Moshe Sharett Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“As for the future, we are equally determined to explore all possibilities of getting rid, once and for all, of the huge Arab minority which originally threatened us.”

“Israel would not do that, both because we cannot afford to be accused by the world of aggression and because we cannot, for security and social reasons, absorb in our midst a substantial Arab population.”

“The state of Israel must, from time to time, prove clearly that it is strong, and able and willing to use force, in a devastating and highly effective way. If it does not prove this, it will be swallowed up, and perhaps wiped off the face of the earth.”

“An there is always the question: is it really proven that retaliatory actions solve the security problem?.”

“When the Jewish state is established - it is very possible that the result will be transfer of Arabs.”

“I explained that we would like to adjust our position on the Syrian question to theirs, as, in our view, they are the decisive factor in our relations with our neighbors, and Syria is unimportant.”

“As for the long-term future: I am prepared to see in this a vision, not a mystical way but in a realistic way, of a population exchange on a much more important scale and including larger territories.”

“I imagine that the intention is to get rid of them. The interests of security demand that we get rid of them.”

“Our role in Israel is a pioneering one, and we need people with certain strength of fiber.”

“The opportunities which the present position open up for a lasting and radical solution of the most vexing problem of the Jewish state are so far-reaching as to take one's breath away.”