Quotes by Syrian authors

"It would be a mistake to link anything that Israel does to a certain circumstance. And it is a mistake to feel comfortable in any circumstance just because Israel did not act on it"

"It is natural that we should always expect an Israeli attack, even when it does not threaten"

"Despite the ethnic diversity within each nation, the social fabric of the region by and large is one"

"When Lebanon started its resistance it was a small and divided country"

"Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not; however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and are defending their land courageously"

"As soon as the legitimate Lebanese government is convinced that the conditions have ripened and that Lebanon is able to maintain stability on its own... Then, the Syrian forces will return to their homeland"

"When our interests matched, the Americans have been good to us, and when the interests differed, they wanted us to mold ourselves to them, which we refused"

"We, in Syria, our point of view stems from our experience"

"We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel"

"The U.S. and Britain are incapable of controlling all of Iraq"

"The most significant indicator that there is no disaster in Iraq is the fact that there is no exodus"

"The Israeli lobby has clout in the U.S., which means that re-arranging the region and controlling its resources one way or another, will serve Israel through its control over the American administration"

"None of us and none of the Arabs trust Israel"

"It should be known that Israel is based on treachery"

"Israel ranks her priorities in the following way: security, land, and water"

"Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing to experience for himself what happened in Palestine"

"Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that there are ways to resist"

"Israeli interests are not necessarily in harmony with the American interests"

"But the issue has to do with land, which is our land"