Sharon gave and gave and gave, the Palestinians got and got and got, and my question is, what did we get? Nothing and nothing and nothing, |
So Arafat can no more declare unilaterally what that outcome would be than I could. We could each unilaterally decide what we want and then we'd have an explosion. |
So, I think that has to be resolved when we have a real political partner, and I think we will, |
Such a state would be able to raise a large army, use it without limitations, forge alliances with regimes that aim to destroy Israel, and serve as a base of increased terrorism against Israel, and in that way threaten its existence, |
Thanks to the heroism of the fallen, we can look to the future with hope, 50 years after the creation of the state of Israel and 3,000 years after the creation of the kingdom of Israel, |
That's right, and I think this is the start of a new era, |
That, I think, would pave the way for the resumption of the peace process, |
The choice is not between what is good and better, but between what is bad and worse, |
The difficulty arises from a very simple point, ... We cannot compromise on Israeli security. We have not resolved the territorial issue of the further redeployment. |
The disengagement plan will be implemented as planned, |
The evidence we have right now I think is not yet conclusive, but points directly to the assistance of organizations, terrorist organizations, based in the Palestinian territories. |
The foreign minister (Ariel Sharon) and I passed a special message to the United States to say that we will not accept in any fashion the unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital, and we will act resolutely to thwart such a violation of the Oslo accords, |
The Lebanese government certainly has the military capability to deploy in the south and to take the necessary steps, |
The lies have become the system -- the truth has disappeared, |
The moment of truth has come. I cannot sanction a decision which threatens state security, |