Alan Dershowitz Quotes

It is the hope of the European Union that Ariel Sharon will keep the peace process alive and continue the dialogue according to the wishes of all the parties involved.

It is not possible to create peace in the Middle East by jeopardizing the peace of the world.

My academic specialization is Arab-Israel relations.

Needless to say, if the Arab-Israeli conflict is about interstate disputes and the need to resolve the future of the West Bank and Gaza, it can be solved; if it is a religious conflict, nothing but violence is ahead.

You know, I said in the U.N., I said to President Abbas, 'Look, we're in the same city, we're in the same building, for God's sake, the U.N. Let's just sit down and begin to talk peace.'

I think no one could have made peace in Bosnia besides Holbrooke.

Yes, Israel's our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.

Everyone should unconditionally accept that Israel is an indispensable element of the Middle Eastern mosaic.

Public interest in most of the Middle East was slight at that time; the Arab-Israeli conflict was all that people were interested in and that was not my specialty.

Peacemaking and peacekeeping should run in parallel.

Debating the peace process to most Israelis is the equivalent of debating the color of the shirt you were going to wear when landing on Mars.

One of the rules of the Middle East is: The enemy of your enemy can still be your enemy.

Neither the United States nor Israel has the capacity to impose a unilateral solution in the Middle East.

I don't think that everything is a zero-sum game in which, when the president of the United States says something, that means that he is pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli, or vice versa.

When I made my first trip to Israel as a member of Congress, not only did I meet with the Israeli president and prime minister, but I also traveled to Ramallah to meet with the prime minister of the Palestinian Authority. That's what being a member of Congress is about.

We don't have to kind of be in cycles of conflict if we can find other ways to resolve these issues. We can do things that challenge the conventional thinking that, you know, 'AIPAC doesn't like this,' or 'the Israeli government doesn't like this,' or 'the Gulf countries don't like it.' It's the possibility of improved relations with adversaries.

There are no short cuts, no detours in the Middle East.

The most important thing I learned as a foreign correspondent in about 80 countries is that it takes a very shallow knowledge of history to think that there are solutions to most problems.

I believe however that peace is attainable regardless of the Arabs mentality, society or government.

Israel can't make peace without the clear support of the United States.

As Prime Minister of Israel, I will introduce a bill into the Knesset that will simply pay the Arabs not to shoot at the Jews.

We extend our hand towards peace. Our people are committed to peace. We know that peace entails painful compromise for both sides.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States and China are more likely to view each other as competitors if not adversaries. But the die has not been cast. The best possible outcome is a new understanding that when they cannot cooperate, they will coexist and allow all countries in the Pacific to grow and thrive.

If you treat China like a foe, surely she will become one.

The Nobel Peace Prize is a powerful message. A durable peace is not a single achievement, but an environment, a process and a commitment.