Israel Quotes by Shimon Peres

Hamas married the Iranians. It was their choice. They are the same family.

— Shimon Peres

Israel is moving from the realm of poetry to the realm of prose.

— Shimon Peres

The problem of the Middle East is poverty more than politics.

— Shimon Peres

Israel's doors are open to collaboration with Bulgaria.

— Shimon Peres

I do not know anybody that is threatening Iran. It is a safe country.

— Shimon Peres

[Hamas] lives on their rifles and bombs.

— Shimon Peres

The president of Iran should remember that Iran can also be wiped off the map.

— Shimon Peres

Historic justice has been done by killing Saddam.

— Shimon Peres

When I was a child, Israel was a legend more than a reality. She emerged from a dream, and today she has…

— Shimon Peres

Israel is a start-up nation, and I think it can be done in other places. I will do it outside the government.…

— Shimon Peres

We have to stand together against terror and the reasons for terrorism, which are poverty and ignorance.

— Shimon Peres

Iran is a great problem, but not necessarily a great country. In fact, I think it is a very weak country.

— Shimon Peres

Look, Israel doesn't intend to introduce nuclear weapons, but if people are afraid that we have them, why not? It's a deterrent.

— Shimon Peres

There is in England a saying that an anti-Semite is someone who hates the Jews more than is necessary.

— Shimon Peres

If world is suspicious that Israel may detonate nuclear bomb and if the suspicion is a deterrent - that's good enough.

— Shimon Peres

When I look at the record of President Obama concerning the major issue security I think it's a highly satisfactory record from…

— Shimon Peres

Leading the Jewish people is not easy -- we are a divided, obstinate, highly individualistic people who have cultivated faith, sharp wittedness…

— Shimon Peres

The history of Israel is divided into two parts. One, under attack that we have had to defend ourselves. When you defend…

— Shimon Peres

Bulgaria is a true friend of Israel, that stood up to save the Jewish people 70 years ago in Europe, and who…

— Shimon Peres

A solution of two national states - a Jewish state, Israel; an Arab state, Palestine. The Palestinians are our closest neighbors. I…

— Shimon Peres

I cannot go to elections with an open stomach. If you want to negotiate we have to conclude it before the elections.…

— Shimon Peres

Bringing an end to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians may help the young Arab generation to realise their aspirations. Israel…

— Shimon Peres

My goal in life was to serve my people, and the most important service for the Jewish people is building the land,…

— Shimon Peres

Today, Israel is stronger than ever. Israel has defensive tools of its own - those developed in the past and those developed…

— Shimon Peres

I've worked with 10 presidents. It's a record. I worked with Republicans and Democrats. All of them when it came to Israel…

— Shimon Peres

“We spoke often of Theodor Herzl, the founder of the Zionist movement, who argued that the future of the Jewish people depended…

— Shimon Peres

I call on the Iranian people: it is not too late to replace the corrupt regime and return to your glorious Persian…

— Shimon Peres

“My greatest hope is that our children, like our forefathers, will continue to plow the historical Jewish furrow in the field of…

— Shimon Peres

And in England there has always been something deeply pro-Arab, of course, not among all Englishmen, and anti-Israeli, in the establishment. They…

— Shimon Peres

And this would normalize the existence of the Israeli and the Jew: a majority of Jews in the Land of Israel and…

— Shimon Peres

President Abbas and myself, we are the ones who signed the Oslo agreement, so we really know each other, not just theoretically.

— Shimon Peres

Most of the Palestinians don't understand what they're doing... Politically, people can say what they want. The problem is not political, but…

— Shimon Peres

In order to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear country you have to introduce a system of verification and inspection.

— Shimon Peres

Terrorists and murderers are so dangerous. We shouldn't fall victim to believe that they are immune.

— Shimon Peres

I will confine myself to reaffirming the Israel will not be the first country to introduce nuclear weapons to the region.

— Shimon Peres

The Jews' greatest contribution to history is dissatisfaction! We're a nation born to be discontented. Whatever exists we believe can be changed…

— Shimon Peres

We checked carefully the international law - what does a nation do when terrorists are using civilians to defend their life, as…

— Shimon Peres

The signing of the Israel-PLO accord is more than a political milestone. It is a transformative event which touches every Jewish family…

— Shimon Peres

Until the Yom Kippur War, in 1973, until then Israel didn't have a chance but to fight for her life. We were…

— Shimon Peres

He was the editor of our paper. He created the publishing house in Hebrew. He was - I wouldn't say the "guru"…

— Shimon Peres