quotes about Lebanon
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In the past there was a difference between the conditions in which Hizballah operated in Lebanon and the conditions of resistance operated in Palestine.
-- Ahmed Yassin -
Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that there are ways to resist.
-- Bashar al-Assad -
When Lebanon started its resistance it was a small and divided country.
-- Bashar al-Assad -
We believe that Lebanon has been the first real experience for all the Arabs.
-- Bashar al-Assad -
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Nothing is safe [in Lebanon], as simple as that.
-- Dan HalutzSource : "Israel: No Targets in Lebanon Are Immune", www.foxnews.com. July 13, 2006.
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If the [captured Israeli] soldiers are not returned, we will turn Lebanon's clock back 20 years.
-- Dan Halutz -
The Israelis are very smart about politics and strategy, but there are a few exceptions. One is Lebanon, the other is Gaza, where they were completely inept.
-- Daniel Pipes -
The source of the terror in Lebanon as in Iraq is to be found in the Koran and in the despotisms of the Arab Middle East.
-- David Horowitz -
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Has one hostage from Lebanon come back with a photograph of his abductors? Has any hostage ever come back with a photograph of his abductors smiling? I mean, this was so incredible!
-- Dwight Schultz -
Israel lost their power to intimidate during the second war with Lebanon.
-- Hassan Nasrallah -
Lebanon is caught in a cycle of threats. And it is our duty to be strong and capable of defending our country. But we will not clarify or explain what we do or do not possess.
-- Hassan Nasrallah -
Any Israeli attack on Lebanon, Iran, Syria or Gaza will be met with a fierce response.
-- Hassan Nasrallah -
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That is why if Lebanon concludes a peace agreement with Israel and brings that accord to the Parliament our deputies will reject it; Hezbollah refuses any conciliation with Israel in principle.
-- Hassan Nasrallah -
We must now make clear to Lebanon that it will not benefit from U.S. assistance and support as long as it harbors this brutal terrorist and murder.
-- Jim DeMint -
Once the violence has ceased, the US should immediately call on the World Bank and other international institutions to convene a donors conference to rebuild Lebanon's shattered infrastructure.
-- John Conyers -
We had Taiwan, Egypt, Lebanon, and Oman open their markets to our beef, and we're excited about that.
-- Mike JohannsSource : "An Exclusive Interview: USDA Secretary Mike Johanns". Interview with Sam Gazdziak, www.provisioneronline.com. June 1, 2005.
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Israel should withdraw from all the areas which it won from the Arabs in 1967, and in particular Israel should withdraw completely from the Golan Heights, from south Lebanon and from the West Bank.
-- Nelson Mandela -
And as I was looking at those towers that were destroyed in Lebanon, it occurred to me that we have to punish the transgressor with the same, and that we had to destroy the towers in America, so that they taste what we tasted and they stop killing our women and children.
-- Osama bin Laden -
We want to see Israel withdraw from our territory. But we don't want to be accountable vis-a-vis Israel on the security basis, because we don't see, in the absence of a peace agreement, that Lebanon can really be accountable to Israel if anything happens.
-- Rafik Hariri -
In Lebanon, it's never over for anyone. You cannot write off anyone or anything in this country.
-- Saad Hariri -
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Lebanon is our country, and in it we are staying (as a minority christians).
-- Samir GeageaSource : Speech in Ain el Remmaneh, Lebanon, March 1989.
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Lebanon can choose to be either a partner in ridding the scourge of terrorism or another obstacle that cows to the most radical elements of society.
-- Vito Fossella -
Those who liberated the South from Israel must show allegiance to Lebanon.
-- Walid JumblattSource : "Disarming questions" by Rory McCarthy, www.theguardian.com. January 23, 2006.
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Jordan is the only Arab state that has provided citizenship to Palestinian refugees and integrated them. But something has to be done about the Palestinians living in refugee camps in Syria and Lebanon.
-- Walter Russell Mead -
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There are a lot of female directors in Lebanon but we can't really talk about a true film industry, it's still very small. But we do have a few female directors.
-- Nadine LabakiSource : Source: blogs.indiewire.com