Settlements Quotes

You all know me, you know that when I fight for something right and correct, I carry it out... I will do that also on the issue of separating from Gaza, and a few small settlements in Samaria. It is imperative for Israel and its continuing development, and that's what will be done. - Ariel Sharon

When I was at the Ministry of Housing, I set the objective of expanding (settlements in) outlying areas. - Yitzhak Levy

What what we have done here today is note the new opportunity that exists for progress in the Middle East because, for the first time, we have an Israeli prime minister who has stood up and said that he wants to evacuate settlements. - Colin Powell

What Mr. Peres said about settlements, I think there is a game of deceit there ... 20 percent of Gaza is reserved for the two to 3,000 settlers among the 1.2 million Palestinians. Forty-five percent of the shores of Gaza have been occupied by the settlers. So what we need is a total freeze on the settlements and not to play with words. - Saeb Erakat

We've shown what we can do with settlements. - Raanan Gissin

We've never seen the sums of money that are going into this pool before, ... And it's not like we're seeing twice as many cases or twice as many settlements. Those numbers are staying pretty constant. - Bruce Carton

We've gotten some money from other settlements [between companies working with Enron]. But the Enron settlements look like pennies on the dollar due to bankruptcy. - Eric Christensen

We, who know that the Territories are not a part of Israel, and that all settlements are bound to be evacuated, hereby declare that we shall not continue to fight this War of the Settlements. We shall not continue to fight beyond the 1967 borders in order to dominate, expel, starve and humiliate an entire people... We shall continue serving the Israel Defense Force in any mission that serves Israel's defense. - Huwaida Arraf

We will conduct negotiations with the Palestinians in order to achieve political settlements, but not under the pressure of terrorism and violence... We're prepared to ease the suffering of the Palestinians, but we cannot do this under the pressure of terrorism and violence. - Ariel Sharon