...you shouldn't hate something you don't know, because it may turn out to be the bearer of your greatest good fortune.

- Izzeldin Abuelaish

For any human being, freedom is essential, crucial, to our dignity and our ability to be fully human.

- Izzeldin Abuelaish

Tragedy cannot be the end of our lives. We cannot allow it to control and defeat us.

- Izzeldin Abuelaish

It is true that the sky was always beautiful but I don't remember marvelling at sunset or gazing at the dawn of a new day. Survival does not allow ti…

- Izzeldin Abuelaish

It is human nature to seek revenge in the face of relentless suffering. You can’t expect an unhealthy person to think logically.

- Izzeldin Abuelaish

Anger and violence in Gaza and among Gazans is completely predictable. In a situation like ours, the absence of violence and anger would be abnormal.…

- Izzeldin Abuelaish