• In Lebanon, there was an agreement not to liquidate Yasser Arafat. In principle, I'm sorry that we didn't liquidate him.

    Ariel Sharon: In Lebanon, there was an agreement not to liquidate Yasser Arafat. In principle, I'm sorry that we didn't liquidate him.
    Who was defense minister in 1982; quoted in the New York Times, 1 February 2002.