Israel Quotes

I believe that the people of Israel are the chosen people of God.

The greatest security for Israel is to create new Egypts.

Until 1956, America treated Israel not much differently from other friendly states.

You have to show Israel that it's not going to be forced to do things it doesn't want to do and can't do.

Tens of thousands have been killed or wounded by the Israeli army since 1967. During 2006, the number of Palestinians killed reached 650. Since the beginning of the Israeli occupation in 1967, more than 650,000 Palestinians have been detained by Israel - about 40% of the male population.

I am a Zionist, an ardent supporter of Israel, its defender when I deem Israel to be right and its critic when I deem it to be wrong.

I believe that in the long run, separation between Israel and the Palestinians is the best solution for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

I am going to take something I learned over in Israel. Their Independence Day is preceded the 24 hours before with Memorial Day, so it gives them a chance to serve and reflect and then celebrate. I am going to try to start that tradition here in America.

We have a close, unshakable bond between the United States and Israel, and between the American and Israeli people. We share common values and a commitment to a democratic future for the world, and we are both committed to a two-state solution. But that doesn't mean that we're going to agree.

Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Arabs can be elected to the parliament in a democratic election.

I don't think a wise thing at this moment is for Israel to launch a military attack on Iran.

The banding together by the nations of the world against Israel is the guarantee that their time of destruction is near and the final redemption of the Jew at hand.

Israel being condemned by the EU, which 66 years ago watched with glee as its Jews were being mass murdered. That is pretty rich.

It was in our power to cause the Arab governments to renounce the policy of strength toward Israel by turning it into a demonstration of weakness.

When are American Jews going to realize that the Republican Party is far better for Israel than the Democrats?

To the extent that Israel does face threats, like from say Hamas or Hezbollah, those are threats that do not jeopardise Israel's existence.

On the other hand, the vast majority of all westernized countries, including every single European country along with Israel and Japan, do not offer birthright citizenship.

Most governments are pragmatic, most people are logical. There are pockets of extremism in Israel, in the U.S. and in the Muslim world. But we have to fight them with reason, with logic and with compassion.

Israel can't make peace without the clear support of the United States.

Iran is a major threat to the well-being of Europe and America just as much as it is for the state of Israel.

There is no truth which the prophets press more steadily upon Israel than that all their national life lies in the sight and on the care of God.

Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan.

It should be known that Israel is based on treachery.

Without that assured American largesse Israel would have been obliged to come to an accommodation with her neighbours.

From the day I started to think politically and to develop my own moral values, from my earliest youth, I have been an ardent defender of Israel.

Everyone should unconditionally accept that Israel is an indispensable element of the Middle Eastern mosaic.

Israel has always been pro-American. Israel will always be pro-American.

The truth about Hamas and Islamic Jihad is that they don't prevent Israel from existing or even flourishing, they prevent Palestine from coming into existence.

In fact, the Iraqi foreign minister admitted in March 2003 that Iraqi funds were sent to families of Palestinian suicide bombers who attacked and killed innocent Israeli citizens, and also 12 Americans in Israel in 2003.

The idea that you can make love and not war really is pretty neat. That thing in Korea, the thing in Israel - that's all over the world. There must be a new way of thinking.