“Thomas Friedman of the New York Times has warned that if terrorism is rewarded in the Middle East, it will “be coming to a theatre near you.”
― The Case for Israel
― The Case for Israel
“Yet the world, including many in the media, academia, and even diplomacy, seems to accept Palestinian violence as cultural. On the other hand, something different is expected from Israelis. This is cultural relativism bordering on racism. To expect less of Palestinians, regardless of their grievances, is to diminish their humanity.”
― The Case for Israel
― The Case for Israel
“I personally favor the creation of a Palestinian state as a consequence of making best efforts to end terrorism, not as a reward for increasing terrorism as a carefully calculated tactic to achieve statehood.”
― The Case for Israel
― The Case for Israel
“Fortunately, as Jews, we were never short of excuses for entertaining. Most Jewish holidays, an old joke goes, can be reduced to nine words: “They tried to kill us. We survived. Let’s eat.”
― Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide
― Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide
“The secretary quoted the Middle Eastern axiom, “The enemy of my enemy is my friend,” to which Netanyahu replied—“acidly,” according to Gates—“No, in the Middle East, the enemy of my enemy is my frenemy.”
― Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide
― Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide
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