--- title: "Best Israel Quotes by Shimon Peres" description: "69 Israel quotes by Shimon Peres. Plus more from Shimon Peres and more Israel sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/beb/shimon-peres-1970_cost_what-should-be-the-future-of-israel-is-t_365143.png" --- > [What should be the future of Israel? Is the land the most important choice, and for that reason to keep the whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/what-should-be-the-future-of-israel-is-the-land-the-most-important/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/beb/shimon-peres-1970_cost_what-should-be-the-future-of-israel-is-t_365143.png) > [Peace with the Palestinians will open ports of peace all around the Mediterranean. The duty of leaders is to pursue freedom ceaselessly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/peace-with-the-palestinians-will-open-ports-of-peace-all-around-the/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2db/shimon-peres-1970_disappointment_peace-with-the-palestinians-will-open-po_1636391.png) > [Germany and Israel should dream together for a Middle East in which all the countries are willing to exchange the dispute of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/germany-and-israel-should-dream-together-for-a-middle-east-in-which/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b68/shimon-peres-1970_children_germany-and-israel-should-dream-together_1849545.png) > [In Israel, a land lacking in natural resources, we learned to appreciate our greatest national advantage: our minds. Through creativity and innovation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/in-israel-a-land-lacking-in-natural-resources-we-learned-to/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea7/shimon-peres-1970_advantage_in-israel-a-land-lacking-in-natural-reso_239295.png) > [Israel was born under the British mandate. We learned from the British what democracy means, and how it behaves in a time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/israel-was-born-under-the-british-mandate-we-learned-from-the-british/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/daa/shimon-peres-1970_behave_israel-was-born-under-the-british-mandat_2768971.png) > [The present Arab uprising didn't stem from Israel. The old guard is trying to keep down the young chickens. The old guard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/the-present-arab-uprising-didn-t-stem-from-israel-the-old-guard-is/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4b/shimon-peres-1970_chickens_the-present-arab-uprising-didn-t-stem-fr_3076976.png) > [I have the highest respect for Obama. I have worked with 10 American presidents, both Republicans and Democrats. As far as Israeli…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/i-have-the-highest-respect-for-obama-i-have-worked-with-10-american/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0e/shimon-peres-1970_american_i-have-the-highest-respect-for-obama-i-h_2105982.png) > [The Middle East is ailing. The malady stems from pervasive violence, shortages of food, water and educational opportunities, discrimination against women and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/the-middle-east-is-ailing-the-malady-stems-from-pervasive-violence/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dc/shimon-peres-1970_absence_the-middle-east-is-ailing-the-malady-ste_1202467.jpg) > [Many Syrians understand that the only option that exists is the option of peace, which means the option of compromise, .. Nobody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/many-syrians-understand-that-the-only-option-that-exists-is-the/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ef/shimon-peres-1970_compromise_many-syrians-understand-that-the-only-op_1772985.png) > [My family's dream, and my own, was to live in Israel, and our eventual voyage to the port of Jaffa was like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/my-family-s-dream-and-my-own-was-to-live-in-israel-and-our-eventual/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34e/shimon-peres-1970_dream_my-family-s-dream-and-my-own-was-to-live_2631488.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) > [Leading the Jewish people is not easy -- we are a divided, obstinate, highly individualistic people who have cultivated faith, sharp wittedness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/leading-the-jewish-people-is-not-easy-we-are-a-divided-obstinate/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c12/shimon-peres-1970_divided_leading-the-jewish-people-is-not-easy-we_942726.png) > [Bulgaria is a true friend of Israel, that stood up to save the Jewish people 70 years ago in Europe, and who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/bulgaria-is-a-true-friend-of-israel-that-stood-up-to-save-the-jewish/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a51/shimon-peres-1970_bulgaria_bulgaria-is-a-true-friend-of-israel-that_1744587.png) > [I cannot go to elections with an open stomach. If you want to negotiate we have to conclude it before the elections.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/i-cannot-go-to-elections-with-an-open-stomach-if-you-want-to/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cea/shimon-peres-1970_election_i-cannot-go-to-elections-with-an-open-st_2790727.png) > [My goal in life was to serve my people, and the most important service for the Jewish people is building the land,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/my-goal-in-life-was-to-serve-my-people-and-the-most-important-service/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c9/shimon-peres-1970_basics_my-goal-in-life-was-to-serve-my-people-a_1156515.png) > [Bringing an end to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians may help the young Arab generation to realise their aspirations. Israel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/bringing-an-end-to-the-conflict-between-israel-and-the-palestinians/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd2/shimon-peres-1970_aspiration_bringing-an-end-to-the-conflict-between_836251.jpg) > [A solution of two national states - a Jewish state, Israel; an Arab state, Palestine. The Palestinians are our closest neighbors. