"If there’s one thing I regret as a citizen it’s that I and my generation, as well as the one before us, the War of Independence generation, were party to a conspiracy of silence surrounding the Israel Defense Forces in this country’s first 20 years."

--Israeli historian and fascism expert, Zeev Sternhell, examines why Israelis don't want to confront the ugly truths the Israeli human rights NGOs expose.**

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You Must Be Kidding: 
"It is known that all the acts they seek to attribute to Jews were committed by Arabs."
---Rabbi Daniel Stavsky, who participated in the radical right-wing wedding dance and was considered the 'Hilltop youth rabbi,' said the Shin Bet wrongly believed Jews were behind Duma arson-murders.***

“…they also sing songs similar to the ones in the video (‘Burn down the mosque’ and ‘We will avenge one of the two eyes of Palestine, curse them’), and while the Arabs shut themselves into their homes, the dancers chant ‘Death to Arabs.’ Not only are the police there, they also try to prevent leftists from recording the events.”
--Amira Hass describes a monthly religious Jewish event in the Old CIty and other reasons why Israelis should not be shocked by the ‘Wedding of Hate’ video.**

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You Must Be Kidding: 
“Professional literature to strengthen the IDF’s fighting spirit from Jewish sources.”
--The IDF military rabbinate’s description of the 25,000 books it bought for IDF soldiers, which include an illustrated children’s prayer book and “The Industry of Lies,” by right-wing journalist Ben-Dror Yemini.***

“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are under attack and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country."
--A quote by Nazi war criminal Hermann Goering, posted by Israeli Ambassador to Switzerland, Yigal Caspi, on Facebook, following the passing of the NGO bill.**

“I hope that this course will help to improve communication between members of the Knesset especially those who resent that we speak in Arabic in the plenary. And if they don’t turn into Arabic speakers after the course, at least I hope that at the least they will begin to pronounce our names correctly.”
--Arab MK Basel Ghattas, the initiator of the first spoken Arabic course at the Knesset. Arabic is one of two official languages of the State.**