Borders Quote by Alcee Hastings

Most recently, terrorist forces have captured Israeli soldiers and fired rockets into Israeli cities - both unprovoked. These acts of aggression deserve the rapid…

— John Boehner

Israel has a people's army and a draft and therefore they should be considered legitimate targets. They are part of the occupying power, and…

— Mohamed Elmasry

To the extent that Israel does face threats, like from say Hamas or Hezbollah, those are threats that do not jeopardise Israel's existence.

— Anonymous

Israel does not target civilians. It targets the terrorists.

— Benjamin Netanyahu

It cannot be too often stressed that Israel had no credible pretext for its 2008-9 attack on Gaza, with full U.S. support and illegally…

— Noam Chomsky

We target the Israeli occupation, not civilians. We are defending ourselves with the simple military means that we have at our disposal. We are…

— Khaled Mashal

“Israel attacked Gaza solely in response to hundreds of rockets sent by Hamas to kill as many Israelis as possible.”

— Dennis Prager

The Palestinians are not willing to do anything, they're not willing to make the strategic decision to dismantle the infrastructure of terrorist organizations.

— Silvan Shalom

It's utterly hypocritical for Israelis to wonder aloud why Palestinians don't pursue a non-violent strategy. One obvious reason is that, whenever they have, Israel…

— Norman Finkelstein

Israel is in the midst of a difficult military and diplomatic campaign against terrorists. An organisation that works to prove allegations that Israel is…

— Uri Orbach

Since its very inception, Israel has been a threat.

— Bashar al-Assad

Extremism and terrorism will not overpower the government's resolve, which is to ensure the safety of the Israeli public and provide a prosperous future…

— Yoav Gallant