> > > > At this point, a furious Sharon reportedly turned toward
> >
>> > > Peres, saying "every time we do something you tell me
>> > > America will do this and will do that . . . I want to tell
>>
>> > > you something very clear: Don't worry about American
>> > > pressure on Israel. We, the Jewish people, control
>> > > America, and the Americans know it."
>> > >
>> > > The radio said Peres and other cabinet ministers
>> > > warned Sharon against saying what he said in public,
>> > > because "it would cause us a public relations disaster."
>
>It is ironic that Sharon knows what most of you on this very list refuse to
>acknowledge.
What's the evidence that Sharon actually said this? My friend Joel Schalit - author of the recently published and very fine book, Jerusalem Calling, from Akashic Books, who will be a guest on my radio show on Apr 18 - had never heard of this quote, and said it sounded like plain old anti-Semitic propaganda.
Doug