Building Quote by Michael Totten

The military operation in Lebanon was the most successful military operation in recent Israeli history. Many in Israel don't recognise that.

— Ehud Olmert

It will be another disaster, after Irangate. Not only that, not only this longest Arab - Israeli confrontation: but also the most important and…

— Yasser Arafat

Many Israelis can get to know what's really happening. I mean, you have soldiers who go and see things. It's not like France and…

— Amira Hass

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

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

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

An all-out war between Lebanese, Hezbollah and Israel would be devastating for both Lebanon and Israel.

— Lloyd Austin

Any Israeli attack on Lebanon, Iran, Syria or Gaza will be met with a fierce response.

— Hassan Nasrallah

Israel bombed the Syrian nuclear reactor in 2007. What the Syrians did in response, nothing. Israel has killed a number of terrorist leaders in…

— Elliott Abrams

“In the summer of 1982, while Israeli armored tanks and gunships imposed a siege of another age on rampartless Beirut, cutting off the water…

— Rabih Alameddine

As soon as the legitimate Lebanese government is convinced that the conditions have ripened and that Lebanon is able to maintain stability on its…

— Bashar al-Assad

The armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon are poised on the borders of Israel ... to face the challenge, while standing behind us…

— Gamal Abdel Nasser