Arafat Quote by Natan Sharansky

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

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

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 carried out what I consider to be atrocities.

— Yitzhak Rabin

Like Mahmoud Abbas. He is not gaining anything. He puts conditions and Israel ignores them. Israel doesn’t give him any hint that they will…

— Leila Khaled

Arafat was a barrier to peace.

— Anonymous

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

I am the Israeli leader who met most with Arafat.

— Ehud Barak

Right after the Six Day War, Arafat launched a series of guerrilla operations from East Jerusalem and the West Bank. Acting on a tip,…

— Ronen Bergman

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

— Silvan Shalom

Unfortunately, little attention was paid to how Arafat ruled. In fact, some saw the harsh and repressive nature of Arafat's regime as actually bolstering…

— Natan Sharansky

We are a people with no army, no navy, no air force, no arms. It's people, thousands of people, who are feeling, sensing the…

— Saeb Erekat