Accounts Quote by David Ben-Gurion

A Christian state should be established [in Lebanon], with its southern border on the Litani river. We will make an alliance with it. When…

— David Ben-Gurion

We should prepare to go over to the offensive. Our aim is to smash Lebanon, Trans-Jordan and Syria. The weak point is Lebanon, for…

— David Ben-Gurion

The armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon are poised on the borders of Israel ... to face the challenge, while standing behind us…

— Gamal Abdel Nasser

Syria is already in the grips of a civil war, unfortunately enough, and Egypt is moving in that direction. We would like to see…

— Vladimir Putin

It will be another disaster, after Irangate. Not only that, not only this longest Arab - Israeli confrontation: but also the most important and…

— Yasser Arafat

Lebanon is our country, and in it we are staying (as a minority christians).

— Samir Geagea

“Since the 1920s, the much-reduced Christian populations have tried various strategies to maintain their existence, but none shows great hopes of success.41 One tactic…

— Philip Jenkins

“A favorite Palestinian tactic was to set up a couple of cannons or rocket launchers in a Christian village, fire a few rounds into…

— Brigitte Gabriel

America's real plan is to fuel a civil war, while the national plan is for all Lebanese to live in peace with one another.…

— Hassan Nasrallah

“The Lebanese civil war was not between the Lebanese; it was a holy war declared on the Christians.”

— Brigitte Gabriel

Lebanon will be engulfed again in a huge power game that will last quite a long time. This is the tragic destiny of Lebanon.

— Walid Jumblatt

Israel is becoming a fortress. Fences along the borders with Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria.

— Richard Engel