Yasser Arafat Quotes (97 Quotes)


    We will put our friends and our brothers, the Arabs and the Europeans ... far away from the Israeli propaganda and big lies that they are trying to put about what happened in Camp David,

    Without a doubt, since the beginning we have welcomed American initiatives which we hope will succeed, especially in the upcoming London meetings.

    In his speech, Cheney said a solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict would be critical to winning the broader war on terrorism. Although he said Israel should avoid actions that undermine the long-term viability of a two-state solution, ... Peace will not be achieved by Palestinian rulers who intimidate opposition, tolerate and profit from corruption and maintain ties to terrorist groups.

    All the parties involved are still studying the U.S. proposal. Such proposals need to be studied carefully, because some of the proposals are less substantive than what was suggested at Camp David.

    should be free to travel in accordance with Israel's obligation to allow freedom of movement for Palestinian officials.



    First of all, no one can bypass the Palestinian people and their choice of their leader.

    This was a very successful agreement, ... It is a very important start to achieve real peace and to avoid military activity.

    The Palestinian Rifle is ready and we will aim it if they try to prevent us from praying in Jerusalem.

    The battle for Jerusalem is a battle of life or death, ... There will be no peace, no security, no stability without the return of liberated Jerusalem, the eternal capital for an independent Palestinian state, whether they like it or not.

    It is a message for the whole international world to see the fascism and this aggression against the headquarters of the Palestinian people. No one can defeat the Palestinian people who are defending the holy sacred Christian and Muslim holy places, and we are here to defend it, and we are ready to die to defend it.

    Our duty today, the duty of all of us is to continue the work that I started with my late partner Yitzhak Rabin, to protect the peace of the brave and to continue and complete that work,

    This is the moment of truth. Israel should stop wasting time, stop playing with the agreement. We don't have lots of time. We have to implement the agreements.

    Peace is a one-way road, ... Let us together remove the obstacles facing us.

    This is a plan which I have mentioned before that they are insisting to carry on with their attacks against our people, against our structures, against our holy, sacred Christian, Muslim, places everywhere and especially in Gaza,

    In order to obtain the goal of returning to Palestine, all of us sometimes have to grit our teeth.

    This confirms what I have said from the beginning, that this is an attempt to avoid the accurate and honest implementation of what has been agreed upon,

    Peace will emerge from the land of peace in Palestine.

    Our people will remain steadfast until a boy or a girl holds the flag of Palestine over Jerusalem, the capital of our Palestinian state,

    This summit is held during a difficult time, especially for the Palestinian people, who face a dangerous military escalation on our towns and villages,

    I have to be honest with you for the need to completely stop these attacks that have been condemned repeatedly by the Palestinian leadership,

    has to invest more of his authority, of his control. But there is a beginning of hope that I wouldn't put aside.

    They could not shake us when they besieged us in Beirut. Now we're in Palestine -- what hope has Sharon of shaking us

    We pray God give you a long life, good health, serenity and peace so that you can continue to spread the Christian message of love and peace.

    I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.

    We welcome any meeting, but at the same time, we say if the crisis should reach an end, it needs an Israeli decision to stop the aggression against the Palestinian people,

    I hope that (Netanyahu) will go to Washington with a positive response to the American initiative, and not to try again to open dialogue, to waste time,

    I told Foreign Minister Ivanov that we officially accept the joint Jordanian-Egyptian initiative as well as the report of the Mitchell commission and view those documents as a basis for rapid and resolute actions towards ending the dangerous escalation of developments in the Middle East.

    I had been informed from Israeli high officers their analysis is they are coming from abroad.

    The most important thing is my people and my cause. ... Toward the peace of the land which I had signed with my friend former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin,


    Whoever thinks of stopping the uprising before it achieves its goals, I will give him ten bullets in the chest.

    our people are getting rid of the traitors one by one.

    What is important now is this big crime which has happened against this holy sacred place for the Muslims, for the Christians -- the Nativity Church.

    Whoever stands by a just cause cannot possibly be called a terrorist.

    I have issued strict orders to abide by the cease-fire, and we hope that the Israeli government will respond to our call for peace.

    It is clear and obvious the Israelis are trying to escape from implementing accurately and honestly what had been signed between both of us. I am not asking for the moon.

    Arafat has denied any involvement in the incident. But in an interview Monday with CNN, Vice President Dick Cheney said the Bush administration believes people very close ... difficult to take him seriously as an interlocutor in that peace process.

    Personally, I believe this is a window of opportunity not only for us Palestinians, not only for Israel, but for the whole Middle East,

    We plan to eliminate the state of Israel and establish a purely Palestinian state. We will make life unbearable for Jews by psychological warfare and population explosion. We Palestinians will take over everything, including all of Jerusalem.

    The Palestinian leadership has no more patience and our people have no more patience. All that's left for us to do is to defend Jerusalem in whatever way we can,

    We are seeking a four-way meeting. Our position has always been that the European Union must have a vital, effective role in this peace process,

    Since we cannot defeat Israel in war we do this in stages. We take any and every territory that we can of Palestine, and establish sovereignty there, and we use it as a springboard to take more. When the time comes, we can get the Arab nations to join us for the final blow against Israel.

    all efforts aimed at bringing peace because if we don't act quickly, there will be an explosion, not only in Palestine, but the whole region.

    I can't forget myself, the peace of the brave, which I had signed with my partner, assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

    Regrettably, this is a dangerous escalation that drags the whole region into a very critical, bad and grave situation,

    This is untrue. The ship belongs to Hezbollah, which bought it from its Iraqi owner for 400,000,


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