Izzeldin Abuelaish

“The thing is, you cannot ask people to coexist by having one side bow their heads and rely on a solution that…

— Izzeldin Abuelaish

“was our suffering of any consequence to their consciences? Did they see us as victims> Or were we simply nameless, faceless humans…

— Izzeldin Abuelaish

“thundering, fulminating sound that penetrated my body as though it were coming from within me. I remember the sound. I remember the…

— Izzeldin Abuelaish

“I am a physician, and as a consequence I see things most clearly in medical terms. I am arguing that we need…

— Izzeldin Abuelaish

“Anger and violence in Gaza and among Gazans is completely predictable. In a situation like ours, the absence of violence and anger…

— Izzeldin Abuelaish

“The Palestinian mother is the author of the survival story of the Palestinian people. She is the heroine, the one behind the…

— Izzeldin Abuelaish

“Your home, whatever it is, is where feel safe, or at least grounded. To be pushed out of t is to be…

— Izzeldin Abuelaish

“...you shouldn’t hate something you don’t know, because it may turn out to be the bearer of your greatest good fortune.”

— Izzeldin Abuelaish

“Tragedy cannot be the end of our lives. We cannot allow it to control and defeat us.”

— Izzeldin Abuelaish

“By the age of seven, as an eldest boy, I was expected to help the family with the money." !!!!!!!!!!”

— Izzeldin Abuelaish

“How come a Palestinian child does not live like an Israeli child? Why do Palestinian children have to toil at any manner…

— Izzeldin Abuelaish

“That's the thing about war: it's never enough to disable the buildings, to blow holes into their middles; instead, they're hit over…

— Izzeldin Abuelaish

“No one has the luxury of deciding "when" to travel; you wait prepared to travel whenever the border is open, which could…

— Izzeldin Abuelaish

It is human nature to seek revenge in the face of relentless suffering. You can’t expect an unhealthy person to think logically.

— Izzeldin Abuelaish

“People should know that Palestinians don't live for themselves alone. They live for each other. What I do for myself and my…

— Izzeldin Abuelaish

“It is true that the sky was always beautiful but I don't remember marvelling at sunset or gazing at the dawn of…

— Izzeldin Abuelaish

“Gaza 1948: "Gaza was not a refugee camp yet, just a place designated for Palestinian people when the state of Israel came…

— Izzeldin Abuelaish

“Traveling has become such a miserable experience that no Palestinian does it, except those who absolutely have to: students attending foreign universities,…

— Izzeldin Abuelaish

“For any human being, freedom is essential, crucial, to our dignity and our ability to be fully human.”

— Izzeldin Abuelaish