Death of Ariel Sharon: the world reacts
David Cameron and Barack Obama among world leaders who hail Sharon’s contributions to Israel, but Palestinians celebrate departure of a reviled figure
Ariel Sharon, Israeli Foreign Minister, addressing a meeting of militants from the extreme right-wing Tsomet Party, Agence France Presse, November 15, 1998:
“It is the duty of Israeli leaders to explain to public opinion, clearly and courageously, a certain number of facts that are forgotten with time. The first of these is that there is no Zionism, colonization, or Jewish State without the eviction of the Arabs and the expropriation of their lands.”
Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel (date undetermined, in an Israeli cabinet meeting):
Don’t worry, we [Israel] control the United States.
(In response to concerns raised by another cabinet member about Sharon’s ["the butcher of Beirut"] invasion and brutality in the West Bank.)
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