The withdrawal from the Gaza Strip is basically unilateral and Israel has not fully coordinated everything in the withdrawal with the Palestinian side. This is why we will not attend.

I went to interview some of these early Jewish colonial zealots—written off in those days as mere ‘fringe’ elements—and found that they called themselves Gush Emunim or—it sounded just as bad in English—’The Bloc of...

At the United Nations, a lynch mob for Israel is always just a moment away.

possible to move in and out, and trade as freely as possible within the constraints of security for Israel.

Both our governments believe that a permanent settlement must ensure real security for Israel and recognition of the legitimate political rights of the Palestinian people.

Our tie to Israel is that of a nation and its occupiers. It is not going to be in any way a relationship based on legitimate neighbors or partners or allies.

Many of the Europeans who want Israel to go away don’t even know why they do. Nearly a third of those interviewed concede they have no idea what the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is all about. It’s...

So, once more, the question is: Does the Bible forbid homosexual behavior? Well, I’ve already said that it does. The Bible is so realistic! You might not expect it to mention a topic like homosexual...

We are benefiting from one thing, and that is the attacks on the twin towers and the pentagon and the American struggle in Iraq. These events swung American public opinion in our favor

In Israel, in order to be a realist, you must believe in miracles.

The truce brokered by Egypt between Israel and Hamas depends, above all, on the borders between Egypt, Gaza and Israel.

One example is the familiar parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32), which in some ways might be better called the parable of the elder brother. For the point of the parable as a whole...

What happens to Sharon affects Israel first of all and has repercussions for the region but will not lead to a delay in the Palestinian elections.

We expected today’s visit to be an optimistic one, but I’m sorry to say that it wasn’t because Israel is still suffocating the Palestinian economy on purpose.

Sarucha (age 8): “Look, down there, I recognize it, ciudad de Jerusalén (the city of Jerusalem)! Jerusalén!, Jerusalén!” she exclaimed.

What will happen will depend on two factors: whether disengagement will pass peacefully within Israel and whether there will be more terrorism, which will make the argument against further disengagement very strong.

Strange, how the name Israel, God’s own chosen nation, who don’t believe Jesus to be the Messiah, sounds almost the same as saying “is He real?

The United States and Israel share common interests in many areas, including the international campaign against terrorism and the pursuit of peace in the Middle East.

There is no comparison between the training here and the training in Israel.

A thorough and extensive investigation has been conducted by legal authorities in Israel for over two years. It was concluded that they could not provide a basis for prosecuting under criminal law.

When a peace agreement is concluded between the Lebanese government and Israel, we would surely disagree with the Lebanese government about that, but we would not make any turmoil out of it.

Israel in the past few weeks has committed brutal massacres against our people, and the Palestinians have a right to respond.

You are a very good friend of Israel, but more than that, you are a very good friend of peace, … You have done everything you can in order to have better time, better future...

Palestinians and Israelis were connected by a fatalistic dialectic, whose movement was punctuated by violence and directed towards an apocalyptic conclusion. One might argue that this dialectic enveloped a land, mythical and actual, spiritual yet...

The mission has been completed, … Israel ‘s presence of 38 years has come to an end.

The Palestinian Authority refuses on an ongoing basis to take the necessary steps to prevent terrorists from getting into Israel.

When a deeply sympathetic American president asks for concessions and compromises and appears able to cajole some from the Palestinians, which was the Clinton/Rabin and Bush/Sharon combination, Israel must respond.

People always say that in England we lead shallow lives. Our lives must be shallow because we live in a country where nobody believes in anything any more. My whole life, I’ve been told: ‘Western...

Israel has to take a stance about what it plans to do with this money. Israel has said it would continue to provide electricity and water to the PA; who is going to pay for...

Why should we recognize Israel? Has Israel recognized the Palestinian people or the right of return for the refugees?

does not pose a military threat to Israel.

Our message in Washington will be clear, we want a mechanism that will get Israel to commit to the implementation of the agreement.

Israel, as the Jewish state, must disappear from the map.

I don’t want to govern the Palestinians. I don’t want them as subjects of Israel or as citizens of Israel. I want them to have their own independent state but a demilitarized state.

Half the published articles on Gaza contain a standard reference to its resemblance to a vast open-air prison (and when I last saw it under Israeli occupation it certainly did deserve this metaphor). The problem...

We must create a clear boundary as soon as possible, which will reflect the demographic reality on the ground. Israel will maintain control over the security zones, the Jewish settlement blocs, and those places which...

There is no Zionism except the rescue of Jews.

It is very obvious that Israel has left the Gaza Strip, and has no right to come back and cannot carry out any measures under any excuses. I condemn those firing rockets and I ask...

while Israel doesn’t recognize me as the victim.

The border between the State of Israel and the occupied Gaza Strip had always reminded him of the line between Tijuana and greater San Diego. There, too, ragged men the color of earth waited with...

Behind every act in Israel’s identity politics stretches, like a long black shadow, the idea of an eternal power and race.

When he talks to the Palestinians he thinks about a referendum in Israel … He is focusing on the Israeli that still doesn’t trust Arafat, that still remembers the terrorist attacks.

Israel has the right to defend itself and to deal with security, but Israel also has a need to bear in mind the consequences of action and Israel’s stake in development of reforms in the...

Some people like the Jews, and some do not. But no thoughtful man can deny the fact that they are, beyond any question, the most formidable and most remarkable race which has appeared in the...

Israel’s having no alternative to peace implies Israel cannot survive without peace.

The bottom line is this: Peace will come to Israel and the Middle East only when the Israeli government is willing to comply with international law, with the Roadmap for Peace, with official American policy,...

The question is to know whether Israel wants peace or not, and if it is ready to respect its international engagements, notably the roadmap.

This is the time for all Muslim and Arab countries to reconsider their relations with Israel. We think it will be a very positive signal to Israeli and Palestinian public opinion that there are some...

My identity as Jewish cannot be reduced to a religious affiliation. Professor Said quoted Gramsci, an author that I’m familiar with, that, and I quote, ‘to know thyself is to understand that we are a...

deal with those who have supported the people of Palestine in their struggle against Israel.