#israel

No matter what's happening in the Middle East - the Arab Spring, et cetera, the economic challenges, high rates of unemployment - the emotional, critical issue is always the Israeli-Palestinian one. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#arab #cetera #challenges #critical #east

We have peace with Israel. We're actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking, 'Why are we having this relationship when it's not benefiting anybody?' Obviously, my answer is you always benefit from peace. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#always #answer #anybody #asking #benefit

The idea that you can make love and not war really is pretty neat. That thing in Korea, the thing in Israel - that's all over the world. There must be a new way of thinking. ↗

— F. Murray Abraham

#israel #korea #love #make #must

I've always been supportive of the right of Israel as a state, and I've always fought against anti-Semitism, even in my own community. ↗

— Harry Belafonte

#always #anti-semitism #been #community #even

Let me tell you the first president to recognize the state of Israel was Harry Truman, a Democrat and every president since, Democrat and Republican, has stood closely with Israel. ↗

— Dick Durbin

#democrat #every #first #harry #israel

Without Hitler, the State of Israel probably would not exist today. To that extent he was probably the Jews' greatest friend. ↗

— David Irving

#extent #friend #greatest #hitler #israel

If you really wanted to settle down the Middle East, if what you wanted was change in the Middle East, it is perfectly obvious that the first step is resolving the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. ↗

— Molly Ivins

#conflict #down #east #first #first step

In my view the European culture carries a very heavy responsibility for the creation of Israel... it is a product of both British and Stalin's anti- Semitism, but the British never faced their own complicity in its construction. ↗

— Tom Paulin

#british #carries #complicity #construction #creation

Tradition is the code that keeps change in lock. If you refuse change, you are likely to rust and guess the cause; that long held way of doing things. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#change #change-your-life #changes #changing #code

There is a danger in monotheism, and it's called idolatry. And we know the prophets of Israel were very, very concerned about idolatry, the worship of a human expression of the divine. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#called #concerned #danger #divine #expression