“I was critical of the Israeli government, however, for not being prepared for the move. One does not uproot thousands of people without planning in advance what will be done with them. This was a political and human error in which the government functioned poorly.” PeopleHumansDoeDoneGovernmentMovingPoliticalErrorsPreparedCriticalPlanningIsraeliHuman Error Author:Norman Lamm
“My grandmother was ill in bed when the Nazis came to her home town ... a German soldier shot her dead in her bed. My grandmother did not die to provide cover for Israeli soldiers murdering Palestinian grandmothers in Gaza. The present Israeli government ruthlessly and cynically exploit the continuing guilt from gentiles over the slaughter of Jews in the Holocaust as justification for their murder of Palestinians.” HomeGovernmentDiesBedShotsMurderTownsGuiltSoldierIllJewGrandmotherHolocaustJustificationPalestinianContinuingNaziMy GrandmotherExploitsIsraeliSlaughterGazaGentilesHome TownGerman SoldiersIsraeli Soldiers Author:Gerald Kaufman
“To avoid manufactured misunderstandings, the policies of Israeli governments are not analogous to Nazism. They do not aim at the systematic extermination of the Palestinian people, in the way Nazism sought the annihilation of the Jews.” PeopleWayGovernmentPolicyAimJewPalestinianMisunderstandingIsraeliSystematicNazismAnnihilationExtermination Author:Ken Livingstone
“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
“One can criticize the Israeli government, but it is not fair to judge the people of Israel.” PeopleGovernmentJudgingFairsIsraelCriticizeIsraeliNot Fair Author:Antonio Munoz Molina
“The security of the citizens of Israel, the future of the state of Israel, this is the Israeli governments responsibility.” StatesGovernmentResponsibilitySecurityCitizensIsraelIsraeli Author:Avigdor Lieberman