Eban, Abba (1915-2002)

Né/born Aubrey Eban
- Quotation from Abba Eban “Israel wantonly inflicting every possible measure of death” — June 16 1981
Former Israeli ambassador to the UN and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Eban outbids Menachem Begin in qualifying Israel's genocidal acts. - Quotation from Abba Eban “Propaganda is the art of persuading others of what one does not believe oneself” — June 17 1977
Representative of Israel to the United Nations. - Quotation from Abba Eban “Hereditary difference between the ...level of a person whose father lived in the jungle” — 1974
Abba Eban, Foreign Minister of Israel, before the Israeli press. - Quotation from Abba Eban “The Arabs never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity” — Dec. 1973
These remarks were made by Abba Eban in the aftermath of the Geneva talks that followed the Yom Kippur War. - Quotation from Abba Eban “The distinction between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism is not a distinction at all” — Mar. 31 1973
In an article for the Jewish liberal journal Congress Bi-Weekly , presents what will serve as artillery against any opponent of Israel. - Quotation from Abba Eban “Condemn us to start a preventive war” — 1970
Giving an extensive justification to any war of aggression. - Quotation from Abba Eban “The June (1967) map a memory of Auschwitz” — Nov. 5 1969
Interview by the periodical Der Spiegel. Since 1969, Zionist publications have summarized this quote with the expression "Auschwitz Borders" to talk about what Israel would have been like before 1967, in order to justify the occupation. This absurd expression was repeated by Israeli ministers (Uri Landau, Zeev Elkin) after 2010. - Quotation from Abba Eban “Our object should be to infuse them with an Occidental spirit” — 1969
Then Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel, expressing his racist views towards Mizrahi Jewish immigrants (and Arabs in general). - Quotation from Abba Eban “If the General Assembly were to vote by 121 votes to 1 ... Israel would refuse to comply” — June 19 1967
Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, repeating Zionism's contempt for the application of international law. - Quotation from Abba Eban “The world will side with a liberation movement” — June 15 1967
Then Minister of Foreign Affairs, during an inter-ministerial meeting. - Quotation from Abba Eban “On the fateful morning of June 5 … the choice was to live or perish” — June 1967
In front of the UN General Assembly, tell a story that all the leaders know to be false.