Israeli Quotes

My closest friends from Israel make fun of me for becoming an American, and my American friends make fun of how Israeli I am... I can't win.

If any overarching conclusion emerges from the Afghan and Iraq Wars (and from their Israeli equivalents), it's this: victory is a chimera.

I am ready to compromise, but there is one thing I won't compromise on: the safety of the Israeli people.

It is natural that we should always expect an Israeli attack, even when it does not threaten.

Because I hold an Israeli passport, I have a share in all the wrongs that are done to the Palestinians. . . . I want to be able to say that I did all I could to prevent the bloodshed.

The Israeli people must be free to live in peace and security.

I’m a United States senator. I’m not an Israeli senator.

I also believe that US backing for Israeli policies of expansion of the Israeli state and oppression of the Palestinian people is the major cause of bitter division and violence in the world.

Newly released transcripts reveal that President Nixon was drunk during the Arab-Israeli crisis of 1973. After hearing this, President Bush said, 'Hey, so was I!'

If the [captured Israeli] soldiers are not returned, we will turn Lebanon's clock back 20 years.

An Israeli who thinks that his government is doing everything right wouldn't join the Divan Orchestra in the first place.

Security is something that serves Israeli interests and Palestinian interests. You have a common threat and you have a common enemy and it's important to deal with that as partners.

Though public pronouncements of Israeli officials emphasize peace and mutuality, unilateralism actually drives Israeli actions.

Agribusiness could provide an opportunity for joint Israeli-Palestinian projects, spurred on by Israeli technical expertise in this field.

A two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a region free of Iranian nukes are worthy goals that should be able to withstand public scrutiny in every Middle Eastern capital.

The Israeli mentality was totally different to mine. They just didn't understand people like me. They couldn't understand why I had been in a ghetto. We were totally different.

On taking office in 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama put Israeli settlements at the center of U.S. policy in the Middle East.

The Israeli accent wasn't one that I was overly familiar with so had to learn from scratch but I was very fortunate I had the right amount of time.

I am an Israeli-born American citizen.

I hope the English-speaking world can see that I'm not only an Israeli actress.

For Americans I'll always be Israeli, and for Israelis I'll always be American. But I really have no need for definitions.

I grew up in a working-class Israeli family, which was feminist only in its female-dominated structure.

I love meeting Israeli people. They look at me like a son

I was talking to my friend who's Israeli and she said that from the moment you're born, you're taught to hate the Palestinians. That's it. That's your life. That's what you learn from day one.

I think generational trauma also plays a big part in the reactions to Israeli politics.

I am pro-Israeli, not because of political expediency, but because I believe Israel is the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy.

I advocate the modification of the '67 borders to let about half of the Israeli stay in Palestine.

It is no exaggeration to say that Israeli policy in the occupied territories is not simply a matter of foreign policy - it is a matter for British domestic security policy too.

There's no greater risk to the Israeli position in Washington than to make itself a partisan issue.

Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas have recognized Israel's right to exist. The Israeli government has never recognized our right to a sovereign state and self-determination.

The Israeli army had the most sophisticated weaponry and they used it against residential towers, schools and hospitals.

Under Trump, the US will give its blessing to Israeli imperialism and racism.

Trying to turn the Congress the President on the Iran deal, - it's one thing to do that - it's a giant moment in Israeli politics to decide to do that.

I am very hopeful that there is a solution to the Israeli/Palestinian injustice.

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.

It took me many years to understand that my identity is more Israeli than Jewish.

No Palestinian, young or old, would be frightened by these Israeli tactics.

The Israeli strategy has been proven to be a complete failure.

If you really wanted to settle down the Middle East, if what you wanted was change in the Middle East, it is perfectly obvious that the first step is resolving the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.

In some respects, South African apartheid was more vicious than Israeli practices, and in some respects the opposite is true.

State terrorism - and yet the Israeli invasion Goldstone investigated is still commonly referred to as the Gaza War.

I have been a long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees.

I went to a dialect coach and she told me that I had five problems; two were my Israeli accent and three were my New Jersey accent. I don't even want to know what I sounded like back then!

Whether [the 1993 World Trade Center bombing] was a setup by the Israeli Mossad, as a Jewish friend of mine suspects, or was truly a retaliation by the Islamic fundamentalists, matters little.

When PLO sniper fire is followed by 14 hours of Israeli bombardment, that's stretching the definition of defensive action too far.

If there were Israeli attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities, it makes it certain there would be a reprisal attack against the United States at some point.

Let's remember that the revolution in Tahrir Square was not anti-American, it was not anti-Israeli, it was for democracy and freedom. That's a good thing.

We would take the same position as the majority of the world about this, including this issue where Prime Minister [Ariel] Sharon made a commitment to pull Israeli troops out of Gaza.

In order to put an end to the occupation, you must make peace between the Israeli and Palestinian people. This is the real aim, this is the real task.