Syrians Quotes

(on a visit to Israel in the early 1970s) There was no great significance to that visit, but I`m interested in the fact that Jews are Semites, like Babylonians, Hittites, Arabs, Syrians, Ethiopians. But a Jew is different because a lot of people hate Jews. There`s something going on here that`s hard to explain.

We did not see any strangers like Saudis, Syrians or others, ... The people are suffering from lack of food stuff, drinkable water and blankets, because it is getting cold during the night here.

The Syrians are trying to say that the Lebanese are not capable of ruling themselves.

Certainly, anti-Syrian forces in Lebanon feel on the defensive, nervous, frightened, depressed. The Syrians may be out in one way, but in others they`re always right around the corner and have sufficient friends and supporters in Lebanon that make it unlikely it will turn into a seriously anti-Syrian place.