Aspect Quote by David

When we say that the Arabs are the aggressors and we defend ourselves — this is only half the truth. As regards our security…

— David Ben-Gurion

I think about the Arabs not as enemies but as cousins. Even when we are in a fierce conflict with them, they are more…

— A. B. Yehoshua

[Arabs are] a people, whom it is dangerous to provoke, and fruitless to attack.

— Edward Gibbon

“In the conflict between Israelis and Arabs you have wounded civilizations — the Arabs have been wounded in their dealings with the West, and…

— Itamar Rabinovich

We have never said that the fight against the Iranian aggression and against the expansionist Persian tendencies (which have been demonstrated by various means…

— Saddam Hussein

We are on God's side. This is not a war between Arabs and Jews. It's a war between God and the devil.

— Benny Hinn

When Israelis in the occupied territories now claim that they have to defend themselves, they are defending themselves in the sense that any military…

— Noam Chomsky

From before I was born, we Arabs have been caught between two forces that, seemingly, cannot be defeated: our ruthless dictators, who oppress and…

— Hisham Matar

The Arab-Israeli conflict is also in many ways a conflict about status: it's a war between two peoples who feel deeply humiliated by the…

— Alain de Botton

Israeli Arabs are our citizens; they are not the enemy - and we must not allow anybody to undermine Israel's character as a Jewish…

— Yoav Gallant

You know, Arabs are critical of United States foreign policy, but they also associate the U.S. with democratic principles and opportunity.

— Jehane Noujaim

“Wars are motivated by the need to seize the wealth of our neighbours, to wield power, to protect ourselves from real or imagined threats:…

— Tzvetan Todorov