Zubin Mehta Israel Quotations

Israel is a piece of real estate that neither Jew or Arab will let go of; neither will leave these shores. And so they will have to learn to live together.

Israel gives the West Bank water twice a week! One way of promoting good would be not to ration water.

The amount of culture going on in a small country like Israel is amazing.

As soon as, say, Saddam Hussein started bombing Israel with Scuds, everyone was like, 'Poor Israel.' But when Israel retaliates - and most of the time they then win - people turn against them.

It's hard to find an emblem of cultural, national pride that burns as bright as Israel's success in classical music.

There is a school in Israel called Hand in Hand which I support. There Arab and Jewish students study together on a daily basis.

There was an opinion expressed in the newspapers that, after 20 years, maybe the Israel Philharmonic should consider asking me to leave. I thought they might have a point, so I asked my orchestra. They told me overwhelmingly that they wanted me to stay.

...Ori Kam is an outstanding violist who has already played as a soloist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra twice, much to our delight and satisfaction, and has availed himself with distinction.