Palestinian Quotes - Page 23

• I wrote that President Bush is passing on to President-elect Obama two wars and an economic debacle. I call it a depression. And he is arming Israel against the Palestinians in every way in Gaza.

  Helen Thomas

  War, Israel, Passing On

  "'An Unconscionable Legacy'–Veteran White House Correspondent Helen Thomas on the Bush Presidency". Interview with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. January 13, 2009.

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• Toughness found fertile soil in the hearts of Palestinians, and the grains of resistance embedded themselves in their skin. Endurance evolved as a hallmark of refugee society. But the price they paid was the subduing of tender vulnerability. They learned to celebrate martyrdom. Only martyrdom offered freedom. Only in death were they at last invulnerable to Israel. Martyrdom became the ultimate defiance of Israeli occupation.

  Susan Abulhawa

  Heart, Israel, Skins

  Susan Abulhawa (2010). “Mornings in Jenin”, p.88, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Palestinian terrorism has to be rejected and condemned, yes. But it should not be translated defacto into a policy of support for a really increasingly brutal repression, colonial settlements and a new wall.

  Zbigniew Brzezinski

  Wall, Support, Terrorism

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• I'm the prime minister who removed 400 checkpoints, barriers, road-blocks and so on to facilitate the growth of the Palestinian economy.

  Benjamin Netanyahu

  Block, Growth, Economy

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• I find it shameful that in nearly all the universities of Europe, Palestinian students sponsor and nurture anti-Semitism.

  Oriana Fallaci

  Europe, Students, Sponsors

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• Protestants are the more segmented group. Mainline churches - you have problems in the U.S., Europe, the Scottish Church, the Dutch Protestant Church, the state church in Norway. The evangelicals have been pro Israel, but a major effort is to bring them in on the Palestinian side. A huge problem and the problems are rising.

  Manfred Gerstenfeld

  Israel, Europe, Effort

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• This trial cannot be separated from the process of the historical struggle in Palestine that continues today between the Zionist Movement and the Palestinian people, a struggle that centers on Palestinian land, history, civilization, culture and identityAs for your judicial apparatus, which is where this court comes from: it is one of the instruments of the occupation whose function is to give the cover of legal legitimacy to the crimes of the occupation, in addition to consecrating its systems and allowing the imposition of these systems on our people through force.

  Ahmad Sa'adat

  Struggle, Land, Civilization

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• If the corrupt Jordanian monarchy were overthrown, it would be the ideal opportunity to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, because the West Bank and Jordan could then be united. There is already a Palestinian majority in Jordan, and there is enough room for everyone there. That would be the best revolution I could imagine.

  Tom Segev

  Opportunity, Revolution, Majority

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I want to tell the United States, the international community and all those who speak about peace that... the shortest way for this is that they should work for halting the Israeli aggression and occupation of the Palestinian territories.

  Khaled Mashal

  Community, Israeli Occupation, Want

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• There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed.

  Golda Meir

  Zionist, Israeli, Zionism

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• The Israeli-Palestinian conflict seems to have been overshadowed by the upheavals in the region.  I have followed events there for almost 40 years. I am convinced that what is needed for a solution is not only the willingness to negotiate in good faith but also to take into account the needs and sensibility of the negotiating partner. I, for one, just cannot believe that the value of settlements for Israel is bigger than the damage these settlements do as an obstacle to peace.

  Heinz Fischer

  Believe, Israel, Years

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• Jordan recognizes that east Jerusalem is the capital of the Palestinian state and Jordan rejects foreign sovereignty -- Israeli sovereignty -- over the holy sites

  Yasser Arafat

  Rejection, East, Jerusalem

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• It's not by accident that this has not been resolved in 50 years, but I believe this is the best chance we will have for a long time for there to be a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians.

  Sandy Berger

  Believe, Israel, Agreement

  "Late Edition" with Wolf Blitzer, www.cnn.com. May 28, 2000.

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• Some countries such as Iran and Syria are using the commotion to distract attention from their own problems with the international community. The Palestinians, who have been deeply divided since their election, have found a common enemy in Denmark that unites them. Extremists and fundamentalists are exploiting the conflict to promote their radical agenda and win new members.

