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I like this quote.
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I was summoned to see Ben-Gurion. It was the first time I met him, and right from the start Ben-Gurion said to me: "Let me first tell you one thing: it doesn't matter what the world says about Israel, it doesn't matter what they say about us anywhere else. The only thing that matters is that we can exist here on the land of our forefathers. And unless we show the Arabs that there is a high price to pay for murdering Jews, we won't survive."
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Sharon
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It's a great quote and precisely the reason why a "disproportionate" response to each and every Arab incursion is necessary. Israel's neighbors would gladly trade the death of one of their citizens for the death of one of Israel's citizens.