Ariel Sharon Minister Quotations

In my talks with the prime minister I discovered that he's not prepared to abandon the Camp David ideas, and I cannot be a partner to such a policy, ... Just imagine and think how much graver our situation would be if the old city of Jerusalem were for the most part handed over to the Palestinians according to the Camp David ideas.

There has to be total agreement between the prime minister and me.

All the prime ministers have built the settlement blocs, but I built more than all of them, ... Settlement continues there and will continue.

I instructed the minister of defense to take all the necessary steps in order to avoid such actions -- those actions against Israel.

first time that an Israeli prime minister agrees to give in on Jerusalem. It is the first time that an Israeli prime minister agrees to have, I would say, another government ruling -- I speak about the Palestinians -- in Jerusalem.

I was elected to be the prime minister by a majority of two-thirds. I will not let party trickery dictate policy, ... I am responsible for what happens, and I must create policy according to decisions I made.

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.

It is an old project launched by Ariel Sharon when he was housing minister nearly 15 years ago,

At my side will be Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

I feel betrayed. The Arabs are laughing at us and the prime minister doesn't car,

It will be foreign minister meeting, the leaders meeting, and that is not the problem. The problem is how to try and talk to Arab leaders and I -- I was ready to go to Beirut to meet with them. That's what should be done,

It's terrible that such a thing happened, even if it's just a technical problem, ... He is the prime minister of Israel, for God's sakes, and it just doesn't look good. But whether it will make any difference or not depends very much on how it is spun over the next day or so.