"In 30 minutes, at high noon, more than 200 civilians are killed. Zionism carries out a massacre in the city of Lydda."

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Source : "My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel". Book by Ari Shavit, November 19, 2013.

Ari Shavit

#Cities Quotes #Noon Quotes #Minutes Quotes

“I wear clothes that most people in the Midwest would probably deem inappropriate at my age. And I rock a bikini all summer long. I know that it's not normal, but I just don't care. I live once.”
“I do less-fanciful reality. I celebrate the fat, the ugly, the women who can't get guys. I'm not trying to entertain you; I'm trying to make you passionate.”
“Storytelling: the world's second oldest profession.”
“I love both the way a dog looks up to me and a cat condescends to me.”
“If you want a man who's commited, go look in a mental hospital.”
“Acting is rare. You can be rehearsing Ibsen with Sir Richard Eyre and suddenly he has to take a call on his mobile telling him his friend Arthur Miller has died. Or you can come back from a job on the Isle of Man to be told by your agent you're going straight out to South Africa on another shoot. There's not even any time to wash your pants.”
“As we rise higher in the understanding of ourselves, the national and racial dissonances will be forgotten in the universal rhythms of Truth and Love”
“If a man cannot prove his religion in the valley, it is not worth anything.”

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