Israel Quotes - page 24

The prevailing attitude (which is gradually losing its grip) may be described as the tacit assumption that ancient Israel and Greece are two water-tight compartments... One is said to be sacred; the other, profane; one, Semitic; the other, Indo-European. One, Asiatic and Oriental; the other, European and Occidental. But the fact is that both flourished during the same centuries, in the same East Mediterranean corner of the globe, with both ethnic groups in contact with each other from the start. (Cyrus H. Gordon)
We shall have to bear in mind that the gulf separating classical Israel (of the great Prophets) from classical Greece (of the scientists and philosophers) must not be read back into the heroic age when both peoples formed part of the same international complex. View quote
Cyrus H. Gordon
Archeological discoveries at sites like Ugarit prevent us from regarding Greece as the hermetically sealed Olympian miracle, or Israel as the vacuum-packed miracle from Sinai. View quote
Cyrus H. Gordon
Out of the Armana Age synthesis emerged the earliest traditions of Israel and Greece. View quote
Cyrus H. Gordon
V. Bérard attributed the [Greece and Israel] links mainly to the role of the Phoenicians. P. Jensen explained matters through the diffusion of the Gilgamesh Epic. ...but their one-sidedness and exaggeration brought them, and indeed the problem itself, into disrepute among critical scholars. The history of the problem has been ably documented by W. Baumgartner... View quote
Cyrus H. Gordon
While criticism of Israel is legitimate and justifiable, it cannot be an excuse - in any way, shape or form - for anti-Semitism. View quote
Tariq Ramadan
Israel is not consistent in its new anti-apartheid attitude... They took Israel away from the Arabs after the Arabs lived there for a thousand years. In that, I agree with them. Israel, like South Africa, is an apartheid state. View quote
Hendrik Verwoerd
If you and I desire the blessings of life, of health, of vigor of body and mind; if we desire the destroying angel to pass us by, as he did in the days of the children of Israel, we must obey the Word of Wisdom; then God is bound, and the blessing shall come to us. View quote
Heber J. Grant
Palestinians don't really believe in a state of Israel. They, unlike a majority of Israelis, who have come to the conclusion that they can live with a two-state solution to be determined by the parties, the majority of Palestinians are still very reluctant, and they need to be pushed to get there. View quote
Chuck Schumer
Canada's Conservatives have been, and always will be, a strong voice for Israel and the Canadian Jewish community, Israel is one of Canada's strongest allies and a beacon of pluralism and democratic principles in a turbulent part of the world, Canada's Conservatives recognize the obvious fact that Israel, like every other sovereign nation, has a right to determine where its capital is located. View quote
Andrew Scheer
Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan. (Abdallah II)
Is Israel going to continue to be 'Fortress Israel'? Or, as we all hope, become accepted into the neighborhood, which I believe is the only way we can move forward in harmony. View quote
Abdallah II
Mr. President, prime ministers, let us have ambitions: ambitions to move beyond the violence and occupation, to the day when two states, Palestine and Israel, can live together side by side in peace and security. View quote
Abdallah II
We have peace with Israel. We're actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking, 'Why are we having this relationship when it's not benefiting anybody?' Obviously, my answer is you always benefit from peace. View quote
Abdallah II
Fifty-seven countries in the world, a third of the United Nations, do not recognize Israel. In a way, I think North Korea has better international relations than Israel. View quote
Abdallah II
Many occasions I've sat down with Israelis to say, where do you see your country in 10 years time, and work me back, so we can figure out the synergies and the connections between Israel and the rest of the Arab world. No Israeli has ever been able to answer that question. View quote
Abdallah II
One can criticize the Israeli government, but it is not fair to judge the people of Israel. View quote
Antonio Munoz Molina
I have absolute respect for Israel and people in Israel who are critical of their own country. View quote
Antonio Munoz Molina
I got 'Munich' after I had done 'In Treatment' in Israel, which was very successful. But, when I actually shot it, nobody knew it was going to be sold all over the world and be so successful. View quote
Ayelet Zurer
Israel, as the Jewish state, must disappear from the map. View quote
Ahmed Yassin
I think Israel will think one thousands times before invading Gaza. (Ahmed Yassin)
The attacks inside Israel are operations we carry out in response to Israeli crimes against our people. View quote
Ahmed Yassin
Since Israel does not differentiate between attacking this group or that, we are saying our people can work individually or collectively to face this aggression. View quote
Ahmed Yassin
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. View quote
Al-Waleed bin Talal
There are plenty of opportunities for common grounds that we need to explore and strengthen. The Hispanic community has a strong affinity for our relationship with Israel. View quote
Bob Menendez