#israel

The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace. ↗

— Yitzhak Rabin

#continuous #displaying #finds #get #israel

It's hard for a Jew of my generation, an American Jew, who is philo-Zionistic, not to romanticize Israel. ↗

— David Mamet

#generation #hard #israel #jew #my generation

I hope that France - and all of Europe - we would take an initiative for the year 2012 to be the year of peace between Israel and the Palestinians. ↗

— Nicolas Sarkozy

#europe #france #hope #i #i hope that

No one wants to abandon the Israelis. But I think the perception is, and I think it's probably an accurate perception, that the tail is leading the dog - that we are giving the Israelis carte blanche ability to exercise whatever they want to do in their area. ↗

— Michael Scheuer

#ability #accurate #area #blanche #carte

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

#arafat #because #could #deal #dictator

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

#build #compromise #doubt #focusing #free

It is not surprising, then, that in the decade since Oslo began, Arafat used all the resources placed at his disposal to fan the flames of hatred against Israel. ↗

— Natan Sharansky

#arafat #began #decade #disposal #fan

The central premise behind Oslo was that if Arafat were given enough legitimacy, territory, weapons and money, he would use his power to fight terror and make peace with Israel. ↗

— Natan Sharansky

#behind #central #enough #fight #given

Israel would not do that, both because we cannot afford to be accused by the world of aggression and because we cannot, for security and social reasons, absorb in our midst a substantial Arab population. ↗

— Moshe Sharett

#accused #afford #aggression #arab #because

Our role in Israel is a pioneering one, and we need people with certain strength of fiber. ↗

— Moshe Sharett

#fiber #israel #need #our #people