Ethnic Cleansing Quotes - Page 2

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

  David Ben-Gurion

  Israel, Scary, Cleansing

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

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• When I hear from people that religion doesn't hurt anything, I say really? Well besides wars, the crusades, the inquisitions, 9-11, ethnic cleansing, the suppression of women, the suppression of homosexuals, fatwas, honor killings, suicide bombings, arranged marriages to minors, human sacrifice, burning witches, and systematic sex with children, I have a few little quibbles. And I forgot blowing up girl schools in Afghanistan.

  Bill Maher

  Girl, Suicide, Hurt

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• We must not forget; but we must forgive. Suffering often such compassion from the Jewish community. It was Jewish groups in the US who were in the forefront in opposing the ethnic cleansing of Muslim in Bosnia.

  George Soros

  Compassion, Community, Forgiving

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• The Palestinians are like crocodiles, the more you give them meat, they want more.

  Ehud Barak

  Israel, Giving, Cleansing

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• If we thought that instead of 200 Palestinian fatalities, 2,000 dead would put an end to the fighting at a stroke, we would use much more force.

  Ehud Barak

  Fighting, Israel, Use

  "German man killed in renewed Israeli assault". www.theguardian.com. November 16, 2000.

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• Israel may have the right to put others on trial, but certainly no one has the right to put the Jewish people and the State of Israel on trial.

  Ariel Sharon

  Israel, People, Trials

  "Clashes mar Mid-East inquiry", news.bbc.co.uk. March 25, 2001.

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