Israel Quotes

Christ at the Checkpoint is primarily a public relations scheme to dissuade American evangelicals from pro-Israel views.

Israel... is one of the great outpost of democracy in the world

Moses simplifies the whole duty of Israel (and of humanity) by crystalizing the moral law into a single command to love God supremely.

Although their parents died in the wilderness for their stubbornness, Israel could profit from the older generation's failure by remembering that God had used adversity to train them.

Israel's [as well as our] enjoyment of the land is contingent on their behavior. Blessings or cruses lie before them; the choice is theirs.

If Israel is to please the Lord fully, they will live lives that are as distinctive among the nations as their Lord is different from pagan deities.

God chose Israel not because they were superior but because of what He could do through them for others.

My privilege as a white Jewish American in Israel is a major factor in getting me so much access to the key institutions of the Jewish state.

I kind of feel connected to all places at the moment, and I've done very interesting projects in both places (Israel and America).

However, obviously Israel is a much smaller place in terms of population. There are only 6 million people in Israel, where there might be 6 million people in one city in America.

I'm connected to both places because I already feel like New York is my home. But then again I feel like L.A. is my new home and Israel is my real home.

Israel is not dangerous on one hand, but on the other hand it is dangerous. Human life is just dangerous, in general.

Theater in Israel is not more dangerous than walking in the street.

The new film I'm shooting in Jerusalem - which is partly why I'm here in Israel - is something I co-wrote.

New York was a place I wanted to live and work all along. If I wasn't going to live in Israel, I had to live in New York.

It's all part of the same ball of wax, right? The oil companies, Israel, Halliburton.

I go and film 50 people in Israel, 50 people in Russia, and 50 people in Romania, in Paris, because I really like to get some particles of something real.

Thanks to everyone in Israel for the wonderful welcome. It was a great show and we'll remember it forever.

He who defines the terms, controls the debate.

I have no sentiments for nationality or for soil. But I grew up in Israel, so those things are in my blood, and I want to be part of Israeli culture.

I don't need legitimization to take part in Israeli productions; I am a good actress. To work in Israel is a financial investment for me. I do it for emotional, not artistic, reasons.

I love this city [Tel Aviv]!

America has to stand by our allies. I think the tension that existed between Israel and the United States was very unfortunate.

If Israel is attacked, America has their back, not just diplomatically, not just culturally, but militarily.

If I'm President of the United States, when I'm President of the United States, we will stand with Israel.

Syria is Iran's only ally in the Arab world. It's their route to the sea. It's the route for them to arm Hezbollah in Lebanon, which threatens, of course, our ally, Israel.

If it respected religion, Israel would have transferred these synagogues back to its territory.

There's something interesting about being really intimate and familiar with Israel, but still being American - that really thin piece of glass between me and my experiences.

Italy was a surprise in my life. I went there just to make money and then go back to Israel and study psychology. The arts wasn't something I grew up with or thought I could be part of.

Well I haven't seen any free elections in the Arab world. They may be coming someday, except for in Israel. In Israel, Arabs have a chance to participate in free elections. Nowhere else really.

I am proud to be the president of the state of Israel.

Rest you well, beloved Jesus, Caesar’s Lord and Israel’s King, In the brooding of the Spirit, in the darkness of the spring

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.

I hope that France - and all of Europe - we would take an initiative for the year 2012 to be the year of peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

Public opinion in Egypt is very antagonistic to the way the dictatorship, Mubarak dictatorship, interpreted relations with Israel. Very antagonistic.

The government of Israel doesn't like the kinds of things I say, which puts them into the same category as every other government in the world.

I've occasionally been asked to talk on Israel-Palestine. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it elicits hysteria in the community.

As Israel becomes like South Africa, it's increasingly becoming a pariah state, being excluded from culture at large.

Each of the various tactics that have been tried to get Israel to budge.. nonviolent resistance, legal accountability, BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions).. has had some measure of success.

I don't feel particularly attached to Israel - 'nationalism,' as Noam Chomsky said, 'is not my cup of tea' - but I feel no particular need to demonize it.

One of the great barriers to peace in the Middle East is that both sides, both Israel and the Palestinians, do not understand that they share a collective destiny.

. I suppose we could ask the same question of Jesus. God sent Him to be the Messiah of Israel and King of Israel; why did He fail the first time around and get crucified?"

I've been to Israel many times - I've lost count of how many times.

I am here for 5 days to enjoy myself and rest. Israel is a beautiful country and the audience is full of passion and I enjoy everything there is here.

In ancient Israel and Rome the judge had appeared as a stand-in for the divine, and corruption was a blinding of the representative of the divine.

Faith intervenese not to abolish reason's autonomy nor to reduce its scope for action, but solely to bring the human being to understand that in these events it is the God of Israel who acts.

You know the Ark of Israel and the calf of Belial were both made of gold. Religion has never yet changed the metal of her one adoration.

We were very pleased to have the opportunity to come to Israel and visit the holy sites in the Old City.

Each and every day, Israel remains on the frontline along with the United States in the War on Terror and is nothing but an unabashed ally of pro-democratic and pro-American policy.

Just a recognition of the reality of decision-making and the state of play in the government of Israel.