#israel

Overwhelmingly, Israel's political and military establishment want the rest of the world to act diplomatically or otherwise to stop Iran. But if that doesn't happen, then the impulse toward the use of force will become quite strong. ↗

— Dennis Ross

#become #establishment #force #happen #impulse

You don't have any communication between the Israelis and the Iranians. You have all sorts of local triggers for conflict. Having countries act on a hair trigger - where they can't afford to be second to strike - the potential for a miscalculation or a nuclear war through inadvertence is simply too high. ↗

— Dennis Ross

#afford #any #between #communication #conflict

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

#important #iraq #israel #lot #mixed

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

#administration #between #dispute #international #international terrorism

Well, the right-wing policy with regard to Israel - the people who don't want to deal with Arafat, who don't want a Palestinian state - the whole sort of right-wing view is consistent with the view toward Iraq. It's the same policy and the same people. ↗

— Chris Matthews

#consistent #deal #iraq #israel #palestinian

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. ↗

— Robert Menendez

#common #community #explore #grounds #hispanic

Israelis and Palestinians are suspicious of each other and of promises from outside. But the need for a negotiated solution between the parties should not stymie international clarity and consensus about the endgame in terms of borders and other issues. ↗

— David Miliband

#between #borders #clarity #consensus #each

However, there is no legal and legitimate state called Israel. ↗

— Hassan Nasrallah

#however #israel #legal #legitimate #state

That is why if Lebanon concludes a peace agreement with Israel and brings that accord to the Parliament our deputies will reject it; Hezbollah refuses any conciliation with Israel in principle. ↗

— Hassan Nasrallah

#agreement #any #brings #conciliation #concludes

You can look at the West Bank. Cities are like prisons. They can be closed quickly by the Israeli forces, and everything stops in these cities. This is the result of Oslo. ↗

— Hassan Nasrallah

#cities #closed #everything #forces #israeli