“It is impossible to have a Jewish, democratic state and at the same time to control all of Eretz Israel. If we insist on fulfilling the dream in its entirety, we are liable to lose it all. Everything. That is where the extremist path takes us.”

Israeli general and politician

Ariel Sharon was an Israeli general and politician, and served as prime minister of Israel from 2001 to 2006. He became a central figure in Israeli public life through both military command and politics. He is known for a long career that moved from the army into national leadership, with his name often linked to the highest level of Israeli government. The facts available here place him above all as a military and political leader, not as an author or performer.