by Victor Sharpe
The spiritual awakening which Jews experienced almost without exception in June 1967 must not be allowed to become a sealed and finished episode…. Support must be rallied among men and women of goodwill and their governments if we are to reach that secure and just peace in the attainment of which Israel has never ceased to believe. President Zalman Shazar (1968)
Our judicial system was one of the best in the whole world. Our democracy is the only one in the Middle East…. Just imagine, what would have happened if the Arabs had, like us, accepted the Partition resolution in 1947? There would be a Palestinian State living side by side in peace, security, and, I can add, prosperity with the State of Israel, 62 years later. Come to Israel and realize how small Israel is and what a wonderful place it is. Diplomat Gabriella Shalev (2010)
Israel’s Arab citizens are the only Arabs in the Middle East who enjoy genuine civic and religious rights. Religious freedom is protected in Israel as nowhere else. And civil rights, of course, there’s a supreme court judge who is an Arab, ministers including in my government who are Arabs, Druze, and members of parliament who are Arabs and so on. I would like to see more involvement of Arabs in civil life.
Bibi Netanyahu on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show (5 Nov. 2017)
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