Israel Quotes - Page 19

• We may be delighted to see Israel putting the Arabs in their place, but we have repeatedly condemned their occupation of Arab territory.

  Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

  Occupation, May, Territory

  "The Shah and I: The Confidential Diary of Iran's Royal Court, 1968-77". Book by Asadollah Alam, p. 65, 1991.

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• The religious cant that will send American troops into battle is perhaps the most sickening aspect of this surreal war-to-be. Bush has an arm-lock on God. And God has very particular political opinions. God appointed America to save the world in any way that suits America. God appointed Israel to be the nexus of America's Middle Eastern policy, and anyone who wants to mess with that idea is a) anti-Semitic, b) anti-American, c) with the enemy, and d) a terrorist.

  John le Carre

  Religious, War, Ideas

  "British Novelist John le Carré on the Iraq War, Corporate Power, the Exploitation of Africa and His New Novel, “Our Kind of Traitor”". Interview with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. November 25, 2010.

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• Beloved are Israel, for they were called children of the All-present.

  Rabbi Akiva

  Children, Beloved

  Pirkei Avot, 3:18,

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• During the tribulation there will be a national turning of Israel to the Lord; they will walk in righteousness. ... God established an everlasting covenant with Israel and it will be of everlasting duration.

  Paul P. Enns

  Covenant, Duration, Lord

  Paul P. Enns (2011). “Heaven Revealed: What Is It Like? What Will We Do?... And 11 Other Things You've Wondered About”, p.99, Moody Publishers

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• There are serious mistakes - among them the one saying that Jesus came as a messenger for other people other than the sons of Israel... Christianity is not a faith for people in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. Other people who are not sons of Israel have nothing to do with that religion... It is a mistake that another religion exists alongside Islam. There is only one religion which is Islam after Mohammed... All those believers who do not follow Islam are losers.

  Muammar al-Gaddafi

  Jesus, Mistake, Son

  "Gaddafi says only Islam a universal religion" by Salah Sarrar, www.reuters.com. March 31, 2007.

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• The immemorial ingratitude of rulers and commonwealths is proverbial. Especially common is ingratitude to Israel - the People that has achieved so much of eternal worth, but has rarely succeeded in winning gratitude.

  Joseph Hertz

  Gratitude, Winning, People

  Joseph Herman Hertz (1941). “Ḥamishah ḥumshe Torah ʻim haftarot”

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• To Israel's faithful hosts in the past, as to its loyal sons and daughters of the present, the Siddur has been the gate to communion with their Father in Heaven; and, at the same time, it has been a mighty spiritual bond that unites them to their scattered brethren the world over.

  Joseph Hertz

  Daughter, Spiritual, Father

  "The Authorised Daily Prayer Book". Book by Joseph Hertz, Introduction (p. ix),

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• Life is a frail and transitory thing, but it has been given a higher purpose and dignity through the revelation of God's Teaching to Israel, and the resulting dedication of an entire people to God's service.

  Joseph Hertz

  Teaching, Dedication, People

  "The Authorised Daily Prayer Book". Book by Joseph Hertz, Morning Service: Preliminaries (p. 28),

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• I was born Jewish and so I remain, even if that's unacceptable for many. For me, the vocation of Israel is bringing light to the goyim. That's my hope and I believe that Christianity is the means for achieving it.

  Jean-Marie Lustiger

  Believe, Mean, Light

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• In ancient Israel and Rome the judge had appeared as a stand-in for the divine, and corruption was a blinding of the representative of the divine.

  Peggy Noonan

  Rome, Judging, Corruption

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• [About the diaspora] Canaan is too small for God's children. The Land of Israel will spread through all lands!

  I. L. Peretz

  Children, Land, Diaspora

  "Der Dichter" (1910). "Alle Verk," X. 24,

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• Everyone I knew, including my new friends in Jordan, expressed horror at the realities of the Holocaust. But they resented, as I was growing to, how Arabs were cast as the aggressors in the dispute between Israel and the Arab countries, when it was their land that had been seized to resolve a European political problem.

  Queen Noor of Jordan

  Country, Reality, Land

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• Rome is the Great Beast of atheism and materialism, adoring nothing but itself. Israel is the Great Beast of religion. Neither one nor the other is likable. The Great Beast is always repulsive

  Simone Weil

  Rome, Atheism, Materialism

  Simone Weil (2002). “Gravity and Grace”, p.30, Psychology Press

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• From the U.S. point of view, negotiations are, in effect, a way for Israel to continue its policies of systematically taking over whatever it wants in the West Bank, maintaining the brutal siege on Gaza, separating Gaza from the West Bank and, of course, occupying the Syrian Golan heights, all with full U.S. support.

  Noam Chomsky

  Views, Support, Want

  "Noam Chomsky: While Syria descends into suicide, Israel and the US are enjoying the spectacle". Interview with Frank Barat, chomsky.info. September 7, 2013.

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• As someone who was born in Israel, you're put in a position of defending Israel because you know how much is at stake.

  Natalie Portman

  Born, Stakes, Position

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• I think there are hard-liners inside of Iran that think it is the right thing to do to oppose us, to seek to destroy Israel, to cause havoc in places like Syria or Yemen or Lebanon, if they don't change at all, we're still better off having the deal.

  Barack Obama

  Change, Thinking, Iran

  "Obama Compares Iran Deal To A House Under Contract, Awaiting Appraisal". "The Two-Way" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. April 7, 2015.

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• The notion that we would condition Iran not getting nuclear weapons in a verifiable deal on Iran recognizing Israel is really akin to saying that we won't sign a deal unless the nature of the Iranian regime completely transforms. And that is, I think, a fundamental misjudgment.

  Barack Obama

  Nature, Thinking, Iran

  "Obama admits Iran nuclear deal only delays inevitable, leaves problem for future presidents", www.foxnews.com. April 7, 2015.

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• America's strong bonds with Israel are well known - this bond is unbreakable.

  Barack Obama

  Strong, America, Unbreakable

  A New Beginning: Speech at Cairo University, delivered 4 June 2009, Cairo, Egypt

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• The Holocaust may belong to history, but it was the price we paid to become a nation. Auschwitz was like a cradle of death that enabled future generations of Israelis to live.

  Noa Ben Artzi-Pelossof

  Holocaust, Generations, May

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• I will never let Israel down.

  William J. Clinton

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• Israel will not discuss a peace involving the concession of any piece of territory. The neighboring states do not deserve an inch of Israel's land. . . . We are ready for exchange for peace.

  David Ben-Gurion

  Peace, Land, Pieces

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• If people become ecstatic the whole society will have to change, because this society is based on misery. If people are blissful you cannot lead them to war -- to Vietnam, or to Egypt, or to Israel. No. Someone who is blissful will just laugh and say: This is nonsense!

  Rajneesh

  Change, War, Egypt

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• I unequivocally condemn the striking of the soldier from the Ethiopian community and those responsible will be brought to justice but nobody has the right to take the law into their own hands, immigrants from Ethiopia and their families are dear to us and Israel is making great efforts to ease their integration in society.

  Benjamin Netanyahu

  Hands, Law, Justice

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• I know that Israel does not stand alone. I know that America stands with Israel.

  Benjamin Netanyahu

  America, Doe, Stand Alone

  Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint session of the US Congress, time.com. March 3, 2015.

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• I don't think Israel's becoming more religious, I think its politics is becoming more religious. There's a difference.

  Yair Lapid

  Religious, Thinking, Differences

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