Arafat Quotes

First of all, Arafat is wrong. Jerusalem is Israel's capital, will never be divided, and will remain the capital of the State of Israel, the capital of the Jewish people, for ever and ever.

… a crime against the Palestinian people.

Arafat conducts terror; his strategy is the strategy of terror.

Survival is not the only goal of a great leader.

Arafat is hosting, training, supporting, sponsoring terrorist organizations.

Right after the Six Day War, Arafat launched a series of guerrilla operations from East Jerusalem and the West Bank. Acting on a tip, Israeli soldiers stormed the house where he was based, minutes too late. They found his food still warm on the table.

Yassar Arafat is sitting on the corpses and destruction of the Palestinians at a time when they are desperately in need of a new mentality.

You will see Fidel Castro selling stocks for Morgan Stanley before you will see Yasser Arafat sign a peace treaty.

We have to remember that Arafat was the one that started with hijacking airplanes already in 1968.

Arafat is the greatest instigator of terror.

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.

Arafat is the greatest obstacle to peace and stability in the Middle East.

Well, the right-wing policy with regard to Israel - the people who don't want to deal with Arafat, who don't want a Palestinian state - the whole sort of right-wing view is consistent with the view toward Iraq. It's the same policy and the same people.

I am the Israeli leader who met most with Arafat.

It is not surprising, then, that in the decade since Oslo began, Arafat used all the resources placed at his disposal to fan the flames of hatred against Israel.

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

Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas have recognized Israel's right to exist. The Israeli government has never recognized our right to a sovereign state and self-determination.

Arafat was a barrier to peace.

The central premise behind Oslo was that if Arafat were given enough legitimacy, territory, weapons and money, he would use his power to fight terror and make peace with Israel.

Arafat carried out what I consider to be atrocities.

I also do not believe that the United States can let itself be driven into a political role by escalating terrorism, and therefore, the leaders of the Arab world and Arafat should do their utmost to put an end to this and then the United States should do its utmost to produce a political solution.

Any leader can be a hero in victory; only Arafat could project himself as the hero of a catastrophe.

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 sense of urgency, fearing for the president of their life - the life of their president, trying to protect their democratic choice, because Arafat is the elected leader of the Palestinian people.