Abba Quote by Leila Khaled

Israel was seen as having demonstrated unmistakably it wanted peace, and the reason it wasn't available, achievable was because Arafat wouldn't accept it.

— Dennis Ross

Arafat rejected the deal because, as a dictator who had directed all his energies toward strengthening the Palestinians hatred toward Israel, Arafat could not…

— Natan Sharansky

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

— Silvan Shalom

The central premise behind Oslo was that if Arafat were given enough legitimacy, territory, weapons and money, he would use his power to fight…

— Natan Sharansky

Assad wanted Israel to capitulate in advance to all his demands. Only then would he agree to enter into substantive negotiations. I couldn't agree…

— Ehud Barak

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…

— Anonymous

Bibi Netanyahu, froze the settlements and offered to go toward a two-state solution. The Palestinians didn't take him up on it. Historically, we have…

— David Brooks

Of course, Israel cannot be expected to negotiate with anyone who is dedicated to its destruction. But while I know you have had differences…

— Barack Obama

It is not surprising, then, that in the decade since Oslo began, Arafat used all the resources placed at his disposal to fan the…

— Natan Sharansky

If Palestinian Authority refuse to join the US-run negotiations, their basis for support would collapse. They survive on donations essentially. Israel has made sure…

— Noam Chomsky

Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas have recognized Israel's right to exist. The Israeli government has never recognized our right to a sovereign state and…

— Khaled Mashal

[Israel will] create in the course of the next 10 or 20 years conditions which would attract natural and voluntary migration of the refugees…

— Yitzhak Rabin