united-states-and-england-and/)

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

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> [The majority of fighters now are Al-Qaeda. If you want to support them, you are supporting Al-Qaeda, you are creating havoc in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/the-majority-of-fighters-now-are-al-qaeda-if-you-want-to-support-them/)

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

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> [ Israel has WMD, and it has to sign \[chemical warfare agreement\], and Israel is occupying our land, so that's we talked about… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/israel-has-wmd-and-it-has-to-sign-chemical-warfare-agreement-and/)

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

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> [When you talk about Al-Qaeda it doesn't matter if he's Syrian or American or from Europe or from Asia or Africa.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/when-you-talk-about-al-qaeda-it-doesn-t-matter-if-he-s-syrian-or/)

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

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> [You can't say "the people of Aleppo" because the majority of the people of Aleppo are living in the area under the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/you-can-t-say-the-people-of-aleppo-because-the-majority-of-the-people/)

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

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> [Syria is geographically and politically in the middle of the Middle East. That is why we are in contact with most of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/syria-is-geographically-and-politically-in-the-middle-of-the-middle-2/)

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

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> [Any American strike will not destroy as much as the terrorists have already destroyed in Syria ; sometimes the repercussions could be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/any-american-strike-will-not-destroy-as-much-as-the-terrorists-have/)

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

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> [ There's a video on YouTube where the terrorists clearly make trials \[of chemical weapons\] on a rabbit and kill the rabbit and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/there-s-a-video-on-youtube-where-the-terrorists-clearly-make-trials/)

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

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> [ On the border area with Lebanon where \[Hezbollah forces\] want to protect themselves and cooperate with us, but they don't exist all… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/on-the-border-area-with-lebanon-where-hezbollah-forces-want-to/)

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

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> [Any cooperation that doesn't go through the Syrian government is not legal. If it's not legal, we cannot cooperate with, and we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/any-cooperation-that-doesn-t-go-through-the-syrian-government-is-not/)

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

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> [For the West, they wanted to undermine the Syrian positions. For the petrodollar countries like Saudi Arabia, they're thinking undermining Syria will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/for-the-west-they-wanted-to-undermine-the-syrian-positions-for-the/)

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

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> [When you have terrorists, you don't throw at them balloons or you don't use rubber sticks, for example. You have to use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/when-you-have-terrorists-you-don-t-throw-at-them-balloons-or-you-don/)

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

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> [ We never said that the majority \[of the terrorists\] are not Syrians, but we said that the minority is what they call… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/we-never-said-that-the-majority-of-the-terrorists-are-not-syrians-but/)

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

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## More by Bashar al-Assad

> [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/)

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

> [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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