Khomeini was not a puppet like Arafat or Qaddafi or the many other dictators I met in the Islamic world. He was a sort of Pope, a sort of king - a real leader.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Without Khomeini, we would not be where we are. What a pity that, when pregnant with him, his mother did not choose to have an abortion.
When the Islamic revolution began in 1979 under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, it aroused considerable admiration in the Arab street. It presented a model of organised popular action that deposed one of the region's most tyrannical regimes. The people of the region discerned in this revolution new hope for freedom and change.
Arafat is the greatest instigator of terror.
There is not a single Muslim leader today who has the courage and commitment to defend Islam and Muslims, they are all in awe of the United States and other Western powers, and are indebted to them.
I am the Israeli leader who met most with Arafat.
Arafat was a barrier to peace.
Arafat is the greatest obstacle to peace and stability in the Middle East.
The situation of any leader in the Middle East is not easy.
In my view, Arafat is the only Palestinian in the world that isn't willing to have an independent Palestinian state.
I do not support peace in the Middle East. And I do not support Arafat. He is a stupid, incompetent fool!