Palestinian Quotes - Page 17

• If you really wanted to settle down the Middle East, if what you wanted was change in the Middle East, it is perfectly obvious that the first step is resolving the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.

  Molly Ivins

  Middle East, Firsts, Steps

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• We have to understand - not justify - what gives rise to this tragedy. It's not because they're looking for beautiful virgins in heaven, as Orientalists portray it. Palestinian people are in love with life. If we give them hope - a political solution - they'll stop killing themselves.

  Mahmoud Darwish

  Beautiful, Love Life, People

  "Poet of the Arab world" by Maya Jaggi, www.theguardian.com. June 7, 2002.

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• Moreover, resolving the mother of all problems - the Israeli-Palestinian question - requires cooperation between Europe and the U.S.

  Romano Prodi

  Mother, Europe, Cooperation

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• I think that peace will require two states, a Palestinian state that recognizes the Jewish state.

  Benjamin Netanyahu

  Thinking, Two, States

  Interview with David Muir, abcnews.go.com. September 23, 2011.

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• I don't want to govern the Palestinians. I don't want them as subjects of Israel or as citizens of Israel. I want them to have their own independent state but a demilitarized state.

  Benjamin Netanyahu

  Independent, Israel, Citizens

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• The Israeli government has proved over the past year its commitment to peace, both in words and deeds. By contrast, the Palestinians are posing preconditions for renewing the diplomatic process in a way they have not done over the course of 16 years.

  Benjamin Netanyahu

  Commitment, Past, Years

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• Palestinians don't really believe in a state of Israel. They, unlike a majority of Israelis, who have come to the conclusion that they can live with a two-state solution to be determined by the parties, the majority of Palestinians are still very reluctant, and they need to be pushed to get there.

  Charles Schumer

  Party, Believe, Israel

  "Schumer: Obama's 'counter-productive' Israel policy 'has to stop'" by Ben Smith, www.politico.com. April 22, 2010.

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• You can set up whatever negotiations or structure you want, but until the Palestinians are willing to accept the fact, as the majority of Israelis do, that there should be two states between the Jordan and the Mediterranean, we won't have peace.

  Charles Schumer

  Two, Majority, Want

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• By merely foreswearing violence and taking advantage of their unique position contiguous with the world’s most creative people, the Palestinians could be rich and happy.

  George Gilder

  Unique, People, Creative

  George Gilder, Joe Lieberman (2012). “The Israel Test: Why the World's Most Beseiged State is a Beacon of Freedom and Hope for the World Economy”, p.17, Encounter Books

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• I know that many in Europe are unhappy with their governments' policies toward the Palestinians.

  Ismail Haniyeh

  Government, Europe, Unhappy

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• Both during the elections and as Prime Minister, I have repeatedly and publicly said that I support the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside the State of Israel.

  Ariel Sharon

  Israel, Support, Election

  Ariel Sharon's address to the Israeli Knesset before the vote on the Gaza 'disengagement plan', www.theguardian.com. October 27, 2004.

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• Today three-quarters of the Palestinian people are displaced: there are 5 million Palestinian refugees throughout the world.

  Ismail Haniyeh

  People, Three, World

  "1967: Our rights have to be recognised" by Ismail Haniyeh, www.theguardian.com. June 5, 2007.

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• It's necessary for Israelis and Palestinians to make the compromises that are required to get the direct talks back on track.

  William Hague

  Track, Compromise, Direct

  Interview with Andrew Marr, news.bbc.co.uk. March 1, 2011.

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• Those who closely watched the campaign should not be surprised by Obama’s hostility toward Israel, given his relations with pro-Palestinian, virulent critics of Israel and his voluntary membership in Reverend Wright’s decidedly anti-Semitic church. Furthermore, his campaign website featured anti-Semitic posts.

  David Limbaugh

  Israel, Church, Campaigns

  "Unpresidential Plummet". Interview with Kathryn Jean Lopez, www.nationalreview.com. September 2, 2010.

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• I believe that if Israel were to put an end to the settlements in the West Bank tomorrow, as it did in Gaza, there would still be reluctance on the part of the Palestinian Authority to recognize Israel's right to exist as a Jewish secular democracy.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Believe, Israel, Democracy

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• Legitimate steps of self-defence which Israel takes in its war against Palestinian terror - actions which any sovereign state is obligated to undertake to ensure the security of its citizens - are presented by those who hate Israel as aggressive, Nazi-like steps.

  Ariel Sharon

  Hate, War, Israel

  "We must rely on ourselves, says Sharon" by Chris McGreal, www.theguardian.com. January 26, 2005.

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• Like all Israelis, I yearn for peace. I see the utmost importance in taking all possible steps that will lead to a solution of the conflict with the Palestinians.

  Ariel Sharon

  Peace, Idaho, Steps

  Ariel Sharon's speech at the Herzliyya Institute of Policy and Strategy, news.bbc.co.uk. December 18, 2003.

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• Peace should provide security. It should be durable. I'm ready to go far in making painful concessions. But there is one thing I will never make any concessions on and that's the security of the Israeli citizens and the very existence of the state of Israel. The Palestinians are losing time.

  Ariel Sharon

  Israel, Citizens, Losing

  "The Bulldozer". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 2001.

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• To our Palestinian neighbours, I assure you that we have a genuine intention to respect your right to live independently and in dignity. I have already said that Israel has no desire to continue to govern over you and control your fate.

  Ariel Sharon

  Fate, Israel, Over You

  "The leaders' statements". www.theguardian.com. February 8, 2005.

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• Arafat rejected the deal because, as a dictator who had directed all his energies toward strengthening the Palestinians hatred toward Israel, Arafat could not afford to make peace.

  Natan Sharansky

  Peace, Israel, Hatred

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• In fact, the Iraqi foreign minister admitted in March 2003 that Iraqi funds were sent to families of Palestinian suicide bombers who attacked and killed innocent Israeli citizens, and also 12 Americans in Israel in 2003.

  Jim Gerlach

  Suicide, Israel, Facts

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• Tens of thousands have been killed or wounded by the Israeli army since 1967. During 2006, the number of Palestinians killed reached 650. Since the beginning of the Israeli occupation in 1967, more than 650,000 Palestinians have been detained by Israel - about 40% of the male population.

  Ismail Haniyeh

  Army, Israel, Numbers

  "1967: Our rights have to be recognised" by Ismail Haniyeh, www.theguardian.com. June 5, 2007.

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• We're saying this to both countries: We want a two-state solution. We want a Jewish state of Israel and alongside an independent Palestinian state. Unilateral measures are not helping at all to bring about this cause, and we agree that we wish to cooperate very closely on this, because as we both say, time is of the essence.

  Angela Merkel

  Country, Independent, Israel

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The international community and Israel have the same opinion regarding the Hamas government. We don't say we are going to boycott it forever. We say the Hamas government must abide by the obligations the Palestinian Authority has signed.

  Moshe Katsav

  Government, Israel, Community

  "Interview: Israeli President Discusses Iran Nuclear Standoff". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty interview, www.rferl.org. March 20, 2006.

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• I have written about the dispossessed, immigrants, the condition of women who do not enjoy the same legal rights as men, the Palestinians who are deprived of their land and condemned to exile.

  Tahar Ben Jelloun

  Men, Rights, Land

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