“Disengagement is a response to certain demographic realities, .. Within a few years, due to the higher Arab birth rate, Jews will become a minority in the area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. I don't want [Israel] to be South Africa because we don't believe in apartheid. We simply have to separate from the Palestinians so that we can control our own destinies.” WantYearsBelieveRealityCertainDestinySeaBirthHigherAreasRiversSouthResponseRateDon't BelieveJewIsraelDuesMinoritiesPalestinianSouth AfricaJordanApartheidDemographicsBirth RateDisengagementMediterranean Sea Author:Ehud Olmert
“Those who professed themselves unable to believe in the reality of human progress ought to cheer themselves up, as the students under examination had conceivably been cheered up, by a short study of the Middle Ages. The hydrogen bomb, the South African Government, Chioang Kaidick, Senator McCarthy himself, would then seem a light price to pay for no longer being in the Middle Ages.” BelieveHumansRealityLightSeemsGovernmentAgePayStudyProgressMiddleStudentsOughtSouthBombsCheerSouth AfricaSenatorsMiddle AgesExaminationHydrogenHuman ProgressHydrogen Bomb Book:Lucky Jim Source: Lucky Jim