Ariel Sharon Effort Quotations

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.

Israel has many hopes, and faces extreme dangers. The most prominent danger is Iran, which is making every effort to acquire nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, and establishing an enormous terror network together with Syria in Lebanon.

We don't have any intention whatsoever to use military force to solve the Palestinian problem. But when it comes to terror - when it comes to terror, I believe that military - the right military steps is a very, very complicated kind of warfare, where I make every effort not to escalate the situation.

I think we must make every effort to reduce the pain and the suffering that exists, ... And I believe, in complete faith, that my plan is the only plan, with which, with the help of God, we can get to peace. This plan will lead to less casualties, less losses and less suffering.

We would make every effort not to help them (the Palestinian Authority). I don't think they can hold elections without our help.

The government I will lead will make every effort to reach peace, but the condition for starting peace talks is the cessation of terror and violence.

The security fence will continue to be built with every effort to minimize their infringement on the daily life of the Palestinian population.

Snap elections would prevent a political freeze, ... We must ensure that 2006 will not turn into a lost year with regard to the political process and to the effort to reach an agreement with the Palestinians.

I don't see how they can have elections without our help, ... We will make every effort not to help them in their elections.

A genuine war against terror by the Palestinians, involving the real effort to prevent terror, is key to progress in political process,