“In America, unlike England, unlike Israel, unlike Japan, other democracies, we have elections that have staggered terms.” AmericaTermDemocracyEnglandElectionIsraelJapan Author:Barney Frank
“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
“Our first and immutable commitment must be to the security of Israel, our only true ally in the Middle East and the only democracy.” FirstsDemocracyMiddleSecurityCommitmentIsraelEastAlliesMiddle East Author:Barack Obama
“My husband is not American. He was born in Brazil, where he grew up under a filthy, corrupt dictatorship. In his twenties, he moved to Europe, where he lived for a while under various socialist democracies. He spent a few years on a kibbutz in Israel, living out a utopian experiment in communal existence.” YearsBornExistenceDemocracyGrewHusbandGrew UpEuropeTwentiesMovedVariousIsraelExperimentsMy HusbandDictatorshipSocialistBrazilUtopianFilthy Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“If the people of the Middle East are not sure what democracy means, let them look to Israel.” PeopleIfsLooksMeanDemocracyMiddleIsraelEastNot SureMiddle East Author:Hillary Clinton
“The Palestinians are a despotic, undemocratic grouping which promotes a religious war against Israel, a democracy, through terror.” WarReligiousDemocracyTerrorIsraelPalestinianReligious Wars Author:Melanie Phillips
“The history of warfare has not yet enabled any army, any civilized army, the army of a democracy like Israel, to be able to deal with a ruthless terrorist enemy that uses civilians as a human shield without having some incidental civilian casualties.” HumansUseAbleDealsEnemyDemocracyArmyIsraelTerroristCivilizedWarfareCiviliansShieldsRuthlessCasualtiesCivilian Casualties Author:Benjamin Netanyahu
“Since Israel is a democratic state surrounded by essentially undemocratic states which have sworn her destruction, those interested in democracy everywhere must support Israel's existence.” StatesExistenceSupportDemocracyDestructionDemocraticIsrael Author:Bayard Rustin
“We tie ourselves in knots when we act as if democracy is good for the United States and Israel but not for the Arab world. For far too long, we've treated the Arab world as just an oil field.” IfsWorldLongStatesUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyFieldsSpringIsraelOilTreatedTiesKnotsArab WorldArab SpringOil Field Author:Nicholas D. Kristof
“While we see democracy coming to the Arab world, democracy is getting weaker in Israel. Democracy is in jeopardy in Israel, and this threat is greater than the external threat.” WorldDemocracyGreaterThreatIsraelJeopardyArab World Author:Tom Segev
“Like most Israelis, I know very little about the Arabs. We just look down on them and see them as a threat. We have absolutely no experience with a democratic country in our vicinity. Is it good or bad for us? I am convinced that democracy isn't just good for the people in those countries, but for Israel as well.” PeopleKnowsWellsLooksLittlesCountryDemocracyThreatDemocraticIsraelConvincedVicinityDemocratic Country Author:Tom Segev
“[The World Trade Center and the Pentagon] have drawn, like gathered lightning, the anger of the enemies of civilization. Those enemies are always out there.... Americans are slow to anger but mighty when angry, and their proper anger now should be alloyed with pride. They are targets because of their virtues-principally democracy, and loyalty to those nations which, like Israel, are embattled salients of our virtues in a still-dangerous world.” WorldShouldStillsNationsEnemyVirtueDemocracyDangerousPrideCivilizationAngryTradeIsraelLoyaltyTargetLightningPentagonWorld TradeWorld Trade CenterDangerous World Author:George Will
“I don't think he should make foreign policy on the basis of peak,but I don't think it can be overstated that Israel has been an embattled democracy that has enjoyed the bipartisan and overwhelming support of Americans. It has been a moral force.” ThinkingShouldHas BeensForceMoralSupportDemocracyPolicyBasesIsraelEnjoyedOverwhelmingForeign PolicyBipartisan Author:Mark Shields
“I think a lot it was the theology, that the road to Jerusalem runs through Baghdad, that somehow if we broke apart the rejectionist states, like Iraq, then the whole Middle East would reconfigure itself into a more favorable environment for democracy and Israel and us.” IfsThinkingStatesWholeRunningDemocracyEnvironmentMiddleIraqIsraelEastTheologyBrokeMiddle EastJerusalemBaghdad Author:Chris Matthews
“You cannot possibly expect even the most illiterate person on Earth to believe that you really want a democracy in Iraq while you are paying Mubarak $3 billion a year to pretend he doesn't hate Israel. And you're providing the military and diplomatic umbrella that protects the fascist government, if you will, of the al Sauds.” IfsWantYearsBelievePersonsGovernmentEarthHateDemocracyMilitaryProtectIraqIsraelBillionsAlsProvidingFascistsUmbrellaDiplomaticIlliterateMubarakIlliterate Person Author:Michael Scheuer
“The majority of Arab people see the United States and Israel (definitely not Iran or Syria) as the greatest danger to the world. Could you imagine what the Arab people would do if true democracy (rule of the people) were to be victorious?” PeopleIfsWorldStatesUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyImagineDangerMajorityIsraelIranSyriaTrue Democracy Author:Andre Vltchek
“I want to tell you that Israel is a democracy and every citizen is automatically registered to vote. There's a commitment in our declaration of independence, guaranteed under Israel's law, that all our citizens, Arab and Jews, alike, have the right to vote.” WantLawDemocracyCitizensCommitmentVoteIndependenceJewIsraelDeclarationDeclaration Of IndependenceRight To Vote Author:Benjamin Netanyahu