Quotes About Arafat

Hamas, the opponents of Arafat, the opponents of peace, urged a boycott of the election, and yet there was an 85 percent turnout where Hamas is supposed to be strong. Isn't that really quite incredible?

Arafat carried out what I consider to be atrocities.

I do not support peace in the Middle East. And I do not support Arafat. He is a stupid, incompetent fool!

It is not surprising, then, that in the decade since Oslo began, Arafat used all the resources placed at his disposal to fan the flames of hatred against Israel.

Unfortunately, little attention was paid to how Arafat ruled. In fact, some saw the harsh and repressive nature of Arafat's regime as actually bolstering the prospects for peace.

All you need to know about Arafat was that he insisted on wearing a pistol when he addressed the UN General Assembly. And all you need to know about the UN, I suppose, is that they let him.

The central premise behind Oslo was that if Arafat were given enough legitimacy, territory, weapons and money, he would use his power to fight terror and make peace with Israel.

Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to men of goodwill.

Our law is a Jordanian law that we inherited, which applies to both the West Bank and Gaza, and sets the death penalty for those who sell land to Israelis.

Right after the Six Day War, Arafat launched a series of guerrilla operations from East Jerusalem and the West Bank. Acting on a tip, Israeli soldiers stormed the house where he was based, minutes too late. They found his food still warm on the table.

Arafat's departure has created an awesome opportunity.

Asimismo, la administración de los Estados Unidos hizo caso omiso de las reuniones secretas del gabinete interior de Arafat, que derivaron en la detención de numerosos oponentes políticos.

Dado que la prensa y las cadenas de televisión estadounidenses tampoco querían ser tildadas de «enemigos de la paz», en Occidente muchas todavía no estaban al corriente de la desastrosa desintegración que estaba sufriendo el acuerdo de «paz» de Arafat con Israel, ni sabían por qué los palestinos culpaban a Israel de la matanza de Hebrón.

Como señaló Edward Said2 antes que nadie, Arafat ya había concedido Jerusalén; ya había acordado que el asunto solamente se discutiría durante las negociaciones del «estatuto final». Así fue como la ciudad quedó excluida del sistema de «zonas» y quedó en su conjunto en manos israelíes.

Arafat is the greatest instigator of terror.

Arafat conducts terror; his strategy is the strategy of terror.

Arafat is hosting, training, supporting, sponsoring terrorist organizations.

In my view, Arafat is the only Palestinian in the world that isn't willing to have an independent Palestinian state.

Arafat contradicts himself every five minutes. He always plays the double-cross, lies even if you ask him what time it is.

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.

We have to remember that Arafat was the one that started with hijacking airplanes already in 1968.

First of all, Arafat is wrong. Jerusalem is Israel's capital, will never be divided, and will remain the capital of the State of Israel, the capital of the Jewish people, for ever and ever.

First of all, Arafat is wrong. Jerusalem is Israel's capital, will never be divided, and will remain the capital of the State of Israel, the capital of the Jewish people, for ever and ever.

I enter negotiations with Chairman Arafat, the leader of the PLO, the representative of the Palestinian people, with the purpose to have coexistence between our two entities, Israel as a Jewish state and Palestinian state, entity, next to us, living in peace.