Israel Quotes - Page 7

• I never thought I'd live to see the day that an American administration would denounce the state of Israel for rebuilding Jerusalem.

  Mike Pence

  America, Political, Jerusalem

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have faith in it now.

  Harry S. Truman

  Presidential, Mind Blowing, Have Faith

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• But there is a difference here: When Jewish children are murdered, Arabs celebrate the deed. The death of an Arab child is no cause for celebration in Israel.

  Theodore Bikel

  Children, Hymns, Differences

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• Israel's willingness to cooperate closely with the U.S. in protecting American interests in the region altered her image in the eyes of many officials in Washington.

  Yitzhak Rabin

  Eye, Interest, Regions

  Yitzhak Rabin (1996). “The Rabin Memoirs”, p.189, Univ of California Press

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• At the age of nineteen and a half, I went to the Land of Israel to till its soil and live by the labour of my hands. As I did not find work, I sought my livelihood elsewhere.

  Shmuel Yosef Agnon

  Hands, Land, Age

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• Yes, Israel's our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.

  Brent Scowcroft

  Enemy, Allies, Palestinian

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• The Psalms, the anthology of the hymns of Israel, are still used by Christians.

  Kenneth Scott Latourette

  Christian, Hymns, Psalms

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• Israel does not care about the international public opinion.

  Bashar al-Assad

  Public Opinion, Doe, Care

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• Not all Modern Orthodox Jews, at the present juncture, identify with what the Israeli government does. In Israel many religious Zionists strongly oppose the government because of the disengagement.

  Norman Lamm

  Religious, Government, Doe

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• On the other hand, the vast majority of all westernized countries, including every single European country along with Israel and Japan, do not offer birthright citizenship.

  Nathan Deal

  Country, Japan, Hands

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• There are plenty of opportunities for common grounds that we need to explore and strengthen. The Hispanic community has a strong affinity for our relationship with Israel.

  Bob Menendez

  Strong, Opportunity, Community

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• Every country that has experimented with women in actual combat has abandoned the idea, and the notion that Israel uses women in combat is a feminist myth.

  Phyllis Schlafly

  Country, Ideas, Feminist

  "Women Don't Belong In Ground Combat". eagleforum.org. June 01, 2005.

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• We should prepare to go over to the offensive. Our aim is to smash Lebanon, Trans-Jordan and Syria. The weak point is Lebanon, for the Moslem regime is artificial and easy for us to undermine. We shall establish a Christian state there and then we will smash the Arab Legion, eliminate Trans-Jordan; Syria will fall to us. We then bomb and move on and take Port Said, Alexandria and Sinai.

  David Ben-Gurion

  Christian, Moving, Fall

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• For the earliest period of the history of Israel, all that precedes the building of the temple, not a trace can be found of any sanctuary of exclusive legitimacy.

  Julius Wellhausen

  Sanctuary, Temples, Building

  Julius Wellhausen (2013). “Prolegomena to the History of Israel: With a Reprint of the Article 'Israel' from the Encyclopaedia Britannica”, p.17, Cambridge University Press

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• Arafat rejected the deal because, as a dictator who had directed all his energies toward strengthening the Palestinians hatred toward Israel, Arafat could not afford to make peace.

  Natan Sharansky

  Peace, Hatred, Energy

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• Since Israel does not differentiate between attacking this group or that, we are saying our people can work individually or collectively to face this aggression.

  Ahmed Yassin

  Teamwork, People, Groups

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• The Lord shall have made his American Israel high above all nations which he hath made.

  Ezra Stiles

  Lord, Made, Nations

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• Well, I grew up between Holland and Israel and then moved to France when I was eleven.

  Keren Ann

  France, Grew Up, Eleven

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• Israel, as the Jewish state, must disappear from the map.

  Ahmed Yassin

  Maps, Disappear, States

  "A High Price: The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism". Book by Daniel Byman, p. 170, June 15, 2011.

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• The banding together by the nations of the world against Israel is the guarantee that their time of destruction is near and the final redemption of the Jew at hand.

  Meir Kahane

  Hands, Guarantees That, Together

  Meir Kahane (1995). “Listen world, listen Jew”, Publication of Writings of Rabbi Meir Kahane

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• And then there's Israel - a lot of people support Israel, and it's important to Israel to take out Iraq. So it's all mixed together. It's a combination of motives.

  Chris Matthews

  Iraq, People, Support

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• At the same time as we clearly condemn actions of violence by groups in Palestinian against Israel.

  Jane Harman

  Groups, Violence, Action

  "CNN Wolf Blitzer Reports", www.cnn.com. June 8, 2005.

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• Most students have thoughts about emigrating to Israel. A significant number go on aliyah. We are proud of our Israel programs, which come at a considerable cost to the university.

  Norman Lamm

  Numbers, Cost, Goes On

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• SodaStream is a company that is not only committed to the environment, but to building a bridge to peace between Israel and Palestine, supporting neighbors working alongside each other, receiving equal pay, equal benefits and equal rights. That is what is happening in their Ma'ale Adumim factory every working day.

  Scarlett Johansson

  Bridges, Rights, Equal Pay

  "Oxfam under pressure to cut ties with Scarlett Johansson over SodaStream ad" by Matthew Kalman, www.theguardian.com. January 29, 2014.

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• Those who liberated the south from Israel must show allegiance to Lebanon.

  Walid Jumblatt

  Lebanon, Allegiance, Shows

  "Disarming questions" by Rory McCarthy, www.theguardian.com. January 23, 2006.

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