Quotes about Israel
I recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. And I have always recognized Jerusalem as the capital of the independent, fully sovereign Palestinian state that we all want to emerge from negotiations toward a true two-state solution.
— Eric Garcetti
Oh, Jesus.' 'He's a Northerner too. Lived in Israel, but a Northerner in His heart. His bleeding heart. His cute little old bleeding red heart. Southerners think they own Him, but that's just because the first time they laid eyes on Him, He was strung up on a tree. They can relate to that, see. Both the stringer and the strung.
— Toni Morrison
We will stand up for our friends in the world. And one of the most important friends is the State of Israel. My administration will be steadfast in support Israel against terrorism and violence, and in seeking the peace for which all Israelis pray.
— George W. Bush
There is total unanimity that the most serious threat facing the United States and Israel is a nuclear-armed Iran.
— Ted Deutch
We, like the people of Israel, would like to think we get to name God. By naming God, we hope to get the kind of god we need; that is, a god after our own likeness.
— Stanley Hauerwas
My goal is to embrace the people, the 'natural resources' of Israel, and to build businesses with the creative Israelis.
— Ashton Kutcher
Since the primary manifestation of Yahweh is Israel itself, any misconstruction of Israel entails a misconstruction of Yahweh.
— Christopher Wright
The actual gap between Labor, Likud and the new central party is microscopic.
— Amos Oz
This is the burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi. He came to warn them that a day was coming, burning as an oven, wherein all stubble should be destroyed, because God loved them. Every message of coming judgment or blessing is a message of love, - whether spoken in words that sound hard, and harsh, and severe, revealing to them their true condition, or in words of tenderness, and comfort and wooing pathos.
— G Campbell Morgan
The marriage relationship allows us to experientially identify with God and his relationship with Israel.
— Gary Thomas
The present Arab uprising didn't stem from Israel. The old guard is trying to keep down the young chickens. The old guard is better organized. They may win elections, but unless they have a solution to poverty, to corruption, to oppression, they will not last. I am with the young people.
— Shimon Peres
We Americans are the peculiar, chosen people - the Israel of our time; we bear the ark of the liberties of the world.
— Herman Melville