(162 quotes found)
“The film ends with a homicide murderer [suicide bomber] sitting in the bus surrounded by [Israeli] soldiers. It ends with a bright screen. We are living in this bright screen every day.”
Yossi Mendellevich
“What the Israeli public has lost today is the unprecedented degree of optimism, with the only person who could carry out unpopular historic decisions incapacitated. You don't see any figure of his status with the courage, the political acumen and the domestic strength to carry out such decisions. The whole public was waiting for Sharon's last act.”
Yaron Ezrahi
“A majority opinion is not necessarily a majority of Israeli voters.”
“For me, no, but for him, I think so. But not only our people but the majority of the Israeli people are with the peace of the brave.”
Yasser Arafat
“The daily Israeli aggression is offensive to our people, our villages, our refugee camps and holy sites which belong to Muslims and Christians,”
“It is clear and obvious [the Israelis] are trying to escape from implementing accurately and honestly what had been signed between both of us. I am not asking for the moon.”
“until now there is not enough flexibility in the Israeli position to encourage us to say we are close to reaching an agreement.”
“I can't forget myself, the peace of the brave, which I had signed with my partner, [assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak] Rabin.”
“Jordan recognizes that east Jerusalem is the capital of the Palestinian state and Jordan rejects foreign sovereignty -- Israeli sovereignty -- over the holy sites,”
“Russia as co-sponsor (of the peace process) will take an active part in questions relating to Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation and will make further efforts to encourage negotiations,”
Yevgeny Primakov
