Attacking Quote by Shimon Peres

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

“ (Note: The following was written in 2003, before the full implication of US military commitment in Afghanistan and Iraq could be fully appreciated.…

— Bernard Lewis

The idea that the rest of the world was somehow being held hostage by the Arab-Israeli conflict once had a minimal basis in reality.…

— John Podhoretz

We've had an invented Palestinian people, who are in fact Arabs, and were historically part of the Arab community. And they had a chance…

— Newt Gingrich

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

Maybe we're all a little too desperate these days for a simple formula to explain how our safe world came unhinged. That, as much…

— Bill Keller

“Israel's demonstration of its military prowess in 1967 confirmed its status as a 'strategic asset,' as did its moves to prevent Syrian intervention in…

— Noam Chomsky

The end of the occupation. The right of return of the Palestinian people. These are critical dividing lines in human rights. We have to…

— Van Jones

Some segments within the American government orchestrated the attack to reverse the declining American economy, and its grips on the Middle East, in order…

— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

If they attack, we shall fight to the end. If the rockets had remained, we would have used them all and directed them against…

— Che Guevara

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

“THE BEGIN YEARS HAD not been easy ones for Israel, but they had been important. Israel had made peace with its once most potent…

— Daniel Gordis