Authority Quote by Harry S. Truman

The United States recognizes the provisional government as the de facto authority of the new State of Israel.

— Harry S. Truman

I don't feel we need a declaration from the Palestinians that they recognize Israel as a Jewish state.

— Yair Lapid

We repeat today that we are with the establishment of a Palestinian state on any liberated part of Palestinian land that is agreed upon…

— Ismail Haniyeh

I am proud of my part in the creation of this new state. Our Government was the first to recognize the State of Israel.

— Harry S. Truman

Israel is a sovereign state. If you decide on your capital city, we will act in accordance.

— Jair Bolsonaro

At the end of the day, Israel is its own self-determining government.

— Joe Sestak

We said we are ready to establish our independent state in any part from which the Israelis withdraw or which is liberated. Any part.…

— Yasser Arafat

There are many Palestinians who believe there is no way to recognize Israel as a Jewish state. They call for the right of the…

— Reuven Rivlin

As we see, this is an illegal state; it is a cancerous entity and the root of all the crises and wars and cannot…

— Hassan Nasrallah

We don't have a state, neither in Gaza nor in the West Bank. Gaza is under siege and the West Bank is occupied. What…

— Ismail Haniyeh

The Palestinian people do not beg the world for a state, and the state can't be created through decisions and initiatives. States liberate their…

— Ismail Haniyeh

Now, when we say we want peace, what we want is really for our Palestinian neighbours to have a demilitarized state next to us…

— Benjamin Netanyahu