Authority Quote by David Baker

The Palestinians are not willing to do anything, they're not willing to make the strategic decision to dismantle the infrastructure of terrorist organizations.

— Silvan Shalom

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

— Moshe Katsav

The problem is the Palestinians don't recognize the legitimacy of Israel.

— Ruth Wisse

I believe the Palestinians have never indicated a willingness to meet our minimum requirements, which are recognition of Israel's permanence and legitimacy as a…

— Michael Oren

Any approach that doesn't acknowledge the Palestinians' legitimate rights is doomed to fail. That also applies to any strategy that ignores the fact that…

— Khaled Mashal

I don't think the Palestinians are in this position they're in, divided with Hamas and the P.A., unwilling to allow - or recognize Israel…

— David Brooks

The core issue here is that the Israeli government refuses to commit to terms of reference for the negotiations that are based on international…

— Mahmoud Abbas

The Palestinians must be brought to an understanding that Jerusalem will always remain under Israeli sovereignty and that there is no point for them…

— Yair Lapid

You have to show Israel that it's not going to be forced to do things it doesn't want to do and can't do.

— Chuck Schumer

The only way to security for Israel and a humane life for Palestinians in their own land is political. No matter where the fault…

— Anthony Lewis

Palestinians have no interest whatsoever in establishing peace and that the pathway to peace is almost unthinkable to accomplish.

— Mitt Romney

The P.L.O., and later the Palestinian Authority, never truly accepted that Israel, as the national state and homeland of the Jewish people, was here…

— Danny Danon