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/a-solution-of-two-national-states-a-jewish-state-israel-an-arab-state/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/441/shimon-peres-1970_believe_a-solution-of-two-national-states-a-jewi_258187.png) > [The Jews' greatest contribution to history is dissatisfaction! We're a nation born to be discontented. Whatever exists we believe can be changed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/the-jews-greatest-contribution-to-history-is-dissatisfaction-we-re-a/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30c/shimon-peres-1970_believe_the-jews-greatest-contribution-to-histor_1405322.png) > [Today, Israel is stronger than ever. Israel has defensive tools of its own - those developed in the past and those developed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/today-israel-is-stronger-than-ever-israel-has-defensive-tools-of-its/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/359/shimon-peres-1970_israel_today-israel-is-stronger-than-ever-israe_389839.jpg) > [The signing of the Israel-PLO accord is more than a political milestone. It is a transformative event which touches every Jewish family…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/the-signing-of-the-israel-plo-accord-is-more-than-a-political/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f9/shimon-peres-1970_family_the-signing-of-the-israel-plo-accord-is_904922.png) > [We checked carefully the international law - what does a nation do when terrorists are using civilians to defend their life, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/we-checked-carefully-the-international-law-what-does-a-nation-do-when/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49d/shimon-peres-1970_choices_we-checked-carefully-the-international-l_290591.png) > [Until the Yom Kippur War, in 1973, until then Israel didn't have a chance but to fight for her life. We were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/until-the-yom-kippur-war-in-1973-until-then-israel-didn-t-have-a/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e28/shimon-peres-1970_alive_until-the-yom-kippur-war-in-1973-until-t_958655.png) > [He was the editor of our paper. He created the publishing house in Hebrew. He was - I wouldn't say the "guru"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/he-was-the-editor-of-our-paper-he-created-the-publishing-house-in/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f2/shimon-peres-1970_guru_he-was-the-editor-of-our-paper-he-create_464508.png) > [My heart goes out to the brave citizens of Syria, who each day risk and even sacrifice their lives to achieve freedom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/my-heart-goes-out-to-the-brave-citizens-of-syria-who-each-day-risk/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba4/shimon-peres-1970_achieve_my-heart-goes-out-to-the-brave-citizens_1739850.png) > [ I don't think for example that the Indians look at \[what is right and what is wrong\] that way \[the Palestinians do\].… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/i-don-t-think-for-example-that-the-indians-look-at-what-is-right-and/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/206/shimon-peres-1970_billions_i-don-t-think-for-example-that-the-india_2696671.png) > [The Middle East is replete with both new and old threats. One should not underestimate these threats, but not be alarmed by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/the-middle-east-is-replete-with-both-new-and-old-threats-one-should/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfc/shimon-peres-1970_east_the-middle-east-is-replete-with-both-new_1107465.png) > [Israel welcomes the wind of change, and sees a window of opportunity. Democratic and science-based economies by nature desire peace. Israel does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/israel-welcomes-the-wind-of-change-and-sees-a-window-of-opportunity/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/521/shimon-peres-1970_affluence_israel-welcomes-the-wind-of-change-and-s_3029426.png) > [David Ben-Gurion was a mythic figure, the founding father of Israel and a modern-day prophet, but he was also a real man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/david-ben-gurion-was-a-mythic-figure-the-founding-father-of-israel/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/746/shimon-peres-1970_father_david-ben-gurion-was-a-mythic-figure-the_3091796.png) > [That was my first lesson from Ben-Gurion. Then I saw him making peace, and I saw him making war. He mobilized me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/that-was-my-first-lesson-from-ben-gurion-then-i-saw-him-making-peace/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d9/shimon-peres-1970_born_that-was-my-first-lesson-from-ben-gurion_1330902.png) ## Other authors on Israel - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 283 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/israel/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-w-bush-38036.jpg) George W. Bush 241 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/israel/george-w-bush/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 161 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/israel/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 136 