“Palestine is occupied land, and under international law, the Palestinians have the legal right to resist this occupation by any and all means. This may make busses, restaurants, discos-where Israeli military congregate, lawful targets.” MayMeanLawLandMilitaryInternationalRestaurantsIslamicTargetOccupationPalestinianPalestineIsraeliInternational LawDisco Author:Enver Masud
“We're going to make sure, regardless of disagreements we have on policy, that our military and intelligence cooperation to keep the Israeli people safe continues and that cooperation also helps the American people stay safe.” PeopleHelpingMilitaryPolicySafeCooperationIsraeliDisagreement Author:Barack Obama
“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
“Military metaphors are rarely exact, but sending Republicans against Democrats when the issue hangs in the balance is nearly always as futile as sending George B. McClellan against Robert E. Lee, the Italians against Marshal Montgomery's desert rats or an Arab armored division against an Israeli rifle company. The copy desk can write the headline before the battle begins and take the rest of the night off.” WritingNightCompanyIssuesMilitaryBalanceRepublicanBattleDemocratMetaphorDesertCopiesDivisionDesksRatsIsraeliHeadlinesRiflesMontgomeryMcclellan Author:Wesley Pruden
“The definition of terrorism has to be more precise, so that we are able to discriminate between, for example, what it is that the Palestinians are doing to fight the Israeli military occupation and terrorism of the sort that resulted in the World Trade Center bombing.” WorldAbleFightingMilitaryExampleTradeDefinitionsTerrorismOccupationPalestinianPreciseIsraeliBombingWorld TradeWorld Trade Center Author:Edward Said
“Did you follow what [General Yehoshafat] Harkabi wrote? Formerly of the Israeli military intelligence service. Remember him? Did you follow what he wrote? He said that it was for the sake of the existence of Israel that we have to accept the rights of the Palestinians to have their independent state.” SaidStatesRememberExistenceAcceptingRightsMilitaryIndependentSakeIsraelPalestinianIsraeliMilitary IntelligenceIntelligence Services Author:Yasser Arafat
“The most fatal mistake of this Israeli military junta is that they have the complex of the arrogance of power. This is their suicidal mistake.” MistakeMilitaryComplexesArroganceSuicidalIsraeliFatal Mistakes Author:Yasser Arafat
“In the meantime, what is lost is any sense that the Palestinian resistance to Israeli colonial rule is waged from a situation of occupation or expulsion, that there is a military order that controls the boundaries of what would be a sovereign Palestinian state, that the land on which that state is now thinkable has been radically diminished by an ongoing practice of land confiscation and appropriation.” Has BeensStatesWould BeOrderLostSituationPracticeLandMilitaryBoundariesResistanceOccupationPalestinianSovereignOngoingIsraeliAppropriationExpulsionThinkable Author:Judith Butler
“I consider both the West Bank and Gaza to be colonised, even though Gaza is not occupied in the same way that the West Bank is. The Israeli government and military control all goods that pass in or out of that area, and they have restricted employment and building material that would allow Palestinians to rebuild homes and structures that were destroyed by bombardment.” WayHomeGovernmentMilitaryBuildingMaterialsAreasStructureWestDestroyedEmploymentGoodsPalestinianIsraeliGazaBuilding Materials Author:Judith Butler
“We target the Israeli occupation, not civilians. We are defending ourselves with the simple military means that we have at our disposal. We are keen to develop and to get accurate, sophisticated weaponry in order to precisely target Israeli military installations.” MeanSimpleMilitarySophisticatedIsraeli Author:Khaled Mashal
“As one Israeli said, "It's a big mistake for Israel to say it 'won' the war, when there was no war. There were no battles...no military enemy in the field."” WarMistakeEnemyMilitaryBattleIsraeliBig Mistake Author:Norman Finkelstein