576 Quotes About Israel

The first century was an era of apocalyptic expectation among the Jews of Palestine, the unofficial Roman designation for the vast tract of land encompassing modern day Israel/Palestine as well as large parts of Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon (the land would not be officially called Palestine until after 135 C.E.)

Mock on, Mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau;Mock on, Mock on, 'tis all in vain.You throw the sand against the wind,And the wind blows it back again.And every sand becomes a GemReflected in the beams divine;Blown back, they blind the mocking Eye,But still in Israel's paths they shine.The Atoms of DemocritusAnd Newton's Particles of lightAre sands upon the Red sea shoreWhere Israel's tents do shine so bright.

In the time that we're here today, more women and children will die violently in the Darfur region than in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, Israel or Lebanon. So, after September 30, you won't need the UN - you will simply need men with shovels and bleached white linen and headstones.

Avec la généralisation dans la société civile israélienne du krav maga et de la théorie de la défense-offensive (...) se diffuse aussi par là une allégorie viriliste et agonistique de la citoyenneté qui tire du principe même de la défense de soi la légitimité de son droit à la violence et à la colonisation.

The point is, if you pay attention to the women, a more complex history of Israel's conquests emerges. Their stories invite the reader to consider the human cost of violence and patriarchy, and in that sense prove instructive to all who wish to work for a better world.

We possess several hundred atomic warheads and rockets and can launch them at targets in all directions, perhaps even at Rome. Most European capitals are targets of our air force.

إسرائيل هي نطفة من أوروبا تنمو حيث تلامس جلدنا

How can we speak to each other like equals when one of us is holding a gun?

Some people like the Jews, and some do not. But no thoughtful man can deny the fact that they are, beyond any question, the most formidable and most remarkable race which has appeared in the world.— Winston S. Churchill