Nabil Shaath Quotes on War & Peace (15 Quotes)

On a purely humanitarian level we feel sorry for Mr. Sharon. Mr. Sharon has made some minimal progress, but he never believed in the . . . peace process.

China has strong relations with Israel now, ... and I believe it is in their interest and our interest that they play a role in advancing the peace process.

One, that he seriously means business when he says he wants to stop all fire, but that he will continue very ardently with the help of Mr. Powell and the United States and Europe to implement all of the Mitchell plan that promises to freeze all settlement activities, implement all unimplemented parts of the peace process, and move towards a negotiated settlement on a permanent basis, and I think with these on hand he can also tell his people, 'I have a political light at the end of the tunnel,' and I think he will get their support.

It does not look like he is the man who would push the peace process forward. He might, and, in fact, he looks like the man who is going to destabilize our area,

President Arafat has always wanted to go back to the peace process on the right basis. He was very clear. ... and said (the) Israeli attack has to stop first. The deployment of heavy forces and tanks and the disproportionate use of force has to end, and only this will be able to calm down the situation and bring back the peace process.

I think he'll have to demonstrate to people two things. One, that he seriously means business when he says he wants to stop all fire, but that he will continue very ardently, with the help of Mr. Powell and the United States and Europe, to implement the Mitchell plan that promises to freeze all settlement activities, implement all unimplemented parts of the peace process, and move towards a negotiated settlement on a permanent basis,

Our objective was to stop all of these operations and move back to the peace table, ... Unfortunately, an agreement that was almost in the making was destroyed by the Israeli bombing of Gaza.

watching carefully the unfolding political developments to see its consequences on the peace process.

It is not good to give Israel gifts before it really implements the peace process, not only in Gaza, but in Gaza, the West Bank and Jerusalem.

We will be ready to deal with any Israeli government provided it is committed to the rules of the game, to the agreements we signed and to the peace process that will come to end the siege and refrain totally from any settlement activities and move toward making real peace,

Today we asked for a permanent Chinese presence, including naming a permanent envoy to the peace process,

We will not accept any division of the West Bank or any continuation of the occupation. (With this decision) Israel is wrecking the very idea of peace.

unfortunate. But occupation is the reason for killing, and occupation is apparently going to be the cause of killing the peace process.

There is no more time for interim issues, ... Jerusalem has to be solved, and the refugees and the territorial has to be solved, if we are going to make a permanent peace.

We are determined to do what needs to be done to save the peace process and, therefore, regain our land and rights,