SARI NUSSEIBEH

The natural reaction people have when violence has been used against them is to react violently.

For every security measure, there is a counter measure that breeds further insecurity. The acquisition by Pakistan or Iran of a nuclear capability neutralizes the security achieved by Israel’s own nuclear capability. Non-governmental terrorism neutralizes governmental military superiority. Chemical weapons neutralize the security of cement walls.

Politics is often monopolized by political leaders … and when it is, things do not always go the right way for the people.

The Jew seeks space to continue living, while the Arab defends his space to the death.

Military capability, viewed in terms of the history of its own development, has constantly been found wanting. Renewal and regeneration of military capability seems to be an indispensable part of the military doctrine, conceived to address what turns out inevitably to be the insatiable need of fear. For every level of fear addressed through a military strategy or state of readiness, a further threat comes to be conceived for which further military capability is sought.

Hamas is a political-religious movement systematically throwing shackles on the mind.

For every security measure, there is a counter measure that breeds further insecurity. The acquisition by Pakistan or Iran of a nuclear capability neutralizes the security achieved by Israel’s own nuclear capability. Non-governmental terrorism neutralizes governmental military superiority. Chemical weapons neutralize the security of cement walls.

The natural reaction people have when violence has been used against them is to react violently.

Politics is often monopolized by political leaders … and when it is, things do not always go the right way for the people.

Hamas is a political-religious movement systematically throwing shackles on the mind.

The Jew seeks space to continue living, while the Arab defends his space to the death.

Military capability, viewed in terms of the history of its own development, has constantly been found wanting. Renewal and regeneration of military capability seems to be an indispensable part of the military doctrine, conceived to address what turns out inevitably to be the insatiable need of fear. For every level of fear addressed through a military strategy or state of readiness, a further threat comes to be conceived for which further military capability is sought.