#rae

We would do well to remember that the success of any struggle depends on the determination of its leaders and the clarity of its purpose, not the doubts of naysayers. ↗

— Saree Makdisi

#israel #palestine #inspirational

The Holocaust is a central event in many people's lives, but it also has become a metaphor for our century. There cannot be an end to speaking and writing about it. Besides, in Israel, everyone carries a biography deep inside him. ↗

— Aharon Appelfeld

#also #become #besides #biography #cannot

It's always convenient for certain people to heap accusations on Israel. ↗

— Yasser Arafat

#certain #convenient #heap #israel #people

Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that there are ways to resist. ↗

— Bashar al-Assad

#capital #clear #consider #did #disaster

Israel has created a new image of the Jew in the world - the image of a working and an intellectual people, of a people that can fight with heroism. ↗

— Nnamdi Azikiwe

#fight #heroism #image #intellectual #israel

Yet the wonder of it all is that, while engaged in a seemingly endless struggle, the Israelis have managed to turn a desert into a garden. ↗

— George Ball

#endless #engaged #garden #into #israelis

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

American foreign policy has been - and must continue to be - based on unequivocal support for Israel's right to exist and to be free from terror. ↗

— Howard Berman

#american foreign policy #based #been #continue #exist

I have often supported Israel, I have often visited the country and want the country to exist and at last find peace with its neighbours. ↗

— Gunter Grass

#exist #find #i #israel #last

A pat on the back, through only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, is miles ahead in results. ↗

— Bennett Cerf

#back #few #kick #miles #only