Jerusalem Quotes

Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.

— Anonymous

Writing about Jerusalem was very stressful; every word counts.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

Jerusalem is united, will never be divided again.

— Yitzhak Rabin

Jerusalem is holy to three religions. You have to respect that.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

I come to Jerusalem. There, the sky is blue and memory becomes clear.

— Menachem Begin

I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing.

— Coldplay

In 1918, a police chief of Jerusalem was a Montefiore.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

After all, I think Jerusalem is part of the, of the world's heritage.

— King Hussein

I love the heat and the excitement of Israel, and I will always love Jerusalem.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.

— Anonymous

Here (Jerusalem), tears do not weaken the eyes, they only polish and shine the hardness of faces like stone.

— Yehuda Amichai

We differ on several issues. And this may include settlement, the release of prisoners, the wall closing institutions in Jerusalem.

— Mahmoud Abbas

Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided.

— Barack Obama

I would never call Jerusalem beautiful or comfortable or consoling. But there's something about it that you can't turn away from.

— Pico Iyer

The goal is the developed Kingdom of god, the New Jerusalem, a world order under god's law.

— R.J. Rushdoony

The new film I'm shooting in Jerusalem - which is partly why I'm here in Israel - is something I co-wrote.

— Meital Dohan

Israel of the coastal plain, where eight out of ten Israeli Jews live far removed from the occupied territories, from the fiery…

— Amos Oz

There seems to be art and creativity everywhere, whether it was in the galleries of Jaffa or along the streets of Jerusalem…

— Guillermo Diaz

We promise you that we will not cede a single part of Palestine, we will not cede Jerusalem, we will continue to…

— Ismail Haniyeh

Take a moment to reflect upon the existence of the musical The Book of Mormon. Now imagine the security precautions that would…

— Sam Harris

I swear to God, I will see [the Palestinian state], whether as a martyr or alive. Please, God, give me the honor…

— Yasser Arafat

If the Americans do move the embassy to Jerusalem, and eventually the rest of the world follows suit, it will mark the…

— Lawrence Davidson

“Jerusalem is the house of the one God, the capital of two peoples, the temple of three religions and she is the…

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

When Jerusalem is destroyed, and Jesus' people escape from the ruin just in time, that will be YHWH becoming king, bringing about…

— N. T. Wright

When Israel says that it will recognise Palestinian rights and will withdraw from the West Bank and East Jerusalem and grant the…

— Khaled Mashal

“Revelation 21 and 22 tell us something of this wonderful place that Jesus is preparing for His saints, "the holy city," "that…

— John R. Rice

All of us have a responsibility to work for the day when the mothers of Israelis and Palestinians can see their children…

— Barack Obama

I knew very well that I could not stay. Everything collapsed. Everything in my life just collapsed, and it started with the…

— Sayed Kashua

The Pope going to Jerusalem, the Pope recognising the State of Islam, the Pope going to the wall organising a concert for…

— Elie Wiesel

The Nile, draining out into the Mediterranean. The bright lights of Cairo announce the opening of the north-flowing river’s delta, with Jerusalem’s…

— Chris Hadfield

The Jews believed Jerusalem to be the centre. I have seen a kratometric chart designed to show that the city of Philadelphia…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Heaven is the most beautiful thing God has ever made, outside of women, God bless them!-And in fact He even uses you…

— David Berg

“I have always found it difficult not to be moved by Jerusalem, even when I hated it—and God knows I have hated…

— Susan Abulhawa

Years ago I went to the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem and did what all tourists there do: wrote some words on a…

— Zoketsu Norman Fischer

Jerusalem is a holy site for Jews, Muslims, and Christians. Israelis and Palestinians both lay claim to it as their capital. Jerusalem…

— Richard N. Haass

“It might seem a little trite, all this trouble over a stupid wall. But you’ve got to understand, it was the wall…

— Mark Russell

The Kassideans or Assideans...arose either during the Captivity or soon after the restoration...The Essenians were, however, undoubtedly connected with the Temple (of…

— Albert Mackey

“The government system we have now is set up just like that of Rome and is changing into a system I call…

— Brian David Mattson

“Jerusalem was capital of southern Israel, known then as Judah. Isn't it true that there's always a rivalry between north and south?…

— Tom Robbins

Our understanding of early Christian beginnings is usually monolithic. It is much determined by the Acts of the Apostles, which pictures a…

— Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza