Jeremy Bowen > Quotes

“Amos Oz, who grew up in Jerusalem, wrote that the landscape was ‘pregnant with suppressed violence’.”
― Jeremy Bowen, The Making of the Modern Middle East: a fascinating personal account of the region’s complex history, politics, and power games

“What about this business about weapons, prime minister? What about weapons of mass destruction?’ Tony Blair looked at me for a moment, then turned and walked away without answering.”
― Jeremy Bowen, The Making of the Modern Middle East: a fascinating personal account of the region’s complex history, politics, and power games

“More than 700,000 fled or were forcibly expelled, with only a handful allowed to return. Israel passed laws that transferred the”
― Jeremy Bowen, The Making of the Modern Middle East: a fascinating personal account of the region’s complex history, politics, and power games

“we felt good, and that day there was no fear in”
― Jeremy Bowen, The Arab Uprisings: The People Want the Fall of the Regime

“Overnight,’ according to Moshe Dayan’s close ally Shimon Peres, ‘the leadership”
― Jeremy Bowen, Six Days: How the 1967 War Shaped the Middle East