Notable Quotes

Surprising Admission

{image_1} “What will happen in the future, we shall not repeat the wrongs we did in leaving Gaza. It should have been done otherwise. I was for leaving Gaza. I feel myself as one of the persons mistaken…My problem is less whom to entrust with the role of prime minister but rather the candidate’s policies. The world is undergoing new situations and the new government must adjust its policies accordingly. I do not disqualify any Israeli who was duly elected.”

As Far As We Believe…

{image_1} “As far as we believe, Durban II is going to be the anti-Semitic event of 2009. It looks worse than we expected…Operation Cast Lead is going to take center stage…It was in everyone’s homes, on everyone’s television sets, and it’s going to be everywhere in Geneva as well.”

Arab Response to the Conflict

Gaza Will Never Cave to Israeli Pressure

{image_1} “We will not leave our land, we will not raise white flags and we kneel only before Allah.”

“There is blood everywhere, there are wounded and martyrs in every house and in every street. Gaza today was decorated by blood…There can be more martyrs and there can be more wounded but Gaza will never be broken and will never surrender.”

—Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, December 27, 2008

War in Gaza

{image_1} In late December, a six-month truce between Hamas and Israel came to an end. Throughout the “truce,” Hamas continually launched missiles into southern Israeli communities. When Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal stated that Hamas would not renew the truce and would continue the armed struggle, Israel decided it must deal militarily with the continued strikes against Israeli civilian targets.

Israeli Leaders Respond to Truce Collapse

{image_1} “That is a declaration of war, this is a declaration of intentions, that means that they are going to pursue bombings and rocket shootings and so on, and obviously there will be a reaction [by Israel].”

Arab Response to the US Economic Crisis…

{image_1} “The enemies of Islam are facing a crushing defeat, which is beginning to manifest itself in the expanding crisis their economy is experiencing…[They are] turning their backs on Allah’s revealed laws, which forbid interest-bearing transactions, exploitation, greed and injustice in all its forms.”

From Islamic Hamas…

{image_1} “Jerusalem will be retrieved to the Palestinians not through negotiations or by hugging and kissing the enemy, but by way of jihad, blood, shahids [martyrs], and resistance. With Allah’s help, Jerusalem will be returned…The Israeli–Arabs are safeguarding the Al-Aqsa Mosque; it is as if they are inside the belly of a whale. They represent the Islamic nation.”

From Warmongering Hizbullah…

{image_1} Hizbullah’s secretary-general continues his psychological warfare against Israel. Hassan Nasrallah said that “Hizbullah is still at war with Israel,” warning supporters that “at the moment the enemy feels we are weak, it will return to occupy us.” Nasrallah stressed that even if Lebanon receives control of the Shebaa Farms, his organization will continue to battle Israel. “We are not using Shebaa as an excuse to bear weapons. If the area is freed, the weapons will remain because we are talking about a defensive strategy against a threatening country such as Israel,” he said.

From Nuclear-producing Iran…

{image_1} Another world war will erupt if Israel or the United States attacks Iran, the Islamic Republic’s deputy Chief of Staff General Masoud Jazayeri warned: “Any aggression against Iran will start a world war.” Global Zionism and America’s unrestrained greed he said is leading the world towards a dangerous precipice. “It is evident that if such a challenge occurs, the fake and artificial regimes will be eliminated before anything,” he said.

Iran Won’t “Retreat One Iota”!

{image_1}Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said his country would not “retreat one iota” in its nuclear activities. In his first reaction to a new call by envoys from the United States, the European Union, and the United Nations for Tehran to end uranium enrichment within two weeks or face possible new sanctions, the hard-line leader said: “The Iranian people are steadfast” and they “will not retreat one iota in the face of oppressing powers.”