19 Arafat Quotes for You to Enjoy

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. Benjamin Netanyahu

People Will First Jewish People State Arafat Remain Divided Never Wrong First Of All Israel Capital Ever Jerusalem Jewish

Nobody ever predicted, a week before President Sadat came to Jerusalem in 1977, that his arrival would be the beginning of a peace process that would end up in an - unhappy - Israeli-Egyptian peace. We have seen peace with Egypt. We have seen peace with Jordan. We have seen the handshake between Rabin and Arafat - things are possible. Amos Oz

Peace Unhappy Seen Before Beginning President Possible Arafat Would Would-Be Week Jordan Between Nobody Arrival Came His End Up Handshake Egypt Predicted Process Peace Process Ever Jerusalem Things

In many ways, I regard Sharon and Arafat as birds of a feather. Amos Oz

Birds Ways Arafat Feather Sharon Regard Many

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. Chris Matthews

Arafat was a barrier to peace. Chuck Schumer

Peace Arafat Barrier

I am the Israeli leader who met most with Arafat. Ehud Barak

Leader Met Arafat Most Am Israeli Who

I cannot penetrate the soul of Arafat. I cannot know in advance whether, behind all the masks, he's the kind of leader who can reach an agreement or whether he wants to be the Moses of the Palestinians, staying in front of the river and not crossing into the promised land. Ehud Barak

Soul Leader Penetrate Kind Promised Promised Land Arafat Staying Crossing River Advance He Masks Moses Reach Know Front Behind Wants Cannot Whether Land Who Agreement Palestinians

Yasser Arafat never wanted to make peace with Israel. Ehud Olmert

Peace Arafat Never Make Israel Wanted

I remember when I was in the Middle East, Yasser Arafat used to go to Bahrain and Qatar on a Thursday and then go to Saudi Arabia and get his financial help on a Saturday. Leon Charney

Financial Remember East Arabia Arafat Remember When Thursday Bahrain Go His Get Middle Middle East Then Used Help Saturday Saudi Saudi Arabia

Unfortunately, little attention was paid to how Arafat ruled. In fact, some saw the harsh and repressive nature of Arafat's regime as actually bolstering the prospects for peace. Natan Sharansky

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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. Natan Sharansky

War is something Arafat sends others to do for him. That is, the poor souls who believe in him. This pompous incompetent caused the failure of the Camp David negotiations, Clinton's mediation. Oriana Fallaci

War Failure Believe Others Negotiations Arafat Something David Him Souls Caused Clinton Camp Sends Pompous Poor Who Mediation Incompetent

Khomeini was not a puppet like Arafat or Qaddafi or the many other dictators I met in the Islamic world. He was a sort of Pope, a sort of king - a real leader. Oriana Fallaci

World King Leader Met Other Khomeini Puppet Arafat He Like Sort Islamic Islamic World Real Dictators Pope Many

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. Ronen Bergman

War Food Day Too Late Too Late Guerrilla Soldiers East Arafat Table Minutes He House Operations Still Israeli His West West Bank Bank Six Tip Where After Warm Acting Series Found Based Jerusalem Right

I enter negotiations with Chairman Arafat, the leader of the PLO, the representative of the Palestinian people, with the purpose to have coexistence between our two entities, Israel as a Jewish state and Palestinian state, entity, next to us, living in peace. Yitzhak Rabin

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In September 1993, President Clinton presided over a handshake between Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat on the White House lawn - the climax of a 'day of awe,' as the press described it. Noam Chomsky

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