Ariel Sharon's history continues to turn up some interesting quotes. In 1993, when the Oslo Agreement was first signed, then-MK Ariel Sharon of the opposition Likud party said, "I want to ask all of you not to show weakness. They are conducting polls now, and they're asking whether you would be willing to evacuate your home in exchange for high compensation and another apartment somewhere else. If they ask you that, tell them, we're planning to buy another apartment [in Yesha]! Send them home!" A recording of his words, uttered at a demonstration outside the Prime Minister's home, was played on Arutz-7's daily internet news magazine today.
Another recording of Sharon from that period has him telling the crowd, "We must make it clear to the government that even if the army withdraws, by government order - and this will happen very soon! - the communities will stay! They will protect themselves; they will open safe roadways and hundreds and thousands of Jews will come to their aid - of this I am convinced."
Another recording of Sharon from that period has him telling the crowd, "We must make it clear to the government that even if the army withdraws, by government order - and this will happen very soon! - the communities will stay! They will protect themselves; they will open safe roadways and hundreds and thousands of Jews will come to their aid - of this I am convinced."