Air force Quote by Ronen Bergman

When Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982, the U.N. vetoed several resolutions right away, calling for an end to the fighting and so on, and…

— Noam Chomsky

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

For decades Israel has been capturing, and kidnapping Lebanese and Palestinian refugees on the high seas, from Cyprus to Lebanon, killing them in Lebanon,…

— Noam Chomsky

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

In 1982, when Alexander Haig and [Ariel] Sharon put this plan to invade the south of Lebanon and Beirut, they imagined that in two…

— Yasser Arafat

Media turned against Israel was a gradual process. And it has gotten worse over the years. I think the main development was the 1982…

— Manfred Gerstenfeld

In its Declaration of Independence on May 15, 1948, Israel stretched out its hand in peace to its Arab neighbors, calling for an end…

— Yitzhak Shamir

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

Israel lost their power to intimidate during the second war with Lebanon.

— Hassan Nasrallah

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

— Ehud Olmert

Preemptive war is what Israel did in '67 with Arab armies on its borders.

— Molly Ivins

There must be some security arrangement in the south of Lebanon so northern Israel is not threatened anymore.

— Menachem Begin