#rae

The central premise behind Oslo was that if Arafat were given enough legitimacy, territory, weapons and money, he would use his power to fight terror and make peace with Israel. ↗

— Natan Sharansky

#behind #central #enough #fight #given

Israel would not do that, both because we cannot afford to be accused by the world of aggression and because we cannot, for security and social reasons, absorb in our midst a substantial Arab population. ↗

— Moshe Sharett

#accused #afford #aggression #arab #because

Our role in Israel is a pioneering one, and we need people with certain strength of fiber. ↗

— Moshe Sharett

#fiber #israel #need #our #people

Israel may have the right to put others on trial, but certainly no one has the right to put the Jewish people and the State of Israel on trial. ↗

— Ariel Sharon

#israel #jewish #jewish people #may #others

And Israel, being a tiny, small country, of course has interest to strengthen - we have interest to strengthen our relations with other countries, mostly countries that were hostile for many, many years. ↗

— Ariel Sharon

#countries #country #course #hostile #interest

As a Jew, it is my historic responsibility to defend the Jewish people. I feel this responsibility for the survival of the Jewish people. We're not going to accept any decision by anybody else about security of the State of Israel. It is our role and only our role. ↗

— Ariel Sharon

#accept #any #anybody #decision #defend

As long as I'm needed. I'll be ready to serve. I look forward with optimism. We need the Jews here. Move to Israel! Move to Israel! ↗

— Ariel Sharon

#here #i #israel #jews #long

As one who participated in all the wars of the state of Israel, I saw the horror of wars. I saw the fear of wars. I saw my best friends being killed in battles. I was seriously injured twice. ↗

— Ariel Sharon

#being #best #fear #friends #horror

But there's one thing we are not going to compromise at all: when it comes to security of Israeli citizens and the State of Israel, there are not going to be any compromises - not now and not in the future. ↗

— Ariel Sharon

#citizens #comes #compromise #compromises #future

Close to 80 percent of all terrorist activity in Samaria was directed and financed either by Hizbullah or the Iranians. Iran continues to increase its involvement in terror attacks inside Israel, particularly through a small but radical minority of Israeli Arabs which Iran supports and directs. ↗

— Ariel Sharon

#arabs #attacks #close #continues #directed