Ariel Sharon
Ariel Sharon
Ariel Sharon, Ariʼēl Sharōn, also known by his diminutive Arik, אַריק, born Ariel Scheinermann, אריאל שיינרמן; February 26, 1928 – January 11, 2014) was an Israeli politician and general who served as the 11th Prime Minister of Israel until he was incapacitated by a stroke in January 2006...
NationalityIsraeli
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth26 February 1928
CityKfar Malal, Israel
CountryIsrael
actions against brought directed great innocent jewish minister prime severity terrorist views warped
The prime minister views with great severity the Jewish terrorist actions directed against innocent Palestinians out of the warped thought that out of this action the disengagement could be brought to a halt.
discussed issue later link question violence
there is no link between the end of violence and the question of the settlements. That issue has to be discussed later on between the parties.
entitled existence freedom national respect rule sovereign state
We respect them (the Palestinians) and have no aspirations to rule over them. They are also entitled to freedom and to a national sovereign existence in a state of their own,
bombs government home village
What 6,000 bombs (attacks by Palestinians) didn't do to my home and my village the government did.
actions actual curtail foil genuinely good taken
Unfortunately, in the Palestinian Authority, we see many good intentions, ... But, in the meanwhile, there have been no actual actions taken to genuinely curtail and foil terrorism.
israel community president
We do not build new Jewish communities in Samaria, Judea and Gaza. The United States has never accepted our building of communities or of the fence. Yet, I've managed to develop relations between Israel and the United States even though President Bush never supported settlements.
reality israel political
I cannot deny that I have doubts, reservations and fears. However, I have come to the conclusion that in the present regional and international reality, Israel must act with courage to accept the political plan which I described.
israel childhood one-day
When I was born here on one of the farms in Israel, my childhood, I never thought for one day that we will not be living together with Arabs.
queens kings years
I am 73 years old. I've seen everything. I've met the kings, the queens, the presidents, I've been around the world. I have one thing that I would like to do: to try to reach peace.
running hate dirty
Even today I am willing to volunteer to do the dirty work for Israel, to have everyone hate us, to pull the rug from underneath the feet of the Diaspora Jews, so that they will be forced to run to us crying. Even if it means blowing up one or two synagogues here and there, I don’t care.
believe night vineyards
The strength that I have comes from irrigating the citrus plantation, ploughing in the vineyard, guarding the melon fields at night. I believe that's what gave me the strength.
israel citizens losing
Peace should provide security. It should be durable. I'm ready to go far in making painful concessions. But there is one thing I will never make any concessions on and that's the security of the Israeli citizens and the very existence of the state of Israel. The Palestinians are losing time.
dream israel path
It is impossible to have a Jewish, democratic state and at the same time to control all of Eretz Israel. If we insist on fulfilling the dream in its entirety, we are liable to lose it all. Everything. That is where the extremist path takes us.