Occupation Quotes

“Our goal is the end of the occupation that began in 1967.”

“We are not enemies of the Israeli people. We are enemies of the occupation.”

“It is one of the greatest injustices that we see in our lifetime, the occupation of an Arab country and the establishment of a state for a people who are brought from all over the world to Palestine, at the expense of the people of Palestine.”

“We call for an end to the occupation and the establishment of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.”

“We are not anti-Semitic; we are simply anti-occupation.”

“We are the only people on Earth asked to guarantee the security of our occupier, while Israel is the only country that calls for defence from its victims.”

“I don't know if any of the children here have ever existed without tank-shell holes in their walls and the towers of an occupying army perpetually looming from the horizon.”

“My work... is to try to discover the relations between the work a man does and the diseases from which he suffers.”

“We consider all the occupiers of Iraq to be our enemies, and we will confront them with all the means that are available to us.”

“You cannot have a situation where you have a military presence in a country and the people of that country are not with you.”

“The perception is that we're an occupying force.”

“Occupation is not a happy business. I am a man who likes to be liked.”