  Anders Fogh Rasmussen

  Country, Winning, Iran

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• We are in a period called post. In previous periods, anti-Semitism was always direct. Today's anti-Semitism isn't direct. If you say today that the Jews are absolute evil, or Israel is absolute evil, you must say Israeli is committing genocide against the Palestinians. It is very rare to find a Western politician who repeats these things.

  Manfred Gerstenfeld

  Israel, Evil, Today

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• Arabs and their allies are conducting a total war against Israel. A total war means a war of lies. The PA [Palestinian Authority] promotes lies; lying in Islam is permitted.

  Manfred Gerstenfeld

  War, Lying, Mean

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• The roots of the Palestinian conflict must be sought in history. The Holocaust and Palestine are directly connected with one another. And if the Holocaust actually occurred, then you should permit impartial groups from the whole world to research this. Why do you restrict the research to a certain group? Of course, I don't mean you, but rather the European governments.

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

  Mean, Government, Roots

  "We Are Determined". SPIEGEL Interview, www.spiegel.de. May 30, 2006.

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• The greatest tragedy of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is that everyone knows how it will end. We will divide up the region.

  Yair Lapid

  Tragedy, Conflict, Ends

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• If Holocaust happened, then those who bear the responsibility for it have to be punished, and not the Palestinians. Why isn't research into a deed that occurred 60 years ago permitted? After all, other historical occurrences, some of which lie several thousand years in the past, are open to research, and even the governments support this.

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

  Lying, Responsibility, Past

  "We Are Determined". Interview with Stefan Aust, Gerhard Sporl and Dieter Bednarz in Tehran, www.spiegel.de. May 30, 2006.

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• The US and Israel have demanded further that Palestinians not only recognize Israel's rights as a state in the international system, but that they also recognize Israel's abstract right to exist, a concept that has no place in international law or diplomacy, and a right claimed by no one. In effect, the US and Israel are demanding that Palestinians . . . formally accept the legitimacy of their expulsion from their own land. They cannot be expected to accept that, just as Mexico does not grant the US the right to exist on half of Mexico's territory, gained by conquest.

  Noam Chomsky

  Law, Land, Rights

  "On Israel, the US and Turkey". Interview with Sabahattin Atas, chomsky.info. September, 2003.

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• In the American Jewish community, there is little willingness to face the fact that the Palestinian Arabs have suffered a monstrous historical injustice . . . Until this is recognized, discussion of the Middle East crisis cannot even begin.

  Noam Chomsky

  Community, Historical, Middle East

  Noam Chomsky (2004). “Middle East Illusions: Including Peace in the Middle East? : Reflections on Justice and Nationhood”, p.43, Rowman & Littlefield

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• Hamas murders not only Israelis, but also Palestinians whose political stance is different from that which its group promotes; that is, its radical religious outlook in which Islam is the solution to the world's problems.

  Mosab Hassan Yousef

  Religious, Political, Islam

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• Palestinians no longer blamed Yasser Arafat or Hamas for their troubles. Now they blamed the Israelis for killing their children. But I still couldn't escape a fundamental question: Why were those children out there in the first place? Where were the parents? Why didn't their mothers and fathers keep them inside? Those children should have been sitting at their desks in school, not running in the streets throwing stones at armed soldiers.

  Mosab Hassan Yousef

  Mother, Running, Children

  Mosab Hassan Yousef (2011). “Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices”, p.158, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• I asked myself what Palestinians would do if Israel disappeared-if everything not only went back to the way it was before 1948 but if all the Jewish people abandoned the Holy Land and were scattered again. And for the first time, I knew the answer. We would still fight. Over nothing. Over a girl without a head scarf. Over who was toughest and most important. Over who would make the rules and who would get the best seat.

  Mosab Hassan Yousef

  Girl, Fighting, Israel

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• The September 11 attacks were major atrocities. . . . This was a horrendous crime . . . The primary victims . . . were working people: janitors, secretaries, firemen, etc. It is likely to prove to be a crushing blow to Palestinians . . . It is also likely to lead to harsh security controls, with many possible ramifications for undermining civil liberties and internal freedom.

  Noam Chomsky

  Crush, Blow, People

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