Jonathan Freedland quotes

Jonathan Freedland quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“I don't pretend that all the first Zionists wanted Israel to be a moral state. For some it was quite enough that it be a normal state. Just like everyone else.”
-- Jonathan Freedland

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“If these two couldn't divorce why on earth would we expect them to get married?”
-- Jonathan Freedland

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“If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.”

Source : "A fence built for peace" by Abba Eban, www.theguardian.com. February 3, 2004.
“The Land of Israel will be small, but the people of Israel will make it great. Not in opulence, but in eminence will their destiny be fulfilled, and the elixir of their pride will be distilled not out of dominion or far-flung borders, but out of the faithful and skillful building of the good society.”
“Fifty-seven countries in the world, a third of the United Nations, do not recognize Israel. In a way, I think North Korea has better international relations than Israel.”
“When Israel was from bondage led,Led by the Almighty's handFrom out of foreign land,The great sea beheld and fled.”
“I think Israel will think one thousands times before invading Gaza.”
“Our critique of Israel has to be about the state, not culture or religion, but the state of Israel”
“Nobody ever forgets their first night in the bush. It's among the precious, meagre handful of life firsts that remain indelible.”
“I take the walk to be the externalization of an interior seeking so that the analogy is first of all between the external and the internal.”
“For me, it's painful to make a movie. It's not my normal rhythm.”
“A "Normal" person is the sort of person that might be designed by a committee. You know, "Each person puts in a pretty color and it comes out gray."”

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