Political Quotes

“We have once again been reminded of a lesson about the nation of Israel: That she is alone in an ocean of monarchies and dictatorships; that she is a democracy. And we congratulate Ariel Sharon on his election. But we have also been reminded of some valuable lessons that we should keep in mind and remember about the Palestinians. The fact of the matter is that Yasser Arafat and his people have shown time and time again in recent months that they simply do not care about finding peace. They have shown no interest. As my colleague, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Nadler), pointed out, they were offered everything and then some and said no, and offered no proposals of their own. Instead, they turned to violence of the worst sort, the type of violence that showed not only the images we were led to believe about Israeli forces holding them down, pinned down; but, in fact, much of the violence that happened was outside of area A, outside of area B where Palestinians were looking for violence anywhere they could find it. And just to make a good graphic image, the Palestinians have been using children as the stones of their war against Israel.”