Golda Meir

Golda Meir
Golda Meirwas an Israeli teacher, kibbutznik, stateswoman and politician and the fourth Prime Minister of Israel...
NationalityIsraeli
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth3 May 1898
CityKiev, Ukraine
CountryIsrael
palestinian zionist israeli
There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed.
children israel forgiving
We can forgive you for killing our children, but we can never forgive you for making us kill your children.
men israel doubt
A story once went the rounds of Israel to the effect that Ben-Gurion described me as 'the only man' in his cabinet. What amused me about is that he (or whoever invented the story) thought that this was the greatest compliment that could be paid to a woman. I very much doubt that any man would have been flattered if I had said about him that he was the only woman in the government!
israel territory cleansing
How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.
humorous israel pessimism
Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.
israel holocaust guarantees
Israel itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust.
funny humorous israel
Let me tell you something that we Israelis have against Moses. He took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no oil!
children hate israel
There will be peace in the Middle East only when the Arabs love their children more than they hate Israel.
responsibility israel favors
Any one who speaks in favor of bringing the Arab refugees back must also say how he expects to take the responsibility for it, if he is interested in the state of Israel. It is better that things are stated clearly and plainly: We shall not let this happen.
humorous israel choices
If we have to have a choice between being dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we'd rather be alive and have the bad image.
humorous israel victory
We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel.
children hate israel
We can forgive the Arabs for killing our children. We cannot forgive them for forcing us to kill their children. We will only have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us.
arabs secret war weapon
We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon - no alternative.
cannot delegation intimate knowledge refrain speaking unknown
My delegation cannot refrain from speaking on this question-we who have such an intimate knowledge of boxcars and of deportations to unknown destinations that we cannot be silent.