“Israel's a small country but both the audience and programme-makers are very sophisticated.” CountryAudienceIsraelMakersSophisticatedProgrammesSmall Countries Author:Gideon Raff
“That Iran is willing to threaten Israel is wrong[. . . .] We pose no threat and if we are conducting nuclear research and development we are no threat to Israel. We have no intention of aggression against any country. [. . .] Today we announce to you that the political will of Iran is aimed at the negotiated settlement of the case and we dont want to aggravate the situation in our region[. . . .] We know that this issue can be settled in a constructive dialogue and we welcome that.” IfsKnowsWantCountryTodayPoliticalSituationCasesIssuesWillingDevelopmentResearchThreatIntentionIsraelNuclearDialogueWelcomeRegionsIranAggressionConstructiveSettlementConductingResearch And DevelopmentPolitical Will Author:Ali Larijani
“Israel's international position is very badly damaged. A country which started off as a symbol of recovery of a people who were greatly persecuted now looks like a country that is persecuting people. And that's very bad.” PeopleLooksCountryPositionInternationalIsraelRecoverySymbolsPersecuted Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski
“I'm very proud of the fact that Israel is the one country in a very broad radius that - in which Arabs have free and fair elections. That's sacrosanct. That will never change. I wasn't trying to suppress a vote. I was trying to get something to counter a foreign-funded effort to get votes that are intended to topple my party. And I was calling on our voters to come out.” TryingCountryFactsPartyEffortProudCallingFairsVoteElectionIsraelBroadsVotersNever ChangeRadius Author:Benjamin Netanyahu
“From now on, nothing is impossible for Israel, which is a normal country like any other. We won't wait another half a century to sit on the Security Council.” CountryWaitingHalfImpossibleCenturySecurityNormalIsraelImpossibilityCouncilNothing Is ImpossibleSecurity CouncilHalf A Century Author:Dan Gillerman
“There is no such thing as a Palestinian people... It is not as if we came and threw them out and took their country. They didn't exist.” PeopleIfsCountryIsraelTerrorismPalestinianCleansingZionistZionismEthnic Cleansing Author:Golda Meir
“This country exists as the fulfillment of a promise made by God Himself. It would be ridiculous to ask it to account for its legitimacy.” MadeCountryWould BeAsksPromiseAccountsIsraelTerrorismRidiculousFulfillmentCleansingZionistLegitimacyZionism Author:Golda Meir
“No Zionist can forgo the smallest portion of the Land Of Israel. [A] Jewishstate in part [of Palestine] is not an end, but a beginning ..... Our possessionis important not only for itself ... through this we increase our power,and every increase in power facilitates getting hold of the country in itsentirety. Establishing a [small] state .... will serve as a very potent lever inour historical effort to redeem the whole country.” ImportantEndsCountryStatesWholeEffortLandIncreaseHistoricalIsraelPortionsSmallestPalestineZionistFacilitateLevers Author:David
“Although Israel was founded based on the historic Jewish homeland and the need to have a Jewish homeland, Israeli democracy has been premised on everybody in the country being treated equally and fairly. And I think that that is what's best about Israeli democracy.” ThinkingNeedsHas BeensCountryDemocracyIsraelTreatedHistoricIsraeliHomelandDemocracies Have Author:Barack Obama
“There are going to be a lot of questions, not just in my country, but across the Middle East. Is Israel going to continue to be "Fortress Israel"? Or, as we all hope, become accepted into the neighborhood, which I believe is the only way we can move forward in harmony. And 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.” WayBelieveCountryMatterMovingI BelieveChallengesIssuesEconomicMiddleEmotionalSpringHappeningsHarmonyNo Matter WhatRateIsraelCriticalEastAcceptedMoving ForwardNeighborhoodMiddle EastPalestinianUnemploymentIsraeliFortressesArab Spring Author:Abdallah II
“Today the Israeli government continues seizures of Palestinian land for settlements, military incursions into surrounding countries and denial of the right of Palestinians expelled by terror to return. Ariel Sharon, Israel's prime minister, is a war criminal who should be in prison, not in office. Israel's own Kahan commission found that Sharon shared responsibility for the Sabra and Shatila massacres.” ShouldWarCountryGovernmentTodayFoundResponsibilityLandMilitaryReturnOfficePrisonTerrorIsraelCriminalsDenialMinistersPrimePalestinianPrime MinisterIsraeliSettlementMassacresArielSeizuresSharonShared Responsibility Author:Ken Livingstone
“I am familiar with what goes on in the Arab countries, and I'm sad to say that most of us want to annihilate Israel. We want to kill all the Israelis... Do you know what they used to say in the mosques in Egypt? "We want to go to the White House and turn it into the Islamic House..." We call upon the Arab countries to stop teaching hatred to the Arab children.” KnowsWantChildrenCountryUsedTurnsHouseWhiteTeachingGoes OnHatredIsraelFamiliarIslamicWhite HouseDo You KnowEgyptMosquesI'm Sad Author:Nonie Darwish
“It is not permissible for a Muslim to buy products of the countries that are in a state of war with Islam and Muslims, for example, Israel.” WarCountryStatesExampleProductsIslamIsrael Author:Ali al-Sistani
“Well, first of all, we now have everybody with the exception of India, Pakistan, and Israel, and I dont think these three countries are going to join by simply providing them an incentive, in terms of technology.” ThinkingFirstsWellsCountryThreeTermTechnologyIndiaIsraelExceptionProvidingPakistanIncentivesIndia Pakistan Author:Mohamed ElBaradei
“Israel is doing what any other country would do, and certainly the U.S. would do. If 80 percent of your population were under fire and you had 60 seconds or 90 seconds to get into bomb shelters, if terror tunnels were dug underneath your border in order to come in and explode your kindergartens and massacre your people and kidnap American citizens.” PeopleIfsCountryOrderFireCitizensPercentPopulationTerrorIsraelBordersBombsSecondsShelterOther CountriesTunnelsAmerican CitizensKindergartenMassacresBomb Shelters Author:Benjamin Netanyahu