Israel Quotes - Page 9

• Jewish villages were built in the place of Arab villages. You do not even know the names of these Arab villages, and I do not blame you, because these geography books no longer exist.

  Moshe Dayan

  Book, Names, Village

  Moshe Dayan's address to the students at Technion University in Haifa, Israel (March 19, 1969), a transcription of which appeared in Ha'aretz (April 4, 1969); later quoted in Edward W. Said "The Question of Palestine" (p. 14), 1980.

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• Israel is the American watchdog in the Middle East, and that's why the Palestinians remain victims of one of the longest military occupations. They don't have oil. If they were the Saudis, they wouldn't be in the position they are now. But they have the power of being able to upset the imperial order in the Middle East.

  John Pilger

  Military, Order, Oil

  Source: progressive.org

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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

  People, Trials, May

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

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• I heard an Israeli speaking on Palestinian human rights issues, an interesting guy, and he said 'There's no military solution to terrorism. If there were, Israel would be the safest place in the world. But there's no military solution.'

  Bradley Whitford

  Military, Issues, Rights

  "Exclusive Interview: Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip's Bradley Whitford". Interview with Travis Fickett, www.ign.com. September 22, 2006.

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• Our ministry also supports orphanages in the U.S. and overseas, thousands of poor children in Latin America, drug centers for addicted men, and a drug center in Israel.

  David Wilkerson

  Children, Latin, Men

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• Israel's democracy is the bedrock on which our relationship stands. It's a shining example for people around the world who are on the frontline of the struggle for democracy in their own lands. Our relationship is also based on our common interest in a more stable and peaceful Middle East, a Middle East that will finally accord Israel the recognition and acceptance that its people have yearned for so long and have been too long denied, a Middle East that will know greater democracy for all its peoples.

  William J. Clinton

  Struggle, Acceptance, Land

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• We may need to change the way we think. As in Israel, I think there should be a mandatory draft, where you go away for the service of your country for three years.

  Steven Tyler

  Change, Country, Thinking

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• The attacks inside Israel are operations we carry out in response to Israeli crimes against our people.

  Ahmed Yassin

  People, Crime, Operations

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• Then the administration tied it in to the regional dispute between Israel and its enemies, as if that's about international terrorism. No, it's not.

  Chris Matthews

  Enemy, Literature, Administration

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• Everybody has to move, run and grab as many [Palestinian] hilltops as they can to enlarge the [Jewish] settlements because everything we take now will stay ours... Everything we don't grab will go to them.

  Ariel Sharon

  Running, Moving, Cleansing

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• I've always been supportive of the right of Israel as a state, and I've always fought against anti-Semitism, even in my own community.

  Harry Belafonte

  Community, Supportive, States

  "Belafonte's Retraction of Remarks on Jews Causes New Flap". CNSNews.com, www.cnsnews.com. July 07, 2008.

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• We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.

  Bashar al-Assad

  Establishment, Threat, Treachery

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• I simply cannot see how denying chemotherapy treatment for Palestinian children increases Israel's security or advances U.S. national interests.

  Lois Capps

  Children, Chemotherapy, Increase

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• I went to Israel when the missiles were falling there.

  David Dinkins

  Fall, Missiles

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• In 1975 I was among a group of blacks who formed the Black Americans in Support of Israel Committee.

  David Dinkins

  Support, Black, Groups

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• On the other hand, we have in Israel, an Israeli government which has been elected by the Israeli people. Their political agenda is not for peace. They are from the camp anti-peace.

  Rafik Hariri

  Hands, Government, People

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• I think Israel will think one thousands times before invading Gaza.

  Ahmed Yassin

  Thinking, Gaza, Invading

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• I am sure the majority of Iranians want a peace agreement with Israel and want Iran to integrate with the international community and accept its universal values.

  Moshe Katsav

  Agreement, Iran, Community

  "Interview: Israeli President Discusses Iran Nuclear Standoff". Interview with Farnoush Ram, www.rferl.org. March 20, 2006.

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• I have drawn inspiration from the Marine Corps, the Jewish struggle in Palestine and Israel, and the Irish

  Leon Uris

  Struggle, Inspiration, Marine

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• As a result of the historic catastrophe in which Titus of Rome destroyed Jerusalem and Israel was exiled from its land, I was born in one of the cities of the Exile.

  Shmuel Yosef Agnon

  Rome, Land, Cities

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• There's no preventative measure between the Palestinians, between those terrorists to the state of Israel.

  Silvan Shalom

  States, Terrorist, Palestinian

  "Extended Interview With Silvan Shalom". "PBS NewsHour" with Elizabeth Farnsworth, www.pbs.org. February 1, 2004.

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• The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace.

  Yitzhak Rabin

  Struggle, United States, Weapons

  Yitzhak Rabin, Efraim Inbar, Merkaz Besa le-meḥḳarim asṭraṭegiyim (1996). “Yitzhak Rabin and Israeli national security: special memorial issue”

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• We've always had a dual role in the region - friend of Israel, and honest broker. We've given up the honest broker role completely.

  Chris Matthews

  Roles, Honest, Given

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• Soldiers of Israel, we have no aims of conquest. Our purpose is to bring to naught the attempts of the Arab armies to conquer our land.

  Moshe Dayan

  Army, Land, Soldier

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• Since its first day as a nation, Israel has lived under a cloud of aggression from militant extremists and hostile neighboring governments.

  John Boehner

  Clouds, Government, Firsts

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