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> [We do not want to destroy any people. It is precisely because we have been advocating coexistence that we have shed so much blood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasser-arafat/we-do-not-want-to-destroy-any-people-it-is-precisely-because-we-have/)

[Yasser Arafat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasser-arafat/)

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## More by Yasser Arafat

> [We plan to eliminate the state of Israel and establish a purely Palestinian state. We will make life unbearable for Jews by psychological warfare…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasser-arafat/we-plan-to-eliminate-the-state-of-israel-and-establish-a-purely/)

[Yasser Arafat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasser-arafat/)

> [Jordan recognizes that east Jerusalem is the capital of the Palestinian state and Jordan rejects foreign sovereignty -- Israeli sovereignty -- over the holy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasser-arafat/jordan-recognizes-that-east-jerusalem-is-the-capital-of-the/)

[Yasser Arafat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasser-arafat/)

> [We have absolute support from all our masses inside our occupied territories and even outside our occupied territories. The "War of the Camps" \[in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasser-arafat/we-have-absolute-support-from-all-our-masses-inside-our-occupied/)

[Yasser Arafat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasser-arafat/)

> [The Israelis are mistaken if they think we do not have an alternative to negotiations. By Allah I swear they are wrong. The Palestinian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasser-arafat/the-israelis-are-mistaken-if-they-think-we-do-not-have-an-alternative/)

[Yasser Arafat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasser-arafat/)

> [When American administration will find that their interest is to follow up with the international conference and to find peace in this area, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasser-arafat/when-american-administration-will-find-that-their-interest-is-to/)

[Yasser Arafat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasser-arafat/)

> [We are a democratic - we are living in democracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasser-arafat/we-are-a-democratic-we-are-living-in-democracy/)

[Yasser Arafat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasser-arafat/)

> [I am challenging Ezer Weizman to accept the democratic state where both of us can live in this democratic state. What confederation? No. One…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasser-arafat/i-am-challenging-ezer-weizman-to-accept-the-democratic-state-where/)

[Yasser Arafat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasser-arafat/)

> [ When I made a big effort in '96 and it is not - I squeezed and I arrested a part of \[terroristic groups\]. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasser-arafat/when-i-made-a-big-effort-in-96-and-it-is-not-i-squeezed-and-i/)

[Yasser Arafat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasser-arafat/)

> [Now you are trying to recover it through Irangate. I know that. But it will cost you a lot. And if you are speaking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasser-arafat/now-you-are-trying-to-recover-it-through-irangate-i-know-that-but-it/)

[Yasser Arafat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasser-arafat/)

> [ In 1982, when Alexander Haig and \[Ariel\] Sharon put this plan to invade the south of Lebanon and Beirut, they imagined that in two… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasser-arafat/in-1982-when-alexander-haig-and-ariel-sharon-put-this-plan-to-invade/)

[Yasser Arafat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasser-arafat/)

> [We completely condemn this very dangerous attack, and I convey my condolences to the American people, to the American president and to the American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasser-arafat/we-completely-condemn-this-very-dangerous-attack-and-i-convey-my/)

[Yasser Arafat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasser-arafat/)

> [I know the American administration is trying to refurbish its image after Irangate, especially in the Middle East and among their friends in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasser-arafat/i-know-the-american-administration-is-trying-to-refurbish-its-image/)

[Yasser Arafat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasser-arafat/)

> [Peace for us means the destruction of Israel. We are preparing for an all-out war, a war which will last for generations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasser-arafat/peace-for-us-means-the-destruction-of-israel-we-are-preparing-for-an/)

[Yasser Arafat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasser-arafat/)

> [Since we cannot defeat Israel in war, we do this in stages. We take any and every territory that we can of Palestine, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasser-arafat/since-we-cannot-defeat-israel-in-war-we-do-this-in-stages-we-take-any/)

[Yasser Arafat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasser-arafat/)

> [This child, who is grasping the stone, facing the tank, is it not the greatest message to the world when that hero becomes a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasser-arafat/this-child-who-is-grasping-the-stone-facing-the-tank-is-it-not-the/)

[Yasser Arafat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasser-arafat/)

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