“2.2 billion worth of military equipment had been stripped from U.S. Forces in West Germany and America and shipped to Israel in an unprecedented day and night airlift.” AmericaNightForceMilitaryWestJewIsraelBillionsGermanyEquipmentDay And NightUnprecedentedWest GermanyMilitary Equipment Author:George Scratchley Brown
“In spite of the frightful pogroms which took place, first in Poland and then in unprecedented fashion in the Ukraine, and which cost the lives of thousands of Jews, the Jewish people considered the post-war period as a messianic era. Israel, during those years, 1919-1920, rejoiced in Eastern and Southern Europe, in Northern and Southern Africa, and above all in America.” PeopleYearsFirstsWarAmericaFashionPeriodsCostEuropeJewIsraelErasPostsSpiteSouthernEasternUkraineUnprecedentedPolandPost WarSouthern Africa Author:Denis Fahey
“In America, unlike England, unlike Israel, unlike Japan, other democracies, we have elections that have staggered terms.” AmericaTermDemocracyEnglandElectionIsraelJapan Author:Barney Frank
“Will you join me in hearing the case for keeping weapons from those who preach death to Israel and America?” AmericaCasesWeaponsIsraelHearing Author:Elie Wiesel
“You get America out of Iraq, you get Israel out of Palestine.” AmericaIraqIsraelPalestine Author:Cindy Sheehan
“Together, these advocates create a pro-Israeli case so compelling that the idea and reality of Israel has worked itself deep into American culture, politics and foreign policy. Many American Jews refuse to accept it, but the real debate between Israel’s supporters and detractors in America is all but over.” IdeasRealRealityTogetherAmericaCultureAcceptingCasesPolicyJewRefuseIsraelDebateForeign PolicyCompellingSupporterIsraeliAmerican Culture Author:Aaron David Miller
“Iran should not be denied the human right to knowledge...the fear of America is Iran's attitude to Israel, and the cornerstone of America's foreign policy is the protection of Israel... If Iran believes in Allah, and if Iran believes in the power of Allah, Iran can't be frightened by America.” IfsShouldBelieveHumansAmericaAttitudePolicyIsraelProtectionIranFrightenedDeniedForeign PolicyCornerstonesBelieve In Allah Author:Louis Farrakhan
“Iran's stance has always been clear on this ugly phenomenon (Israel). We have repeatedly said that this cancerous tumor of a state should be removed from the region. No one will allow a bunch of thugs, lechers and outcasts from London, America and Moscow to rule over the Palestinians.” ShouldSaidStatesAmericaClearIsraelUglyLondonBunchRegionsIranPhenomenonPalestinianStanceOutcastThugMoscowTumors Author:Ali Khamenei
“Another longstanding foreign policy flaw is the degree to which special interests dictate the way in which the "national interest" as a whole is defined and pursued.... America's important historic relationship with Israel has often led foreign policy decision-makers to defer reflexively to Israeli security assessments, and to replicate Israeli tactics, which, as the war in Lebanon last summer demonstrated, can turn out to be counter-productive.” WayImportantWarWholeLastsAmericaTurnsInterestDecisionSpecialSecurityPolicyDegreesSummerIsraelDefinedProductiveFlawsMakersForeign PolicyHistoricTacticsPursuedIsraeliAssessmentSpecial InterestsLebanonNational InterestsReplicateDecision MakersLast Summer Author:Samantha Power
“As for America and the rest of European world, I want to live in a nation that reflects my traditions and values, and I do not want my people to become a minority in the nations my own forefathers built. Interestingly, that is same goal that most Israelis and most Jews who support Israel endorse for the Jewish state.” PeopleWorldWantStatesAmericaValuesNationsGoalMy OwnSupportBuiltTraditionJewIsraelMinoritiesForefathers Author:David Duke
“I thanked the President [George W. Bush] for the steadfastness and resolve with which he's tackling the very complicated problems in the Middle East and Iraq, as well as the Israel-Palestinian issue.... It's critical for us in Southeast Asia that America does that.... because it affects America's standing in Asia and the world, and also the security environment in Asia because extremists, the jihadists, watch carefully what's happening in the Middle East and take heart, or lose heart, depending on what's happening.” WorldWellsHeartDoeProblemAmericaPresidentLosesWatchesIssuesEnvironmentMiddleSecurityHappeningsStandingIraqIsraelComplicatedCriticalEastResolveMiddle EastPalestinianAsiaExtremistTacklingSteadfastnessPresident George W BushSoutheast Asia Author:Lee Hsien Loong
“There's a phrase you hear in Israel: "We're not Jews, we're Israelis." What that means is that the stereotype we're familiar with here in the States of the Diaspora Jew, i.e. Jews in America or Europe or Russia, etc. does not fit at all with the reality of the homegrown "sabras" of Israel.” MeanDoeStatesRealityAmericaFitEuropeJewIsraelRussiaFamiliarPhrasesEtcStereotypeDiasporaHomegrown Author:Steven Pressfield
“The American administration is trying to achieve any gain in the shadow of the embarrassment hitting it because of its failures in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine after the failure of Israel's war on Lebanon and the retreat of America's project in the region.” TryingWarAmericaAchieveProjectsShadowGainsIraqIsraelAdministrationRegionsAfghanistanHittingRetreatPalestineEmbarrassmentLebanon Author:Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah
“There is a structural difference between the way that Europe views Israel, and America views Israel. The European view is informed by the importance of colonialism in Europe's past. So for Europeans we are like Belgiums in the Congo, or the French in Alger, or the British in India. Strange interlopers in somebody else's land. But in fact, we [Israeli] have been here for 4,000 years. This is our ancestral homeland.” WayYearsHas BeensFactsAmericaPastDifferencesViewsLandStrangeEuropeIndiaImportanceIsraelBritishColonialismIsraeliHomelandCongo Author:Benjamin Netanyahu