“The great majority of the Senate of the United States...somewhere around 80 percent...are completely in support of Israel, anything Israel wants. This has been demonstrated time and again, and this has made it difficult.” WantHas BeensMadeStatesDifficultUnitedUnited StatesSupportPercentMajorityJewIsraelMade ItSenate Author:J. William Fulbright
“According to Gallup, Obama has already lost support among Jewish voters, down from 78 percent to 68 percent. If Romney shows that he is genuinely committed to Israel and that Obama is not, he'll make further inroads.” IfsShowsLostSupportPercentCommittedIsraelVotersRomney Author:David Limbaugh
“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
“If there will be a serious Palestinian prime minister who makes a 100 percent effort to end terrorism, then we can have peace. Each side has to take steps. If terror continues, there will not be an independent Palestinian state. Israel will not accept it, if terror continues.” IfsEndsStatesSidesEffortAcceptingStepsSeriousPercentIndependentTerrorIsraelTerrorismMinistersPrimePalestinianPrime Minister Author:Ariel Sharon
“Obviously, things can get derailed, particularly if, which looks more and more likely, you get a blow-up between Israel and Iran. I think that's a very real probability now. But barring some real blow-up, the U.S. economy will grow, after a slow first quarter, about 3, 3.5 percent this year, far better than it was in 2011.” IfsThinkingYearsFirstsLooksRealGrowsEconomyPercentBlowIsraelIranQuartersProbability Author:Steve Forbes
“If people are pro-Israel, they are pro-Israel one-hundred-and-twenty percent. If they are anti-Israel or pro-Palestinian, they tend to be pro-Palestinian one-hundred-and-twenty percent.” PeopleIfsPercentHundredTwentiesIsraelPalestinian Author:Amos Oz
“90 percent, 85 to 90 percent of Israeli citizens in Judea-Samaria, in the West Bank, live in clusters, in urban blocks. Everybody understands that if we were to have a solution then those blocks would stay in Israel. And that's where you saw these cranes; that's where Israelis live. In the Jewish neighborhoods of Jerusalem, everybody understands, they will stay.” IfsSawsCitizensSolutionsPercentWestIsraelBlockNeighborhoodUrbanIsraeliJerusalemClustersCranes Author:Benjamin Netanyahu
“I supported Israel 100 percent as a senator for 28 years and I've supported it 100 percent as Secretary of State.” YearsStatesPercentIsraelSecretarySenators Author:John F. Kerry
“What I believe is that the United States is going to be playing on a level playing field in dealing with Israel and the Palestinian people. I am 100 percent pro Israel in the sense of Israel's right to exist, I lived in Israel, I have family in Israel, Israel has the right to live not only in peace and security, but to know that their very existence will be protected by the United States government.” PeopleKnowsBelieveStatesGovernmentI BelieveLevelsUnitedExistenceUnited StatesSecurityFieldsPercentIsraelProtectedPalestinianState GovernmentPlaying FieldsUnited States GovernmentPeace And SecurityLevel Playing Field Author:Bernie Sanders
“In 1949, the country of Palestine was partitioned after the war in such a way that the State of Israel-proper consisted of 78 percent of this country of Palestine. What was left to the Arabs was 22 percent, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.” WayWarCountryStatesLeftPercentWestIsraelPalestineGazaGaza Strip Author:Uri Avnery
“Israel produces and stores chemical weapons. So therefore the US will prevent the Chemical Weapons Convention from being imposed on the Middle East. But it's necessary to evade this by misrepresenting the convention, and I think maybe 100 percent of the media, or close to it, go along. But that's a critical issue. Actually, Syria's chemical weapons were developed largely as a deterrent to Israeli nuclear weapons. Also, not mentioned.” ThinkingIssuesMiddleMediaProduceWeaponsPercentIsraelCriticalEastStoresNuclearChemicalsConventionsMiddle EastNuclear WeaponsSyriaIsraeliDeterrentChemical Weapons Author:Noam Chomsky
“Close to 80 percent of all terrorist activity in Samaria was directed and financed either by Hizbullah or the Iranians. Iran continues to increase its involvement in terror attacks inside Israel, particularly through a small but radical minority of Israeli Arabs which Iran supports and directs.” SupportActivityPercentIncreaseTerrorIsraelTerroristRadicalMinoritiesIranInvolvementIsraeliTerror Attacks Author:Ariel Sharon