“I lied. Like they do”
Ron Dermer, current Israeli ambassador to the U.S., as a college undergraduate, responding to his mother when she asked him how he had managed, on his professor’s demand, to argue persuasively that Israel should be condemned for its treatment of Palestinians
“We are like brothers. We can fight, and we can reconcile.”
Ayed Thawabteh, a Fatah activist from Hebron, on his current support for Hamas, despite its murder of hundreds of his compatriots.
“For the first time in the history of the abhorred country, the state of Israel, sirens are heard around the clock and over three million people flee to their hideouts. Schools, governmental departments, and airports came to a halt. When have we ever heard of such things? This is the beginning of good things to come.”
Sheik Tareq Al-Hawwas, a member of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, in a Friday sermon on Qatar TV
“Nie Wieder Juden-Hass” (“Never Again Jew-Hatred”)
Front-page headline in Bild, the largest circulation paper in Germany
“They are not shouting ‘Death to the Israelis’ on the streets of Paris. They are screaming ‘Death to the Jews’ ”
Roger Cukierman, of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France
“arguably the most virulent anti-Israel leader in the world”
American Jewish Congress President Jack Rosen, describing Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and demanding the return of a “Profile of Courage” award the group gave Mr. Erdoğan in 2004
“But I have no doubt in my mind that along with all of them, Birthright shares some measure of the blame.”
Slate senior editor Allison Benedikt, opining on the death in Gaza of an American-born oleh serving in the IDF
“Dogs are allowed in this establishment but Jews are not, under any circumstances.”
A sign, in Turkish, in a Belgian café, which was eventually removed by police
“Kill Jews” “Hitler should finish you off” “Baby killers”
Phrases shouted at 22-year-old Samantha Hamilton, who was among six Canadian supporters of Israel attacked by a 100-strong mob in Calgary. Her brother, she said, had a Star of David shirt ripped off, and was bitten and stomped on, suffering a concussion. Her mother was punched in the stomach and knocked to the ground.
“… I would just like to remind you of the ruling by the Israeli rabbis, who have instructed the soldiers to knead the [dough for] the bread that the Jews eat with the blood of Arab and Palestinian children.”
Islamic Jihad spokesman Daoud Shihab