Palestinian Quotes
411 quotes by 199 authors
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The so-called 'Palestinian autonomous areas' are bantustans. These are restricted entities within the power structure of the Israeli apartheid system.
— Nelson Mandela
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The histories of our two peoples, Palestinian and South African, correspond in such painful and poignant ways, that I intensely feel myself being at home…
— Nelson Mandela
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The Palestinians cannot throw rockets and expect people not to defend themselves
— Joan Rivers
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Palestinians will never realize their independence by denying the right of Israel to exist,
— Barack Obama
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Even if you meet the perfect person, it ain’t gonna be at the perfect time. You’re married, they’re single. That’s right. You’re Jewish, they’re Palestinian.…
— Chris Rock
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On the other hand, it is also undeniable that the Palestinian people - Muslims and Christians - have suffered in pursuit of a homeland.
— Barack Obama
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Its a matter of principle. If Jews born in Brooklyn have a right to a state in Palestine then Palestinians born in Jerusalem have a…
— Christopher Hitchens
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The Palestinians are like crocodiles, the more you give them meat, they want more.
— Ehud Barak
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We must do everything to ensure they [the Palestinian refugees] never do return
— David Ben-Gurion
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If I were president, I'd be very glad to see the Palestinians have a nation recognized by the United Nations. There's no downside to it.
— Jimmy Carter
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The only resolution is for the aspirations of both sides to be met through two states, where Israelis and Palestinians each live in peace and…
— Barack Obama
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The borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps, so that secure and recognized borders are established…
— Barack Obama
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We can never totally return to the indefensible pre-1967 borders, ... We simply cannot afford to make Israel 14.48 km (9 miles) wide again at…
— Ehud Olmert
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Israeli lives are worth more than Palestinian ones.
— Ehud Olmert
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I vow that if I was just an Israeli civilian and I met a Palestinian I would burn him and I would make him suffer…
— Ariel Sharon
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The problem is the Palestinians don't recognize the legitimacy of Israel.
— Ruth Wisse
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Palestinian Arabs [are] people who breed and bleed and advertise their misery.
— Ruth Wisse
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This president's committed to taking steps to move the Middle East peace process forward, to bringing the two parties to the table to negotiate a…
— Jay Carney
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We, the soldiers who have returned from battle stained with blood, we who have seen our relatives and friends killed before our eyes, we who…
— Yitzhak Rabin
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Israel has the right to shell Palestinian hospitals and schools out of self defense...
— Elizabeth Warren
Who Wrote These Palestinian Quotes
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