Different Quote by Edgar Hilsenrath

As a youth, I was much more of a Zionist. But Israel was very different then. Israel's changed, and so have I.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

It took me many years to understand that my identity is more Israeli than Jewish.

— Mili Avital

Everyone I knew, including my new friends in Jordan, expressed horror at the realities of the Holocaust. But they resented, as I was growing…

— Queen Noor of Jordan

I respect Israel as hugely special, especially given all the sensitivities around it. The Jews managed to build a country, to elevate it, without…

— Volodymyr Zelensky

I don't think you can get an idea of what Israel is like until you get here. People don't realize what a great place…

— Paul Anka

As a child, I remember asking my parents when I was five years old, "How come if you are not Zionists, you came to…

— Amira Hass

After I arrived in the United States, I realized that in the army, Israelis learn how to be part of something bigger than themselves.

— Adam Neumann

The mystified idea I had of Israel - the demonization of Israel - it just wasn't true.

— Ziad Doueiri

Israel changed my life. It is one of the most amazing countries that I have ever been to.

— Frank Grillo

When I went to Israel, it was a little disorienting, because there are so many people who look crazy and were dressed like me.…

— A. J. Jacobs

There's something interesting about being really intimate and familiar with Israel, but still being American - that really thin piece of glass between me…

— Molly Antopol