--- title: "1 Think Israelis Quotes By Amira Hass" description: "1 Think Israelis quotes by Amira Hass. Plus more from Amira Hass and more Think Israelis sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05c/amira-hass-27869_choices_i-think-most-israelis-prefer-not-to-know_84543.png" --- > [I think most Israelis prefer not to know. So for them, texts about the occupation are like something that's been written in a foreign language that they can't understand. If they want, you can translate it to them. But it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amira-hass/i-think-most-israelis-prefer-not-to-know-so-for-them-texts-about-the/) [Amira Hass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amira-hass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05c/amira-hass-27869_choices_i-think-most-israelis-prefer-not-to-know_84543.png) ## More by Amira Hass > [I think most Israelis prefer not to know. So for them, texts about the occupation are like something that's been written in a foreign…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amira-hass/i-think-most-israelis-prefer-not-to-know-so-for-them-texts-about-the/) [Amira Hass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amira-hass/) > [Luckily I was not born in Eastern Europe, because I might have been born into the communist establishment and I'm glad I was not.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amira-hass/luckily-i-was-not-born-in-eastern-europe-because-i-might-have-been/) [Amira Hass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amira-hass/) > [According to what the IDF says to its soldiers. I don't know if this is what the IDF says to the media.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amira-hass/according-to-what-the-idf-says-to-its-soldiers-i-don-t-know-if-this/) [Amira Hass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amira-hass/) > [Hamas cannot stand free media.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amira-hass/hamas-cannot-stand-free-media/) [Amira Hass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amira-hass/) > [Things happen in a way that surprises. That's why I'm reluctant to predict. You cannot predict.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amira-hass/things-happen-in-a-way-that-surprises-that-s-why-i-m-reluctant-to/) [Amira Hass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amira-hass/) > [I think these questions about what will happen are questions for activists and about the agency of people in the course of events. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amira-hass/i-think-these-questions-about-what-will-happen-are-questions-for/) [Amira Hass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amira-hass/) > [Throwing stones is the birthright and duty of anyone subject to foreign rule. Throwing stones is an action as well as a metaphor of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amira-hass/throwing-stones-is-the-birthright-and-duty-of-anyone-subject-to/) [Amira Hass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amira-hass/) > [The thing people forget when they are looking for solutions is there is nothing final in history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amira-hass/the-thing-people-forget-when-they-are-looking-for-solutions-is-there/) [Amira Hass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amira-hass/) > [As a Jew and a journalist I have my privileges, and if one doesn't work I use the other one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amira-hass/as-a-jew-and-a-journalist-i-have-my-privileges-and-if-one-doesn-t/) [Amira Hass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amira-hass/) > [An ideology that divides the world into those who are worth more and those who are worth less, into superior and inferior beings, does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amira-hass/an-ideology-that-divides-the-world-into-those-who-are-worth-more-and/) [Amira Hass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amira-hass/) > [Many people just won't connect the social problems with the history of dispossession of the aboriginals. There is one problem with pro-Palestinian activists in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amira-hass/many-people-just-won-t-connect-the-social-problems-with-the-history/) [Amira Hass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amira-hass/) > [Many Israelis can get to know what's really happening. I mean, you have soldiers who go and see things. It's not like France and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amira-hass/many-israelis-can-get-to-know-what-s-really-happening-i-mean-you-have/) [Amira Hass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amira-hass/) > [If a baby is born in Gaza and is not registered with the Israeli Ministry of the Interior, that baby does not exist, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amira-hass/if-a-baby-is-born-in-gaza-and-is-not-registered-with-the-israeli/) [Amira Hass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amira-hass/) > [With the children of Holocaust survivors, there is always a very close relationship. You grow with the sense that you are parenting your parents…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amira-hass/with-the-children-of-holocaust-survivors-there-is-always-a-very-close/) [Amira Hass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amira-hass/) > [I have privileges even in comparison to a Palestinian Israeli because Palestinian Israelis who live permanently in Ramallah risk their status, not as citizens…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amira-hass/i-have-privileges-even-in-comparison-to-a-palestinian-israeli-because/) [Amira Hass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amira-hass/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/think-israelis/amira-hass/#itemlist", "name": "1 Think Israelis Quotes By Amira Hass", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think most Israelis prefer not to know. 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