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"Deputy Secretary of the Fatah Central Committee Jibril Rajoub stressed that the Palestinian leadership had decided to close the subject of bilateral relations with the occupation (i.e., Israel)... He added that the Fatah Central Committee had decided that future relations with Israel would be as..."

“Head of the PLO Jerusalem department, Ahmed Qurei… emphasized that ‘all options are open to the Palestinians for the restoration of their national rights and for the use of them in such a way as to have positive effect, for the benefit of their national interest.’ He noted that negotiations and...”

Rafik Al-Natsheh, president of the Fatah Movement's Disciplinary Court, head of PA Parliament: "The Fatah Movement will prove at its Sixth Congress to all the collaborators and know-nothings that it will continue to maintain the option of resistance in all its forms, and will not recognize Israel."

Sultan Abu al-Aynayn, Fatah Secretary General in Lebanon: "The resistance [i.e. terror] brought about the Oslo Accords. There are 250,000 Palestinians who have returned to their homeland. The arms that were used against the Israeli enemy in Gaza and on other place." Host: "More that 40,000 rifles."...

Ahmad Abd Al-Rahman, Fatah spokesman: “Just as [armed] resistance to the occupation is an elementary form of the struggle, so the other aspect of this form of resistance is the path of negotiations and peaceful means… We base our struggle upon a dual strategy, which rests upon [armed] resistance...”

From petition signed by PLO Commissioner of Jerusalem Hanan Ashrawi, President of Al-Quds University Sari Nusseibeh and others: "Appeal: We the undersigned, based on our feelings of national responsibility, and because of the danger of the current situation surrounding the Palestinian people, hope..."