“I can tell you, they're—all around college campuses, there are Jews, Muslims, Hindus, all different kinds of backgrounds who are pushing back against racist policies in Israel, because they see that—the human rights violations of children being detained, the fact that my grandmother, who lives in th…”— Rashida Tlaib, transcripts.cnn.com
“There's an awful lot of countries in the Middle East that, as a consequence of two centuries of activities of colonial Europe and conflicts with—between the Ottoman Empire and so on, that have been left with very significant difficulties to overcome in terms of reconciling the population there—the m…”— Joe Biden, npr.org
“Most of the things that have always been aggravating to me is that we have had a policy that makes one superior... When I see Israel institute... law that recognizes it as a Jewish state and does not recognize... the other religions that are living in it and we still uphold it as a democracy in the…”— Ilhan Omar, dailywire.com
“What is really important to me is that people recognize that there is a difference between criticizing a military action by a government that has exercised really oppressive policies and being offensive or attacking to particular people of faith.”— Ilhan Omar, jta.org
“Josh: You look confused. Cher: Well, uh, I thought they declared peace in the Middle East.”— Amy Heckerling, Cher Horowitz, Alicia Silverstone, imdb.com
“Eve Baxter: [reading the newspaper] Why can't the people in the Middle East keep it together? Mandy Baxter: [reading a celeb gossip magazine] Why can't Taylor Swift hold onto a boyfriend? Eve Baxter: Why can't North Korea join the rest of the world community? Mandy Baxter: Why can't Courteney Cox jo…”— Vince Calandra, Eve Baxter, Kaitlyn Dever, imdb.com
“We’re definitely trying to get everywhere we can, from the Middle East to...we have a lot of fans in the Middle East believe it or not, but there are just some places you can’t go. And you know, it’s not because we don’t want to, it’s because we can’t go, you know, political stuff.”— Paul Gray, puregrainaudio.com
“Ted Baxter: [Ted's brother, Hal needs a dinner date] Say, Mare, why don't you fix Hal up with that Israeli friend of yours? Mary Richards: You mean Rhoda? Ted Baxter: Yeah. Mary Richards: Ted, she's not Israeli; she's from New York. Ted Baxter: Well, I knew it was somewhere there in the Middle East.”— Treva Silverman, Ted Baxter, Ted Knight, imdb.com
“I am for lasting peace….United, I believe, we can win the battle for peace. But it must be a different peace, one with full recognition of the rights of the Jews in their one and only land: peace with security for generations and peace with a united Jerusalem as the eternal, undivided capital of the…”— Ariel Sharon, en.wikiquote.org
“I think that most people in the Middle East, at least 50%, believe in being sharia-compliant. If you're sharia-compliant or want to impose sharia law, the United States is the wrong place for you.”— Steve Bannon, soundcloud.com
“White Americans talk about democracy like it’s a bag of seeds you buy at Home Depot, sprinkle across your backyard before freedom grows fully bloomed from the soil, petals red and blue outstretched. They talk like all soil is the same. Like every seed comes with a 100% satisfaction sticker, guarante…”— Hazem Fahmy, sukoonmag.com
“Americans ask me why Arabs love dictators and I say abusive relationships are hard to get over. When Mubarak fell back in 2011, Cairo couldn’t help but cry, sent him a text message: اسفين يا ريس. Please come back. Virtually every Arab country has been under a brutal regime since the fifties. My coun…”— Hazem Fahmy, sukoonmag.com
“This nation has afforded freedom to more minorities than any nation in history. We've welcomed Jews from Eastern Europe, we've welcomed Muslims from the Middle East, we've welcomes Hindus from India, we've welcomed people from all over the world. And we've given them freedom. But there's no reason w…”— Pat Robertson, beliefnet.com
“Our priority should be how to fight the enemy. In the end, it didn’t matter what kind of terrorist we call bin Laden, it mattered that we killed bin Laden. But we still can’t close our eyes to the fact that there is a distorted and dangerous stream of extremism within the Muslim world that continues…”— Hillary Clinton, time.com
“Hillary's war has increased terrorism, killed tens of thousands of innocent civilians and has set back women's rights in the Middle East by hundreds of years.”— Julian Assange, dailymail.co.uk
“I have supported U.S. airstrikes against ISIS and believe they are authorized under current law, and I support targeted U.S. military efforts to protect U.S. citizens. It is my firm belief, however, that the war against ISIS will never be won unless nations in the Middle East step up their military…”— Bernie Sanders, feelthebern.org
“It was Darwinism. All the guys who were stupid enough to use cell phones in Baghdad kept getting hit, hit, hit, and hit. That was their way of culling the herd, though it had the negative side effect of leaving the smarter and more powerful operatives in place, the ones who were good at internal cou…”— Derek Harvey, amazon.com
“ISIS presents itself to an embattled Sunni minority in Iraq, and an even more persecuted and victimized Sunni majority in Syria, as the sect’s last line of defense against a host of enemies— the ‘infidel’ United States, the ‘apostate’ Gulf Arab states, the ‘Nusayri’ Alawite dictatorship in Syria, th…”— Michael Weiss, Hassan Hassan, amazon.com
“ISIS is a terrorist organization, but it isn’t only a terrorist organization. It is also a mafia adept at exploiting decades-old transnational gray markets for oil and arms trafficking. It is a conventional military that mobilizes and deploys foot soldiers with a professional acumen that has impress…”— Michael Weiss, Hassan Hassan, amazon.com