Moshe Sharett Quotes


Even of if a certain backlash is unavoidable, we must make the most of the momentous chance with which history has presented us so swiftly and so unexpectedly.


Citations

Sharett, Moshe. Letter to Nahum Goldmann, 15 June 1948. Quoted in Morris, Benny. The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, 1947-1949. Cambridge University Press, 1987, p. 137.

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Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett
  • Born: October 15, 1894
  • Died: July 7, 1965
  • Nationality: Russian, Ottoman Empire, British, Israeli
  • Profession: Statesman

Moshe Sharett was the second Prime Minister of Israel (1954–55), serving for a little under two years between David Ben-Gurion's two terms. He continued as Foreign Minister (1955–56) in the Mapai government.