Yasser Arafat

I call on all the countries of the world, especially the donor countries, to speed up their contributions so that the Palestinian people may overcome their economic and social problems and proceed with reconstruction and the rebuilding of infrastructures.

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In order to obtain the goal of returning to Palestine, all of us sometimes have to grit our teeth.

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Whoever thinks of stopping the uprising before it achieves its goals, I will give him ten bullets in the chest.

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The victory march will continue until the Palestinian flag flies in Jerusalem and in all of Palestine.

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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 and population explosion. We Palestinians will take over everything, including all of Jerusalem.

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How can I shave in the midst of guerrilla warfare? On battlefields, we have no facilities for shaving, and that was why I first grew my beard.

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Our law is a Jordanian law that we inherited, which applies to both the West Bank and Gaza, and sets the death penalty for those who sell land to Israelis.

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As long as we have decided to coexist in peace, we must do so on a firm basis that will withstand time and for generations.

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Quotes by Yasser Arafat