(Yediot Ahronot-Hebrew) - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told a business conference in Tel Aviv on Monday, "History teaches us that ever since the founding of the Zionist movement, and certainly since the founding of the state, time works in our favor." "I'm familiar with the claim by self-appointed experts and commentators that time is working against us. After the Balfour Declaration the Jewish community in Eretz Israel numbered only 56,000, much less than the 650,000 at the time of the declaration of statehood and the 7 million Israelis, including 5.5 million Jews, today."
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