Israel Quotes - Page 24

• Hamas hides among unwitting civilians, who have no way of controlling its activities. This fact does not give Israel the right to kill innocent non-combatants, not even unintentionally. Besides, murder is not "unintentional" when you know it is inevitable.

  Ilana Mercer

  Giving, Doe, Way

  "Standing Armies Commandeered by Cowards". www.ilanamercer.com. November 23, 2012.

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• The answer is to let Israel say it will recognize a Palestinian state along the 1967 borders, release the prisoners and recognize the rights of the refugees to return to Israel. Hamas will have a position if this occurs.

  Ismail Haniyeh

  Rights, Borders, Answers

  "'We Do Not Wish to Throw Them Into the Sea'". www.washingtonpost.com. February 26, 2006.

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• I don't take sides for or against Hezbollah or for or against Israel.

  John Dingell

  Hezbollah, Sides

  "Following the lead of Power Line and The Washington Times, Limbaugh cropped Dingell's statement to suggest he "refuses to condemn" Hezbollah" by Joe Brown, www.mediamatters.org. August 2, 2006.

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• The atoms of Democritus
  And Newton's particles of light
  Are sands upon the Red Sea shore,
  Where Israel's tents do shine so bright.

  William Blake

  Light, Sea, Shining

  William Blake (2000). “The Selected Poems of William Blake”, p.108, Wordsworth Editions

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• O hasten, Lord, these promised days, When Israel shall rejoice, And Jew and Gentile join in praise, With one united voice!

  James Edmeston

  Voice, Praise, Lord

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• Israel must remove the two blue stripes from its national flag. The stripes on the flag are symbols of occupation. They signify Israel's borders stretching from the River Euphrates to the River Nile.

  Mahmoud al-Zahar

  Blue, Two, Rivers

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• The whole history of Israel, its ritual and its government, is explicable only as it is typical of the spiritual Israel, of the sacrifice on Calvary, of the precious blood which alone can wash away sin.

  Abbott Eliot Kittredge

  Spiritual, Sacrifice, Blood

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 69, 1895.

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• It's not a matter of rejection (of Israel's existence). Israel is here, present by power.

  Mahmoud al-Zahar

  Rejection, Matter, Existence

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• Critics of the war plans (including myself) have pointed to the disastrous political results that must be expected: Iraq would break into three parts (Kurds in the north, Sunnis in the center, Shi'ites in the south), the Middle East would be exposed to the onslaught of Iranian fanaticism, pro-Western Arab regimes would collapse. Israel would be surrounded by aggressive Islamic fundamentalism, like the Crusader kingdom with the advent of Saladin.

  Uri Avnery

  War, Islamic, Iraq

  "War Now!" by Uri Avnery, September 9, 2002.

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• It was one of the most memorable experiences of my life. I got to see firsthand the sacrifices that Israelis make in the name of security because of the dangerous state of affairs there. I will always be a strong supporter of Israel.

  Gabrielle Giffords

  Strong, Memorable, Sacrifice

  "Jewish US Lawmaker Gabrielle Giffords Shot, Prognosis Optimistic". www.israelnationalnews.com. January 08, 2011.

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• One of the greatest problems for international journalists covering the Middle East is that people who serve as guides for journalists are often affiliated with Islamic terrorists seeking to turn for foreign visitors against Israel.

  Caroline Glick

  Islamic, People, Middle East

  "Live from NY’s 92nd Street Y Continues". www.vaildaily.com. October 07, 2007.

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• Good news from France, where the man picked by Nicolas Sarkozy as his foreign minister is not the execrable Hubert Védrine, but Bernard Kouchner - a socialist who supports Israel and the invasion of Iraq.

  Charles Foster Johnson

  Men, Iraq, Support

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• I thanked the President [George W. Bush] for the steadfastness and resolve with which he's tackling the very complicated problems in the Middle East and Iraq, as well as the Israel-Palestinian issue.... It's critical for us in Southeast Asia that America does that.... because it affects America's standing in Asia and the world, and also the security environment in Asia because extremists, the jihadists, watch carefully what's happening in the Middle East and take heart, or lose heart, depending on what's happening.

  Lee Hsien Loong

  Heart, Iraq, America

  "President Bush Welcomes Prime Minister Lee of Singapore to the White House". The White House Press Release, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. May 04, 2007.

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• We got a leader in Iran who has announced that he wants to destroy Israel. So I've told people that if you're interested in avoiding World War III, it seems like you ought to be interested in preventing them from have the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon.

  George W. Bush

  War, Iran, People

  "Sen. Lieberman Backs U.S. Action Against Iran". Interview with Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. November 2, 2007.

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• The God of Israel is sometimes a God who hides Himself, but never a God who absents Himself; sometimes in the dark, but never at a distance.

  Matthew Henry

  Distance, Dark, Sometimes

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• When I was in college, I was belittling the woman who later become my wife for not knowing who Boba Fett was, and she responded by asking me if I knew who the Prime Minister of Israel was. Surprisingly? Not Mon Mothma.

  Brian K. Vaughan

  College, Knowing, Wife

  "Joss Whedon & Brian K. Vaughan talk 'Buffy'". Interview with Joss Whedon, www.cbr.com. September 6, 2007.

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• It is not permissible for a Muslim to buy products of the countries that are in a state of war with Islam and Muslims, for example, Israel.

  Ali al-Sistani

  Country, War, Islam

  "A Code of Practice For Muslims in the West". Book by Ali al-Sistani, January 2, 2014.

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• President Obama filled out his March Madness bracket. You can tell Obama's mind is elsewhere because his top two picks were Israel and Iran.

  Conan O'Brien

  Filled Out, Iran, Two

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• Religious liberty in a nation is as real as the liberty of its least popular religious minority. Look not to the size of cathedrals or even to the words on the statute books for proof of the reality of religious freedom. Ask what is the fate of the Protestant in Spain, the Jew in Saudi Arabia, the Arab in Israel, the Catholic in Poland or the atheist in the United States.

  Paul Blanshard

  Religious, Atheist, Real

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• Some of the old laws of Israel are clearly savage taboos of a familiar type thinly disguised as commands of the Deity.

  James G. Frazer

  Law, Atheism, Savages

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• Hamas is simply continuing all its operations. And Israel will not let this terror operation decide when it's convenient for them and not convenient for them to attack our people.

  Benjamin Netanyahu

  People, Operations, Terror

  Source: cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com

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• Israel is doing what any other country would do, and certainly the U.S. would do. If 80 percent of your population were under fire and you had 60 seconds or 90 seconds to get into bomb shelters, if terror tunnels were dug underneath your border in order to come in and explode your kindergartens and massacre your people and kidnap American citizens.

  Benjamin Netanyahu

  Country, Fire, Tunnels

  Source: cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com

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• Israel has to accommodate the Palestinian demands and aspirations for ending occupation and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. That is the only answer. The Israeli aggression on Gaza does not bring peace to Israel. We know that. We want end of occupation.

  Benjamin Netanyahu

  Independent, Doe, Answers

  Source: cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com

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• New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is going to Israel. He's going to be pretty disappointed when he finds out the Gaza Strip isn't a steak.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Gaza Strip, Jersey, Steak

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• Israel is a colonialist-imperialist phenomenon. There is no such thing as an Israeli people. Before 1948, world geography knew of no state such as Israel. Israel is the result of an invasion, of aggression.

  Muammar al-Gaddafi

  People, World, Invasion

  "World: An Interview with Gaddafi". TIME Interview, April 9, 1979.

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