#israel

And then there's Israel - a lot of people support Israel, and it's important to Israel to take out Iraq. So it's all mixed together. It's a combination of motives. ↗

— Chris Matthews

#important #iraq #israel #lot #mixed

Then the administration tied it in to the regional dispute between Israel and its enemies, as if that's about international terrorism. No, it's not. ↗

— Chris Matthews

#administration #between #dispute #international #international terrorism

Well, the right-wing policy with regard to Israel - the people who don't want to deal with Arafat, who don't want a Palestinian state - the whole sort of right-wing view is consistent with the view toward Iraq. It's the same policy and the same people. ↗

— Chris Matthews

#consistent #deal #iraq #israel #palestinian

However, there is no legal and legitimate state called Israel. ↗

— Hassan Nasrallah

#however #israel #legal #legitimate #state

That is why if Lebanon concludes a peace agreement with Israel and brings that accord to the Parliament our deputies will reject it; Hezbollah refuses any conciliation with Israel in principle. ↗

— Hassan Nasrallah

#agreement #any #brings #conciliation #concludes

You can look at the West Bank. Cities are like prisons. They can be closed quickly by the Israeli forces, and everything stops in these cities. This is the result of Oslo. ↗

— Hassan Nasrallah

#cities #closed #everything #forces #israeli

Growing up in Israel, how can I not be an optimist? When you remember what Israel was 50 years ago and you see Israel now, one of the most successful countries in the world, stable, democratic, with an enormously stable economy despite everything that has happened in the global economy in the last few years, how can I not be an optimist? ↗

— Ehud Olmert

#countries #democratic #despite #economy #enormously

I never thought that Syria and Israel should engage in a violent confrontation because I don't think that there is any particular interest for any of us to do it. ↗

— Ehud Olmert

#because #confrontation #engage #i #interest

Iran is a major threat to the well-being of Europe and America just as much as it is for the state of Israel. ↗

— Ehud Olmert

#europe #iran #israel #just #major

Israel always has to be in a position to defend itself against any adversary and against any threat of any kind. ↗

— Ehud Olmert

#against #always #any #defend #israel