#pale

To our Palestinian neighbours, I assure you that we have a genuine intention to respect your right to live independently and in dignity. I have already said that Israel has no desire to continue to govern over you and control your fate. ↗

— Ariel Sharon

#assure #continue #control #desire #dignity

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. ↗

— Ariel Sharon

#believe #comes #complicated #effort #every

We have no desire to permanently rule over millions of Palestinians, who double their numbers every generation. Israel, which wishes to be an exemplary democracy, will not be able to bear such a reality over time. The Disengagement Plan presents the possibility of opening a gate to a different reality. ↗

— Ariel Sharon

#bear #democracy #desire #different #disengagement

Even the pyramids might one day disappear, but not the Palestinians longing for their homeland. ↗

— Eduard Shevardnadze

#disappear #even #homeland #longing #might

I looked along the San Juan Islands and the coast of California, but I couldn't find the palette of green, granite, and dark blue that you can only find in Maine. ↗

— Parker Stevenson

#blue #california #coast #dark #find

I believe the government of the United States should re-examine its policies in the Middle East and adopt a more balanced stance toward the Palestinian cause. ↗

— Al-Waleed bin Talal

#balanced #believe #cause #east #government

Our Palestinian brethren continue to be slaughtered at the hands of Israelis while the world turns the other cheek. ↗

— Al-Waleed bin Talal

#cheek #continue #hands #israelis #other

The issue of Palestine has been there since more than 60 years. But more important since 1967 when the war was, ended in the defeat of some Arab countries. ↗

— Al-Waleed bin Talal

#arab countries #been #countries #defeat #ended

The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#hand-in-hand #israelis #jordan #palestinians #security

It would behoove the world to become used to this fact: that without a just solution to the Palestine tragedy, there can be no stable peace in the Middle East. ↗

— King Hussein I

#east #fact #just #middle #middle east