Defeat Quote by Yasser Arafat

“It is true that we are under occupation, but we are not the weaker party. We are the military force which Israel failed to defeat.”

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We plan to eliminate the state of Israel and establish a purely Palestinian state. We will make life unbearable for Jews by psychological warfare…

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Jordan recognizes that east Jerusalem is the capital of the Palestinian state and Jordan rejects foreign sovereignty -- Israeli sovereignty -- over the holy…

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We have absolute support from all our masses inside our occupied territories and even outside our occupied territories. The "War of the Camps" [in…

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The Israelis are mistaken if they think we do not have an alternative to negotiations. By Allah I swear they are wrong. The Palestinian…

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When American administration will find that their interest is to follow up with the international conference and to find peace in this area, they…

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We are a democratic - we are living in democracy.

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I am challenging Ezer Weizman to accept the democratic state where both of us can live in this democratic state. What confederation? No. One…

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When I made a big effort in '96 and it is not - I squeezed and I arrested a part of [terroristic groups].

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Now you are trying to recover it through Irangate. I know that. But it will cost you a lot. And if you are speaking…

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In 1982, when Alexander Haig and [Ariel] Sharon put this plan to invade the south of Lebanon and Beirut, they imagined that in two…

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We completely condemn this very dangerous attack, and I convey my condolences to the American people, to the American president and to the American…

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I know the American administration is trying to refurbish its image after Irangate, especially in the Middle East and among their friends in this…

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