Approach Quote by George Ball

Together, these advocates create a pro-Israeli case so compelling that the idea and reality of Israel has worked itself deep into American culture, politics…

— Aaron David Miller

Israel's pro-American orientation exists not just among Israeli elites but also among the whole population. Come what may in Israel, it's inconceivable that this…

— Norman Finkelstein

American liberals are an external part of Israel's conscience, and when it disdains them, it becomes a harder and more isolated place. The support…

— Jacob Weisberg

Too often in the past, U.S. leaders have forced Israel to pay the price for American strategic interests in the Middle East - through…

— Ron Silver

Israel has a problem not because of the perception that the entire world is against us, but because of the government's problematic policies.

— Tzipi Livni

Israel has always been pro-American. Israel will always be pro-American.

— Benjamin Netanyahu

One of the casualties of Israel becoming an increasingly partisan issue has been American Jews themselves, who vote overwhelmingly Democratic and who see Israel's…

— Bari Weiss

In practical terms, Israel has become the eyes and ears of the United States in the Middle East. This arrangement has freed the United…

— Ronen Bergman

If you look at military and intelligence positions from the 1950s, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been against American national interests.

— Anonymous

I also believe that US backing for Israeli policies of expansion of the Israeli state and oppression of the Palestinian people is the major…

— Clare Short

In the American Jewish community, there is little willingness to face the fact that the Palestinian Arabs have suffered a monstrous historical injustice .…

— Noam Chomsky

As it is my good fortune to be American, I live in the only country that as a matter of policy is pro-Israel regardless…

— Elizabeth Wurtzel