“If there will be a serious Palestinian prime minister who makes a 100 percent effort to end terrorism, then we can have peace. Each side has to take steps. If terror continues, there will not be an independent Palestinian state. Israel will not accept it, if terror continues.”
— Ariel Sharon
Author: Ariel Sharon
Category: peace
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“For me, peace should provide security to the Jewish people.”
— Ariel Sharon
Author: Ariel Sharon
Category: peace
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“The ongoing conflict between us has caused heavy suffering to both peoples. The future can and must be different. Both our peoples are destined to live together side by side, on this small piece of land. This reality we cannot change.”
— Ariel Sharon
Author: Ariel Sharon
Category: future
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“To our Palestinian neighbours, I assure you that we have a genuine intention to respect your right to live independently and in dignity. I have already said that Israel has no desire to continue to govern over you and control your fate.”
— Ariel Sharon
Author: Ariel Sharon
Category: respect
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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.”
— Ariel Sharon
Author: Ariel Sharon
Category: peace
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“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
Author: Ariel Sharon
Category: fear
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“I cannot say that the attitude of the United Nations always is for the Israeli attitude. Israel, I think, has been under severe attacks by members of the United Nations many times.”
— Ariel Sharon
Author: Ariel Sharon
Category: attitude
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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.”
— Ariel Sharon
Author: Ariel Sharon
Category: future
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“I was born on a farm. My strength has nothing to do with political apparatus. I get my strength from nature, from flowers.”
— Ariel Sharon
Author: Ariel Sharon
Category: strength
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“Like all Israelis, I yearn for peace. I see the utmost importance in taking all possible steps that will lead to a solution of the conflict with the Palestinians.”
— Ariel Sharon
Author: Ariel Sharon
Category: peace
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“The sad and horrible conclusion is that no one cared that Jews were being murdered… This is the Jewish lesson of the Holocaust and this is the lesson which Auschwitz taught us.”
— Ariel Sharon
Author: Ariel Sharon
Category: sad
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