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
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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.
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All together, we know for many years that terror is the most dangerous thing for local, regional and international stability.
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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.
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To the citizens of Israel, I say: we have passed difficult years, faced the most painful experiences and overcame them. The future lies before us. We are required to take difficult and controversial steps, but we must not miss the opportunity to try to achieve what we have wished for, for so many years: security, tranquillity and peace.
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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,
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What 6,000 bombs (attacks by Palestinians) didn't do to my home and my village the government did.
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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.
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(U.S.) President (George W.) Bush's framework will be brought to the government I intend to form after the elections for approval, and I will work with all my strength to make it as broad a unity government as possible,
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working document... not a take it or leave it document.
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We have no interest to hurt innocent civilians and are always sorry about civilians that are hurt but this action, according to me, is one of our biggest successes, and of course obliges us to be on full state of alertness,
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The one who is responsible for that is only one man and that is Arafat who pre-planned it, orchestrated it ... It did not start on my visit day, it started about 10 days earlier. They already had casualties then.
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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.
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There is no doubt that the Palestinians are making efforts for the withdrawal to take place in a calm fashion,
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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.