Palestinian Quotes - Page 4

• The Hamas organization is unwilling to honor the obligations that the Palestinian Authority has signed.

  Moshe Katsav

  Organization, Honor, Authority

  "Interview: Israeli President Discusses Iran Nuclear Standoff". Interview with Farnoush Ram, www.rferl.org. March 20, 2006.

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• When I said a few weeks ago that our people would eat cooking oil and olives if necessary, I didn't mean that there really would be only oil and olives. What I meant was that our people have the necessary patience to endure the current difficult situation. Palestinians would rather do without certain food items than their national rights.

  Ismail Haniyeh

  Patience, Mean, Rights

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• Which Israel should we recognize? The Israel of 1917; the Israel of 1936; the Israel of 1948; the Israel of 1956; or the Israel of 1967? Which borders and which Israel? Israel has to recognize first the Palestinian state and its borders and then we will know what we are talking about.

  Ismail Haniyeh

  Israel, Talking, Borders

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• And on the other hand, we see that the Israeli government is attacking that part of the Palestinian leader.

  Rafik Hariri

  Government, Hands, Leader

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• God willing, we shall come to a stage where the world looks at the Palestinian question, and Palestinian rights on Palestinian national soil, as well as the questions of the occupied Syrian and Lebanese territories. These are the bases on which peace will be built.

  King Hussein I

  Rights, Looks, World

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• Palestinian people are in love with life.

  Mahmoud Darwish

  Love Life, People

  "Why You Should Read Mahmoud Darwish" by John Lundberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 24, 2008.

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• Sometimes I feel as if I am read before I write. When I write a poem about my mother, Palestinians think my mother is a symbol for Palestine. But I write as a poet, and my mother is my mother. She's not a symbol.

  Mahmoud Darwish

  Mother, Writing, Thinking

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• We want all the Palestinians back in their homeland, and then there can be a fair referendum for people to choose the form of state they want. Whoever gets the majority can rule.

  Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

  People, Majority, Want

  "Iran's Leader Joins Large Anti-Israel March". Sermon during a Friday prayer, www.washingtonpost.com. October 29, 2005.

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• There is nothing that I'd love to do more than negotiate with Palestinians. This is my desire. This is my dream. This is my mission.

  Ehud Olmert

  Dream, Desire, Missions

  "Late Edition With Wolf Blitzer", www.cnn.com. May 21, 2006.

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• Arafat's whole life has been governed by struggle and a cause. Everything he has done as leader of the Palestinians is to always leave his options open, never close a door.

  Dennis A. Ross

  Struggle, Doors, Leader

  "Fox News Sunday" with Brit Hume, www.foxnews.com. April 21, 2002.

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• I'm Palestinian, I'm disabled, I'm female and I live in New Jersey.

  Maysoon Zayid

  Female, Jersey, Disabled

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• To me the notion that Palestinians are actually Jews is, I think, quite revelatory and very radical and a possible bridge that has been ignored, I think, in this entire controversy and there's ample evidence to support it.

  Lawrence Wright

  Thinking, Bridges, Support

  "Lawrence Wright brings Mideast conflict to stage". Interview with Lauri Neff, www.boston.com. October 7, 2010.

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• It's for the Palestinians to decide who will lead them.

  Ami Ayalon

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• Iran stands behind a substantial number of terrorist actions against us, together with Hizballah and the Islamic Jihad. It pretends to care for the Palestinians.

  Moshe Katsav

  Islamic, Iran, Numbers

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• Palestine is occupied land, and under international law, the Palestinians have the legal right to resist this occupation by any and all means. This may make busses, restaurants, discos-where Israeli military congregate, lawful targets.

  Enver Masud

  Military, Islamic, Mean

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• The Israelis are becoming increasingly like the white supremacist South Africans, viewing the Palestinians as a lower form of life, not hesitating to kill a great many of them and justifying this on the grounds that they are being the objects of terrorism, which is true.

  Zbigniew Brzezinski

  White, Becoming, Terrorism

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• Rather than undermining the Palestinian Authority, it is in Israel's interests to strengthen it by... continuing to transfer Palestinian tax revenues and pursuing other avenues of cooperation.

  Leon Panetta

  Israel, Cooperation, Authority

  "Netanyahu spokesman: Palestinians to blame for deadlock". The Associated Press, www.theguardian.com. December 03, 2011.

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• I'm on the board of directors for Peace Now, which works tirelessly between the Palestinians and the Israelis to create peace in the Middle East and we've never been closer.

  Mandy Patinkin

  Directors, Boards, East

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• Zionist willingness to compromise met by Palestinian rejection and Jew hatred.

  Sol Stern

  Rejection, Hatred, Compromise

  Sol Stern (2013). “A Century of Palestinian Rejectionism and Jew Hatred”, p.1938, Encounter Books

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• I am very optimistic, and I wish that God almighty grants me success to get a qualifying time. Only then can I go to the Olympics. If this happens I will be the first Palestinian athlete to gain a qualifying time. This will be a big achievement.

  Nader al-Masri

  Athlete, Optimistic, Achievement

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• If the Palestinian Olympic Committee or Palestinian Federation provide good facilities to the athletes then maybe I can become better than these Bahraini or Qatari athletes.

  Nader al-Masri

  Athlete, Committees, Federation

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• For the Palestinians' efforts to delegitimize Israel will end in failure. Palestinian leaders will not achieve peace or prosperity if Hamas insists on a path of terror and rejection. And Palestinians will never realize their independence by denying the right of Israel to exist.

  Barack Obama

  Israel, Rejection, Effort

  "George Mitchell and King Abdullah II". "This Week" with Christiane Amanpour, abcnews.go.com. May 22, 2011.

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• Yes, Israel's our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.

  Brent Scowcroft

  Israel, Enemy, Allies

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• Bringing an end to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians may help the young Arab generation to realise their aspirations. Israel is more than willing to offer our experience in building a modern economy in spite of limited resources to the whole region.

  Shimon Peres

  Israel, Generations, Limited Resources

  "We in Israel welcome the Arab spring" by Shimon Peres, www.theguardian.com. April 1, 2011.

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• Security is something that serves Israeli interests and Palestinian interests. You have a common threat and you have a common enemy and it's important to deal with that as partners.

  Dennis A. Ross

  Enemy, Important, Common

  "Arafat reluctantly accepts Israeli, U.S. security demand". www.cnn.com. August 11, 1997.

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