Ayman Odeh

I remember, I used to get off a bus, and if there was someone sitting in the station, I remember thinking maybe they were from Shin Bet and came for me. ”

I believe that the U.S. is the strongest country in the whole world and the country that supports Israel the most. I believe that it has the strength to push Israel towards peace. ”

There can't be real peace without improving the integration of Arab society and making it part of the political game. ”

Israel made peace with Egypt, the largest Arab State. There are militant Islamists there, but there is also law. There are agreements and also defense arrangements there. ”

I agree with myself on 80 percent of things, but when I look at myself in the mirror in the morning, I still have inner debates about the right thing to do. ”

I can argue like a Marxist about whether there was a global Jewish nation 200 years ago or whether it was just a religion. But this really doesn't matter. ”

If Jews don't come to Nazareth, Arabs don't go to Afula. There is fear on both sides. ”

I am not some intellectual hoping to be understood a century from now. I'm a political leader. I have to stand in front of my community. If I am a metre too far out in front of the people, I'll lose them. ”

The Right everywhere in the world gains more by forming a security agenda while the Left gains from a social agenda. ”

Al-Aksa is a religious and national symbol. ”