I imagine that the intention is to get rid of them. The interests of security demand that we get rid of them.
quote by Moshe Sharett
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!
Fear is the main factor in Arab politics... There is no Arab who is not harmed by Jews' entry into Palestine.
quote by Moshe Sharett
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!
A reprisal of this magnitude... has never been carried out before. I paced back and forth in my room perplexed and completely depressed, feeling helpless.
quote by Moshe Sharett
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!
I have learned that the state of Israel cannot be ruled in our generation without deceit and adventurism. These are historical facts that cannot be altered.
quote by Moshe Sharett
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!
Even of if a certain backlash is unavoidable, we must make the most of the momentous chance with which history has presented us so swiftly and so unexpectedly.
quote by Moshe Sharett
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!
Curious people who have become accustomed to think that one cannot sustain the moral of the army without giving it the freedom to shed blood from time to time.
quote by Moshe Sharett
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!
As for the future, we are equally determined to explore all possibilities of getting rid, once and for all, of the huge Arab minority which originally threatened us.
quote by Moshe Sharett
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!
By the reduction of the Arabs on the one hand and Jewish immigration in the transition period on the other, we will ensure an absolute Hebrew majority in a parliamentary regime.
quote by Moshe Sharett
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!
The opportunities which the present position open up for a lasting and radical solution of the most vexing problem of the Jewish state are so far-reaching as to take one's breath away.
quote by Moshe Sharett
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!
I explained that we would like to adjust our position on the Syrian question to theirs, as, in our view, they are the decisive factor in our relations with our neighbors, and Syria is unimportant.
quote by Moshe Sharett
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!