Empty Quote by Ehud Barak

For years, successive Arab dictators have tried to keep discontent at bay by distracting people with the Israeli-Arab conflict.

— Mona Eltahawy

With his decision to use force against the violent extremists of the Islamic State, President Obama ... is stepping once again - and with…

— Hisham Melhem

Unfortunately, Osama bin Laden puts his finger on the other longstanding injustices in the Arab world: the conying so. And, tinued occupation of Palestinian…

— Robert Fisk

When people get frustrated, it's when they feel they are living in a context that deprives them of dignity, deprives them of justice and…

— Thomas Friedman

It has been, after all, 11 years, more than a decade now, of defiance of U.N. resolutions by Saddam Hussein. Every obligation that he…

— Condoleezza Rice

There is something very consistent about governance in the Arab world. Among the Arab countries today in which there is a modicum of internal…

— Michael Totten

“In some cases, however, limited violence against the dictatorship may be inevitable. Frustration and hatred of the regime may explode into violence. Or, certain…

— Gene Sharp

“grew increasingly impatient and angry as I compared their selflessness and sacrifice with the self-promotion and selfishness of power-hungry politicians and others—in Baghdad, Kabul,…

— Robert M. Gates

There is no possibility of a public demonstration [in Iran] of such defiance, but these defiant acts are certainly going on.

— Akbar Ganji

“At various times during the 1950's and 1960's attempts were made by leaders in Iraq, Egypt, Jordan, and Syria to unite as a single…

— Alistair MacLean

“The routine expression of hatred for others is so common in the Arab world that it barely draws comment other than from the region’s…

— Tim Marshall

Muslims have been subjected to so many tyrants and oppressive regimes. That's what the Arab Spring was about, but the problem comes in trying…

— Cat Stevens