#ian

Tens of thousands have been killed or wounded by the Israeli army since 1967. During 2006, the number of Palestinians killed reached 650. Since the beginning of the Israeli occupation in 1967, more than 650,000 Palestinians have been detained by Israel - about 40% of the male population. ↗

— Ismail Haniyeh

#army #been #beginning #detained #during

Every Palestinian family feels the effects of the international embargo. But the more the pressure on the government grows, the more support we receive, both from the Palestinian street and from the Arab and Islamic world. ↗

— Ismail Haniyeh

#both #effects #embargo #every #family

When I said a few weeks ago that our people would eat cooking oil and olives if necessary, I didn't mean that there really would be only oil and olives. What I meant was that our people have the necessary patience to endure the current difficult situation. Palestinians would rather do without certain food items than their national rights. ↗

— Ismail Haniyeh

#certain #cooking #current #difficult #eat

Everyone's a pacifist between wars. It's like being a vegetarian between meals. ↗

— Colman McCarthy

#between #everyone #like #meals #pacifist

Governor, why wouldn't anyone want to say the Pledge of Allegiance, unless they detested their own country or were ignorant of its greatness? ↗

— Sean Hannity

#anyone #country #detested #governor #greatness

For is it not the common experience of all of us - you and I - that we do no incorporate the truth of these propositions in our lives? We say we know, but we do not do as we know. We say we believe, but we do not act like it. ↗

— James W. Sire

#experience

I don't believe an Alliance government should sponsor legislation on abortion or a referendum on abortion. ↗

— Stephen Harper

#alliance #believe #government #i #legislation

The Russians obtained a number of plants under Lend-Lease, which had been authorized by Washington, that I thought were not justified for their war effort. They wanted them for postwar use. ↗

— W. Averell Harriman

#been #effort #had #i #justified

Muhammad adhered meticulously to the charter he forged for Medina, which - grounded as it was in the Quranic injunction, "Let there be no compulsion in religion" (2:256) - is arguably the first mandate for religious tolerance in human history. ↗

— Huston Smith

#christian #compassion #death #discipline #earth

When Jesus tells us about his Father, we distrust him. When he shows us his Home, we turn away, but when he confides to us that he is 'acquainted with Grief', we listen, for that also is an Acquaintance of our own. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#god #grief #jesus #religion #sorrow