Quotes and Sayings About Israel
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Obama repeatedly has condemned Hamas as a terrorist organization that should be isolated until it renounces violence and recognizes Israel.
-- Aaron Klein -
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.
-- Abba EbanSource : "A fence built for peace" by Abba Eban, www.theguardian.com. February 3, 2004.
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Nobody does Israel any service by proclaiming its 'right to exist.' Israel's right to exist, like that of the United States, Saudi Arabia and 152 other states, is axiomatic and unreserved. Israel's legitimacy is not suspended in midair awaiting acknowledgement.... There is certainly no other state, big or small, young or old, that would consider mere recognition of its 'right to exist' a favor, or a negotiable concession.
-- Abba Eban -
One of the chief tasks of any dialogue with the Gentile world is to prove that the distinction between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism is not a distinction at all.
-- Abba Eban -
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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.
-- Abba Hillel Silver -
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.
-- Abdallah II -
Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan.
-- Abdallah II -
Mr. President, prime ministers, let us have ambitions: ambitions to move beyond the violence and occupation, to the day when two states, Palestine and Israel, can live together side by side in peace and security.
-- Abdallah II -
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Many occasions I've sat down with Israelis to say, where do you see your country in 10 years time, and work me back, so we can figure out the synergies and the connections between Israel and the rest of the Arab world. No Israeli has ever been able to answer that question.
-- Abdallah II -
We have peace with Israel. We're actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking, 'Why are we having this relationship when it's not benefiting anybody?' Obviously, my answer is you always benefit from peace.
-- Abdallah II -
Is Israel going to continue to be 'Fortress Israel'? Or, as we all hope, become accepted into the neighborhood, which I believe is the only way we can move forward in harmony.
-- Abdallah II -
When Israel was from bondage led,Led by the Almighty's handFrom out of foreign land,The great sea beheld and fled.
-- Abraham Cowley -
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I worry because there is a basic asymmetry, an imbalance, between the two parties. For the Palestinians, it is about status and sovereignty, which could always be adjusted, while for Israel it is about security and trust. And security is something you can't adjust. If you make a mistake on the scrutiny issue, there is no going back.
-- Abraham Foxman -
Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Arabs can be elected to the parliament in a democratic election.
-- Adam Michnik -
The Holocaust is a central event in many people's lives, but it also has become a metaphor for our century. There cannot be an end to speaking and writing about it. Besides, in Israel, everyone carries a biography deep inside him.
-- Aharon Appelfeld -
I think Israel will think one thousands times before invading Gaza.
-- Ahmed Yassin -
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Israel, as the Jewish state, must disappear from the map.
-- Ahmed YassinSource : "A High Price: The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism". Book by Daniel Byman, p. 170, June 15, 2011.
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Since Israel does not differentiate between attacking this group or that, we are saying our people can work individually or collectively to face this aggression.
-- Ahmed Yassin -
The attacks inside Israel are operations we carry out in response to Israeli crimes against our people.
-- Ahmed Yassin -
Our critique of Israel has to be about the state, not culture or religion, but the state of Israel
-- Aja Monet -
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The United States has an absolute, uncompromising commitment to Israel's security and an absolute conviction that Israel alone must decide the steps necessary to ensure that security. That is Israel's prerogative. We accept that. We endorse that. Whatever Israel decides cannot, will not, will never, not ever, alter our fundamental commitment to her security.
-- Al GoreSource : "A Quick Look At Reactions In Congress". www.cnn.com. August 20, 1998.
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If America has the right to target Osama bin Laden, or terrorists, of course Israel has the right to defend itself from terrorism.
-- Alan Dershowitz -
What an amazing and sacred place [Israel] to end the tour
-- Alanis Morissette -
Israel is the only place on earth where Jews have the possibility to shape public life according to their own traditional ideals.
-- Albert Einstein -
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The Second World War must be fomented by taking advantage of the differences between the Fascists and the political Zionists. This war must be brought about so that Nazism is destroyed and that the political Zionism be strong enough to institute a sovereign state of Israel in Palestine. During the Second World War, International Communism must become strong enough in order to balance Christendom, which would be then restrained and held in check until the time when we would need it for the final social cataclysm.
-- Albert Pike -
Unprovoked attacks on Israel's borders, murdering Israeli soldiers, taking Israeli hostages and showering rockets targeting and killing Israeli civilians are not furthering any legitimate goal.
-- Alcee Hastings -
The actions of the terrorist organizations, Hezbollah, in Lebanon, and Hamas, in Gaza, against Israel are unconscionable. Instead of working towards peace, these terrorist organizations have chosen to perpetuate the violence.
-- Alcee Hastings -
Israel is the Jimmy Saville of nation states,
-- Alexei Sayle -
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It is not permissible for a Muslim to buy products of the countries that are in a state of war with Islam and Muslims, for example, Israel.
-- Ali al-SistaniSource : "A Code of Practice For Muslims in the West". Book by Ali al-Sistani, January 2, 2014.
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The fake Zionist regime will disappear from the landscape of geography.
-- Ali Khamenei