Aryeh Lightstone > Quotes

“As Abba Eban famously said, ‘The Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.”
― Aryeh Lightstone, Let My People Know: The Incredible Story of Middle East Peace—and What Lies Ahead

“When it is acceptable to attack Israel using methods, ideas, and language that would immediately be confronted if they targeted any other nation or people, the floodgates for moral relativism open up.”
― Aryeh Lightstone, Let My People Know: The Incredible Story of Middle East Peace—and What Lies Ahead

“What becomes permissible to do to Israel will ultimately be considered permissible to do to the rest of the West. Challenges to policies have mutated into attacks on the country’s foundations.”
― Aryeh Lightstone, Let My People Know: The Incredible Story of Middle East Peace—and What Lies Ahead

“The Palestinian leaders have been more intent on destroying Israel than on helping their own people. Although the Palestinian Authority is considered the moderate peace partner (by comparison with Hamas), it offers a financial incentive for the murder of Jews in terrorist acts.”
― Aryeh Lightstone, Let My People Know: The Incredible Story of Middle East Peace—and What Lies Ahead

“Israel is not the cause of Palestinian problems. In fact, no one has done more harm to the Palestinian people than their current leadership, whether it is Hamas in Gaza or the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. Their main leadership technique is blaming Israel for every ill that befalls their people, thus abdicating their own responsibility.”
― Aryeh Lightstone, Let My People Know: The Incredible Story of Middle East Peace—and What Lies Ahead