Abbas claims that US promised PA that negotiations would be based on ’67 bordersPA TV broadcast of Abbas’ speech before the Fatah Revolutionary Council: “Before we began the negotiations there were talks or an American request. The request was that we (i.e., the PA) would refrain from turning to international organizations during the negotiations period, but we refused this...”Sep 2, 2013
Fatah official: I "oppose negotiations"Fatah Central Committee member Tawfiq Al-Tirawi: "The other point I would like to say is that the Israelis say that Beit El and Ma'ale Adumim are Israeli areas, but we also haven't forgotten that Haifa, Jaffa, Acre and Nazareth are Palestinian and will remain Palestinian forever." Click to view...Aug 13, 2013
Fatah offical: "We don’t say ‘peaceful popular resistance.’ No. We say ‘popular resistance’… We have given everything for peace and we now intend to give everything for the battlefield"Official PA TV Live broadcast a ceremony honoring outstanding students from the ‘Abu Jihad’ Khalil Al-Wazir class at the An-Najah National University. Fatah Central Committee member, Abbas Zaki: “We are on the ground and we are not abandoning the field. Proof of this is that two-thirds of the...”Apr 8, 2013
Abbas: Until Israel frees all Palestinian prisoners and stops all settlement there will be no peace"When we speak about negotiations, we say: Free the prisoners, stop the settlements, as long as this doesn’t happen there will be no negotiations between us and you” proclaims Chairman AbbasFeb 15, 2013
Abbas: PA will relaunch unilateral statehood campaign at UNPA Chairman Abbas: "We went to the UN in order to obtain recognition as a state. The first time we weren't successful, but certainly - Allah willing - we will succeed the second time. We are a nation that deserves a state. We have all the foundations of a state. We have all the institutions of a..."Jul 28, 2012
Sports official Jibril Rajoub says Jews are “Satans” and “Zionist sons of bitches”, "Under no circumstances will there be normalization" with Israel in sportsLive broadcast: Opening of the first Forum for Arab women sports journalists, in the presence of PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and Deputy-Secretary of the Fatah Central Committee and Chairman of the Palestinian Olympic Committee Jibril Rajoub. Rajoub: "Normalization with the occupation is..."May 17, 2012
Head of the Palestinian Olympic Committee: The Palestinian team will not play against IsraelPA TV sports program hosts the head of the Olympic Committee, Jibril Rajoub. Rajoub: "The Israeli flag will not, not, not be raised in the Palestinian territories, and the Palestinian team will not play against any team within the Green Line." Two weeks later on PA TV, Rajoub made the following...Jan 2, 2012
Abbas: We missed the opportunity for a state in 1947Abbas speaking at the launching of the Palestinian Students’ Aid Fund in Lebanon: “It is not true that we are presented [with opportunities] and we miss opportunities. We don’t miss opportunities. Perhaps we missed opportunities in the past, and we don’t want to repeat that – the opportunity of...”Nov 10, 2010
Arafat planned that Oslo Accords would chase away Israelis"Al-Quds Al-Arabi" Editor-in-Chief, Abd al-Bari 'Atwan: "After the Oslo Accords were signed, I went to Tunisia to visit him [Arafat] in July. I told him: 'We disagree. I don't support this agreement. It will harm us.' [Arafat] told me: 'By Allah, I will drive them crazy. I will make these [Oslo]..."Feb 16, 2006
Yasser Arafat calls for Jihad, struggle, and combat"Struggle, struggle, struggle, struggle. Combat, combat, combat, combat. Jihad, Jihad, Jihad, Jihad."Oct 21, 1996
PLO did not amend PLO Charter which calls for Israel's destruction, as agreed to in the Oslo AccordsHistoric vote of Palestinian National Council meant to fulfill PLO obligation under Oslo Accords to amend articles in PLO Charter calling for Israel's destruction: Before vote: Salim Za'noun, Chairman of meeting: "[Goal of vote is] an extension of 6 months… and then the Central Committee will..."Apr 24, 1996
Arafat compares Oslo Accords to Muhammad's temporary agreementArafat: "When the Prophet made the peace of Hudaybiyyah, [Muhammad's followers] Omar Ibn al Khattab and Ali Ibn Abi Talib said: "How can we accept an agreement like that?" "How can we accept such humiliation of our religion, Oh, Messenger of Allah?" And when we signed the agreement in Oslo if..."Apr 16, 1995
Arafat compares Oslo Accords to Muhammad's Hudaybiyyah peace treaty, which led to defeat of the peace partnersSpeech by Yasser Arafat, Johannesburg: "This agreement, I am not considering it more than the agreement which had been signed between our Prophet Muhammad and Quraish, and you remember the Caliph Omar had refused this agreement and considered it "Sulha Dania" [a despicable truce]. But Muhammad had..."May 10, 1994