Balcony Over Jerusalem Quotes

“unauthorised outposts; Hurricane Wilma came as the US froze Israel’s financial aid in response to settlement construction and Bush hosted Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas at the White House; Hurricane Ivan came as the ‘Bush administration continued pressure on Israel’; Hurricane Rita was retribution for Bush’s hosting of Jordan’s King Abdullah at the White House. William Koenig even linked the September 11”
― John Lyons, Balcony Over Jerusalem: A Middle East Memoir - Israel, Palestine and Beyond

“Most Israelis are deeply convinced that international law applies to any country in the world except Israel because Israel is special. These are all things you get here from childhood.”
― John Lyons, Balcony Over Jerusalem: A Middle East Memoir - Israel, Palestine and Beyond