History Quote by Ehud Olmert

Before statehood was achieved, Syria and Egypt had their tanks and military equipment lined up to invade Tel Aviv and destroy it; but the…

— Steven Spielberg

I think the US and UK thought if they gave a bit more time to Israel, they would crush Hezbollah. But it became very…

— Kofi Annan

If Israel sent the IDF three kilometers into Lebanon and started digging trenches and building bunkers it would make news all over the world.…

— Michael Totten

In 1982, Israel began an invasion across its northern border, seeking to root out elements of the Palestine Liberation Organization. The Israeli military wreaked…

— Ronen Bergman

As one Israeli said, "It's a big mistake for Israel to say it 'won' the war, when there was no war. There were no…

— Norman Finkelstein

[Alexander Haig and Ariel Sharon ] casualties in this war were more than in all the previous Arab - Israeli confrontations. If you remember,…

— Yasser Arafat

Iraq was invaded to secure Israel and everybody knows it.

— Ernest Hollings

The Israeli army had the most sophisticated weaponry and they used it against residential towers, schools and hospitals.

— Khaled Mashal

Israel is an independent country with a large army, and it has the ability to do what it thinks is right.

— Ariel Sharon

Israel has military capabilities including nuclear weapons, far surpassing any other power in the Middle East, but it's a small country. The rest of…

— Samuel P. Huntington

As our strongest ally in the Middle East, it is critical that we conduct military exercises with Israel to improve interoperability and readiness.

— Ronny Jackson

Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that…

— Bashar al-Assad