Gaza Quote by Mahmoud Abbas

The U.S. should support the historic Gaza withdrawal as a first step toward a final settlement: a permanent Palestinian state in Gaza and nearly…

— Lee H. Hamilton

We said we are ready to establish our independent state in any part from which the Israelis withdraw or which is liberated. Any part.…

— Yasser Arafat

Israel must withdraw from Jerusalem so that it becomes the capital of a state of Palestine.

— Yasser Arafat

If the withdrawal from Gaza goes badly, obviously, that will set us back.

— Jane Harman

Jerusalem is the capital of the Palestinian state.

— 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…

— Yasser Arafat

Gaza is such a tremendous humanitarian problem, it's way beyond Israel's capability to do anything significant about. It's a world problem, but the world…

— Moshe Arens

They are going to leave [Gaza], not because this is a gift from Israel. This is because they failed to confront our people, so…

— Zuheir Mohsen

There's no doubt that our hearts are with the residents of Gaza. We and the whole world are unable to get to a situation…

— Reuven Rivlin

We are pushing towards the dream of having our independent state with Jerusalem as its capital. If there is a real project that aims…

— Ismail Haniyeh

I am convinced that our people are now on the way to establishing a Palestinian state. The agreement signed in Cairo is the first…

— Yasser Arafat

We want to end this misery of the Palestinian people in order for us really to live with dignity as human beings in an…

— Benjamin Netanyahu