Israeli Palestinian Conflict Quotes:

There is not one single place built in this country that did not have a former Arab population.

- Moshe Dayan

topic: Country, Population, Former, Jewish National, Zionism

I believe that in the long run, separation between Israel and the Palestinians is the best solution for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

- Yitzhak Rabin

topic: Running, Believe, Israel, Israeli Palestinian Conflict

I am an American Jew and aware of the sensitivities involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

- Steven Spielberg

topic: Conflict, Sensitivity, Palestinian, Arab Israeli Conflict, Israeli Palestinian Conflict

We do not wish and do not need to expel Arabs and take their places.

- David Ben-Gurion

source: Letter to his son Amos on October 5, 1937. "Fabricating Israeli History: The 'New Historians'" by Efraim Karsh, 1997.

topic: Israel, Scary, Cleansing, Jewish National, Zionism

Goldstone has done terrible damage to the cause of truth and justice and the rule of law. He has poisoned Jewish-Palestinian relations, undermined the courageous work of Israeli dissenters and-most unforgivably-increased the risk of another merciless IDF assault.

- Norman Finkelstein

topic: Law, Justice, Risk, Idf, Israeli Palestinian Conflict

Many intellectuals in America and in Europe, they are in the habit of taking sides: who are the bad guys? who are the good guys? They launch a demonstration against the bad guys, sign a petition in favor of the good guys, and going to sleep feeling well about themselves. This is not the case here. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a tragedy; it is a clash between right and right.

- Amos Oz

source: Source: logger.believermag.com

topic: Sleep, Guy, Feelings, Israeli Palestinian Conflict

The issue [Israeli-Palestinian conflict], already lasting more than half a century, has brought deep suffering to the Palestinian people and remains an important reason of extended turbulence in the Middle East region.

- Xi Jinping

source: "China Rebukes Israel Ahead of Netanyahu Visit". edition.cnn.com. May 07, 2013.

topic: Issues, People, Suffering, Israeli Palestinian Conflict, Half A Century

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict seems to have been overshadowed by the upheavals in the region.  I have followed events there for almost 40 years. I am convinced that what is needed for a solution is not only the willingness to negotiate in good faith but also to take into account the needs and sensibility of the negotiating partner. I, for one, just cannot believe that the value of settlements for Israel is bigger than the damage these settlements do as an obstacle to peace.

- Heinz Fischer

topic: Believe, Israel, Years, Good Faith, Israeli Palestinian Conflict

The greatest tragedy of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is that everyone knows how it will end. We will divide up the region.

- Yair Lapid

topic: Tragedy, Conflict, Ends, Israeli Palestinian Conflict

If you really wanted to settle down the Middle East, if what you wanted was change in the Middle East, it is perfectly obvious that the first step is resolving the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.

- Molly Ivins

topic: Middle East, Firsts, Steps, Israeli Palestinian Conflict

If you ask me 'What is the one great move you can make to improve the Israeli economy?' of course it will be signing an agreement with the Arab world about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This will change everything.

- Yair Lapid

topic: Change, Moving, Agreement, Israeli Palestinian Conflict, Arab World

I found that looking at the Israeli/Palestinian conflict from an outside vantage point was actually quite distancing. The history of the conflict, the personalities, the violence, the distrust, and the seeming lack of viable solutions made meaningful involvement feel impossible. What changed that, for me, was changing the vantage point.

- Jason Alexander

source: "Playing Your Role: A Middle East Peace Drama" by Jason Alexander, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 14, 2013.

topic: Israeli Palestinian Conflict, Vantage Point

The important issue for us is bringing (people) who recognize the Palestinian people's rights and work on ending the occupation (to the Palestinian territories) and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

- Mohammed Dahlan

topic: Rights, Issues, People, Israeli Palestinian Conflict

Obama has been the single worst president in modern American history in dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

- Reza Aslan

source: Source: www.motherjones.com

topic: President, Conflict, Modern, Israeli Palestinian Conflict

If you look at military and intelligence positions from the 1950s, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been against American national interests.

- Abdallah II

topic: Military, Looks, Conflict, Israeli Palestinian Conflict, Military Intelligence

Unsettled Middle East, in these times where the people are trying to find their way towards democracy, could be interesting for many reasons - for weapons to be sold, for new geostrategic interests to be protected, and something that we are not talking about, which is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The people who are lost in the whole discussion here are the Palestinians. We have demonstrations in Palestine in West Bank. Nobody is covering this. It's as if they don't exist anymore. And this is, in fact, central. And Israel is silent.

- Tariq Ramadan

topic: Israel, Talking, Interesting, Israeli Palestinian Conflict

He is someone who is involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a fundamental way. Let's start with who Dani Dayan is. He was the former head of one of the main settler councils, the Yesha Council, which is a kind of umbrella organization for settlements in the occupied West Bank. Now, you know, for some countries this might not be an issue, but Brazil has made a point of its policies on the Israeli-Palestinian issue.

- Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

topic: Country, Organization, Issues, Israeli Palestinian Conflict, Settlers

If the corrupt Jordanian monarchy were overthrown, it would be the ideal opportunity to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, because the West Bank and Jordan could then be united. There is already a Palestinian majority in Jordan, and there is enough room for everyone there. That would be the best revolution I could imagine.

- Tom Segev

source: Source: www.spiegel.de

topic: Opportunity, Revolution, Majority, Israeli Palestinian Conflict

A two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a region free of Iranian nukes are worthy goals that should be able to withstand public scrutiny in every Middle Eastern capital.

- Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

source: "The Arab Role in Making Peace" by Edgar M. Bronfman, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 3, 2010.

topic: Two, Goal, Nukes, Israeli Palestinian Conflict, Regions

The cartoonist’s task is not so much to be balanced as to give balance, particularly in situations of disproportionate power relationships such as we see in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

- Michael Leunig

topic: Giving, Balance, Tasks, Israeli Palestinian Conflict, Power Relationships