#rae

Israel was seen as having demonstrated unmistakably it wanted peace, and the reason it wasn't available, achievable was because Arafat wouldn't accept it. ↗

— Dennis Ross

#arafat #available #because #demonstrated #having

It is my Middle Eastern hat and my attachment to Israel that ultimately inspires my support for Obama. I know he understands that neither Israel nor America can afford four more years of Iran and the radical Islamists gaining strategic leverage in the Middle East. ↗

— Dennis Ross

#america #attachment #east #eastern #four

Overwhelmingly, Israel's political and military establishment want the rest of the world to act diplomatically or otherwise to stop Iran. But if that doesn't happen, then the impulse toward the use of force will become quite strong. ↗

— Dennis Ross

#become #establishment #force #happen #impulse

Security is something that serves Israeli interests and Palestinian interests. You have a common threat and you have a common enemy and it's important to deal with that as partners. ↗

— Dennis Ross

#common enemy #deal #enemy #important #interests

9/11 was a deliberate, carefully planned evil act of the long-waged war on the West by Koran-inspired soldiers of Allah around the world. They hated us before George W. Bush was in office. They hated us before Israel existed. And the avengers of the religion of perpetual outrage will keep hating us. ↗

— Michelle Malkin

#allah #around #avengers #before #bush

I cannot conceive of Israel withdrawing if Arab states do not recognize Israel, within secure borders. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#borders #cannot #conceive #i #israel

You don't have any communication between the Israelis and the Iranians. You have all sorts of local triggers for conflict. Having countries act on a hair trigger - where they can't afford to be second to strike - the potential for a miscalculation or a nuclear war through inadvertence is simply too high. ↗

— Dennis Ross

#afford #any #between #communication #conflict

We've always had a dual role in the region - friend of Israel, and honest broker. We've given up the honest broker role completely. ↗

— Chris Matthews

#broker #completely #dual #friend #given

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