Ariel Sharon Terror Quotations

There shall be no restrictions on the use of all means to hit the terrorists and the terror organizations, their equipment and their hideouts,

The most important test the Palestinian leadership will face is in fulfilling their commitments to put an end to terror and its infrastructure, ... Until they do so, Israel will know how to defend itself.

how it can be possible to make progress toward the road map, what he intends to do on the various security issues and how he intends to act to dismantle the terrorist organizations.

Now there is a real chance that new Palestinian leaders will rise -- those who will be elected -- who will truly abandon the path of terror and instead will advance a strategy of reconciliation and negotiation without violence, terror and hatred,

Jewish terror ... aimed against innocent Palestinians, out of twisted thinking, aimed at stopping the disengagement.

These bodies will not give up on terrorist actions, and therefore, the more that we move the process forward, under the aegis of a temporary quiet, the more we will be hostages to these same organizations, who will explode the process like they did in 2003,

We are concerned that this welcome quiet will be shattered any minute as a result of the continued existence of terror organizations which the Palestinian Authority is doing nothing to eliminate or dismantle.

It has been proven that terror chases those who flee it.

He must start to eliminate the terrorist organizations,

To an outstretched hand of peace we will respond with an olive branch but expressions of terror will be met by fire more intense than ever.

Israel would very much like to promote a peace process, but because of the utter failure of the Palestinian Authority in the struggle against terrorism ... we will not be able to move forward as we would have liked,

Israel is consulting with international figures about the legality of a terror organization in an election,

We don't intend here to stage a one-time action, but intend to carry out a continued action, whose aim is to hurt the terrorists and not to let up.

act in those places where terrorist activity is carried out.

The horrible pictures we saw here today of these murderous acts by the Palestinians are stronger than any words. This terrible act -- the continuation of the Palestinian terrorism -- it is this terrorism that we have to fight, and that is what we shall do.

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.

We will never agree that this terrorist organization, this armed terrorist organization, will participate in the elections,

We will conduct negotiations with the Palestinians in order to achieve political settlements, but not under the pressure of terrorism and violence, ... We're prepared to ease the suffering of the Palestinians, but we cannot do this under the pressure of terrorism and violence.

The bombing today is a continuation (of) bombing by the Palestinians, another terror act, assassinations and murder and shelling and so on,

provides sanctuary for the heads of all the terrorist organizations so that they can dispatch terrorists to perpetrate attacks in Israel.

We have problems in Bethlehem, ... Terrorists took shelter in the Church of the Nativity. Once they will be leaving ... we will be leaving.

a reprehensible act of a bloodthirsty Jewish terrorist who sought to attack innocent Israeli citizens.

While the state of Israel is interested in advancing toward a settlement with the Palestinians, there will be no diplomatic progress, no progress, until the Palestinians take strong action to eliminate the terrorist organizations and their infrastructures in the Palestinian Authority areas,

The new government would have to complete the campaign against terror, remove the terrorist leadership and create conditions for the emergence of a new Palestinian leadership with which it will be possible to make real peace,

I feel the pain of the family and I wish that the wounded will heal, ... Israel will not yield and will continue fighting terror until it is destroyed just like we are fighting it now.

That will show if they are capable of running independence of their own and if they are capable of stopping terror ... That is where they are going to be checked if they can run a country or not.

This terrorist event was a deliberate attempt to harm the fabric of relations among all Israeli citizens,

I have outlined to Gen. Powell the steps I will take if calm is restored in order to ease the economic conditions of the Palestinian population in the Palestinian Authority territories, ... One thing will be clear. Israel will not be negotiating under the pressure of terror and violence.

I have ordered that there be no limitation regarding use of all means to hit the terrorists, the men of the terror organizations, to hit them, their equipment and their hideouts,

We will work to set the permanent border of the nation while insisting on the dismantling of terrorist groups,

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

Now it is the Palestinians turn to prove their desire for peace, ... The most important test the Palestinian leaders will face is in fulfilling their commitment to putting an end to terror and its infrastructures, eliminate the anarchic regime of armed gangs and cease the incitement and indoctrination of hatred toward Israel and the Jews.

Now it is the Palestinians' turn to prove their desire for peace, ... The most important test the Palestinian leaders will face is in fulfilling their commitment to putting an end to terror and its infrastructures, eliminate the anarchic regime of armed gangs and cease the incitement and indoctrination of hatred toward Israel and the Jews.

serious results, but the struggle against terror will continue.

Close to 80 percent of all terrorist activity in Samaria was directed and financed either by Hizbullah or the Iranians. Iran continues to increase its involvement in terror attacks inside Israel, particularly through a small but radical minority of Israeli Arabs which Iran supports and directs.

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 goal of the operation that we are conducting now is to uproot the terrorist activity within the areas that are under control of the Palestinian Authority,

We cannot give in on the demand to collect weapons and dismantle the terrorist organizations, but it is clear that this is a more complex process.

In many cases, we prevented serious disasters, ... Sometimes things happen like what happened today. But we intend to continue the struggle against terror with all force.

We will continue to fight against the heads of the extreme terror organizations, the ones that initiate, fund and send out terrorists in order to murder Jews, ... We will continue to act against all the enemies of peace.

The terrorist attack was perpetrated by members of Islamic Jihad,

The terrorism continues, and we have to continue and act against the terrorism in any way that we will find,

The fight against terrorism is an international struggle of the free world against the forces of darkness.

will carry on efforts to catch terrorists and foil terrorist attacks.

To my regret, as long as terror continues we shall not be able to move forward as we would have wished,

sends a deadly message that encourages terror on the one hand and prevents countries from protecting themselves against it on the other.

It's about the window of opportunity that is open now. That, of course, now all depends if the Palestinians will act against terror. And now we don't see any change whatsoever. Even yesterday we had a very, a very hard terror act. As a matter of fact it happens almost every day now,

Today's terrible murder is the Palestinian way of rejecting and disrupting the plan. We will fight terror and do our utmost to prevent such incidents from recurring and, therefore, I will fight for my plan.

We are in constant contact with the Russians in order to settle this issue and ensure these weapons do not reach terror organizations located in Lebanon,

We know very well that the Gaza Strip has to be open to the outside world, but are not going to allow it to be transformed into a terrorist arsenal,

If the Palestinians choose the path of peace ... they will find me and my government a sincere and true partner, ... we will demand the Palestinians abandon the way of violence, terrorism and incitement.