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/israel/donald-trump/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-benjamin-netanyahu-17175.jpg) Benjamin Netanyahu 120 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/israel/benjamin-netanyahu/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bashar-alassad-16604.jpg) Bashar al-Assad 119 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/israel/bashar-al-assad/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hillary-clinton-42043.jpg) Hillary Clinton 111 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/israel/hillary-clinton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-ariel-sharon-14601.jpg) Ariel Sharon 107 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/israel/ariel-sharon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-peter-bergen-74707.jpg) Peter Bergen 99 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/israel/peter-bergen/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tariq-ramadan-88946.jpg) Tariq Ramadan 95 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/israel/tariq-ramadan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-elliott-abrams-32793.jpg) Elliott Abrams 88 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/israel/elliott-abrams/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-ehud-olmert-32097.jpg) Ehud Olmert 84 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/israel/ehud-olmert/) ## More by Shimon Peres > [One of the things the United States does well is building coalitions. What the U.S. knows is that if you don't have a coalition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/one-of-the-things-the-united-states-does-well-is-building-coalitions/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) > [I don't think anybody who carries a rifle carries the future. Because I don't believe that you can really change the world by killing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/i-don-t-think-anybody-who-carries-a-rifle-carries-the-future-because/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) > [I thought all my life that optimists and pessimists pass away the same way, so why be a pessimist?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/i-thought-all-my-life-that-optimists-and-pessimists-pass-away-the/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) > [I call on the Iranian people: it is not too late to replace the corrupt regime and return to your glorious Persian heritage, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/i-call-on-the-iranian-people-it-is-not-too-late-to-replace-the/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) > [In many ways, the media today makes dictatorship impossible. But it also makes democracy intolerable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/in-many-ways-the-media-today-makes-dictatorship-impossible-but-it/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) > [For many years the stakes were clear. There were the Arabs attacking us and us defending ourselves, so basically there were no real problems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/for-many-years-the-stakes-were-clear-there-were-the-arabs-attacking/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) > [It's a morality that keeps humans human.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/it-s-a-morality-that-keeps-humans-human/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) > [When it becomes a bloody reality, we have to come together and look at what can be done to return to the order of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/when-it-becomes-a-bloody-reality-we-have-to-come-together-and-look-at/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) > [A politician and a government should be judged by one way only: on the record of what you do or did, not on what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/a-politician-and-a-government-should-be-judged-by-one-way-only-on-the/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) > [“The choice the pioneers faced was stark: succeed or starve.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/the-choice-the-pioneers-faced-was-stark-succeed-or-starve/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) > [We are living in a world where image-making is important, so we ignore the facts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/we-are-living-in-a-world-where-image-making-is-important-so-we-ignore/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) > [The internet, Facebook and Twitter have created mass communications and social spaces that regimes cannot control.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/the-internet-facebook-and-twitter-have-created-mass-communications/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) > [We had a lot of support - don't give me "the world", just the televisions. In America we enjoy support,China is neutral, India is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/we-had-a-lot-of-support-don-t-give-me-the-world-just-the-televisions/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) > [You're as young as your dreams, not as old as your calendar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/you-re-as-young-as-your-dreams-not-as-old-as-your-calendar/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) > [In every war, there are always elements of blindness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/in-every-war-there-are-always-elements-of-blindness/) [Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/israel/shimon-peres/#itemlist", "name": "Best Israel Quotes by Shimon Peres", "numberOfItems": 29, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What should be the future of Israel? 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