72 Israelis Quotes for You to Enjoy

For Americans I'll always be Israeli, and for Israelis I'll always be American. But I really have no need for definitions. Hani Furstenberg

Definitions Always Israeli Israelis American Really Need

The immoral veto of the United States allowed the Israelis, with impunity, to destroy Lebanon. Right in front of all of us as we stood there watching, a resolution in the council was prevented. Hugo Chavez

States Destroy Immoral Council Allowed Israelis Lebanon Veto Front Stood Impunity Us United United States Right Watching Resolution

Most Israelis have a sense, 'We just don't want to live in the Middle East anymore. We don't want it to be the Middle East. Were going to just build a wall or operate unilaterally' - not try to even use force as used to be the case to convince Arabs to accept Israel by convincing them that Israel is here to stay and then negotiating. Ian Lustick

Try Build Sense Live Negotiating East Arabs Stay Case Most Operate Force Accept Israel Israelis Were Wall Going Just Middle Want Anymore Middle East Them Then Convince Convincing Use Used Even Here

Most Israelis do want to keep Israel safe. The question is how do you do that. Ian Lustick

You Most Safe How Israel Israelis Question Want Keep

My father was a Foreign Service officer, a diplomat and an Arabist who spent virtually all his career in the Near East, as it was called in the State Department. So I spent most of my childhood among the Israelis and the Arabs of Palestine, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Kai Bird

Service Father State State Department Virtually Spent East Arabia Arabs Diplomat Most Foreign Israelis Lebanon Foreign Service His Officer Department Childhood Egypt Who Near Among Palestine Saudi Saudi Arabia Career

The Israelis and the Palestinians don't know each other. They live right there, but they've become strangers. And it makes it much more difficult to make peace with a person you really don't know, and that's an obstacle in itself. Lawrence Wright

We have agreed with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to cease all acts of violence against the Israelis and against the Palestinians wherever they are. Tranquility and quiet that will be witnessed and in our land, starting today, is the beginning for a new era. Mahmoud Abbas

Today Will Beginning Our Minister Sharon Prime Prime Minister New New Era Witnessed Era Israelis Cease Quiet Tranquility Wherever Against Land Agreed Acts Palestinians Violence Starting

I'm on the board of directors for Peace Now, which works tirelessly between the Palestinians and the Israelis to create peace in the Middle East and we've never been closer. Mandy Patinkin

Peace East Directors Never Between Israelis Been Closer Middle Middle East Tirelessly Which Board Create Works Now Palestinians

Loving the country, wanting to preserve the culture and identity - protecting the interests of the Americans in America, of the French in France, of the Israelis in Israel - seems to me perfectly legitimate. Marine Le Pen

Me Culture Country France Seems Perfectly French Protecting Identity Israel Israelis America American Legitimate Wanting Loving Interests Preserve

I'm asking the Israelis to choose their nationality. It doesn't mean that if they don't choose French nationality, they have to leave. Marine Le Pen

French Leave Israelis Nationality Mean Asking Choose

In my opinion, Hollywood doesn't know the context. Hollywood sees a David and Goliath story with Israel being cast in the role of Goliath, as the evil aggressor. The Palestinians are simply innocent reactors to whatever Israelis are throwing at them. And everything - like their economic situation - excuses the savagery. Mark Pellegrino

Innocent Evil Whatever Situation Everything Sees Cast Economic David Throwing Simply Economic Situation Like Excuses Know Opinion Context Israel Israelis Role Being In My Opinion Story Goliath Them Hollywood Aggressor Palestinians Savagery

In the litany of issues that separate the two Americas - one more conservative and one more liberal, increasingly as opposed and intractable and opaque to each other as the Palestinians and Israelis - none is so fierce, precise, inviolable and confounding to the other side as guns. Michael Wolff

The Israelis should understand that it is in their long-term interest to have a democratic Egypt as a neighbor, and that it is prudent to acknowledge the legitimate interests of the Palestinians and to grant them their own state. Mohamed ElBaradei

Own State Neighbor Long-Term Democratic Understand Israelis Prudent Egypt Legitimate Acknowledge Interest Them Interests Should Grant Palestinians

From the sea came a boat with some Israeli commando soldiers who took me by the commando boat to the yacht and put me on the yacht. In the yacht I asked people, who are you. And they said we are Israelis, French and British. Mordechai Vanunu

Me You People Took Soldiers Some Put French Yacht Said Israeli Israelis Came Boat Asked Sea Who British

By focusing once and for all on helping the Palestinians build a free society, I have no doubt that an historic compromise between Israelis and Palestinians can be reached and that peace can prevail. Natan Sharansky

Prevail Peace Free Free Society Build Doubt Society Once Focusing No Doubt Compromise Between Reached Israelis Historic Helping Palestinians

Israelis would mostly breathe a sigh of relief if Palestinians were to disappear. Noam Chomsky

Sigh Relief Would Disappear Mostly Israelis Were Breathe Palestinians

Arab Israelis don't have the same voice as Jewish Israelis. If you look at the numbers, we are not equal. There are many reasons for this, some have to do with the fact that we are a bit primitive in the way we do certain things, others have to do with the government not giving us the same opportunities as Jews. Nuseir Yassin

Government You Opportunities Giving Jews Others Way Bit Arab Some Voice Fact Primitive Look Equal Israelis Same Us Certain Certain Things Reasons Many Things Numbers Jewish

Many Indians and Israelis seem set to elect, with untroubled consciences, those who speak the language of torturers and terrorists. More disturbingly, these corrupted democracies may increasingly prove the norm rather than the exception. Pankaj Mishra

Using vehicles as weapons is a tactic that has often used by Palestinian terrorists to target Israelis, but in 2014, an ISIS spokesman had encouraged such vehicular attacks in the West, saying of ISIS' enemies, 'Run him over with your car.' Peter Bergen

You know, it is very clear that the Israelis, they don't want this plan and they don't agree. Rafik Hariri

You Clear Know Israelis Very Want Plan Agree

When something is presented as an existential threat, it is very easy to scare the Israelis. Ronen Bergman

Easy Scare Threat Something Israelis Existential Very Presented

In practical terms, Israel has become the eyes and ears of the United States in the Middle East. This arrangement has freed the United States from a heavy intelligence-gathering burden. But it has also forced the Americans to depend upon the Israelis. Ronen Bergman

Israelis Quotes

No more israelis quotes