Palestinian Politician Quotes

Yasser Arafat

Mahmoud Abbas

Haj Amin al-Husseini

Ismail Haniyeh

Khaled Mashal

Salam Fayyad

The U.S. alleges it wants to democratize [the Middle East] whilst it seeks to reverse election results not legally or through polls, but by force, fostering chaos and supporting, financing and arming the corrupt.

It's the responsibility of men of religion to … present religion as a way of tolerance, not as a cover for bloodshed.

The underlying problem remains the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land and the continuing Israeli assaults against our people.

Resistance does not just mean sending some martyrdom-seeker to Tel Aviv.... If resistance meant nothing more than bearing arms and making a big fuss – this would not be resistance, but suicide.

The Arabs were Germany's natural friends... They were therefore prepared to cooperate with Germany with all their hearts and stood ready to participate in a war, not only negatively in the commission of acts of sabotage and the instigation of revolutions, but also positively by the formation of the Arab Legion. In this struggle, the Arabs were striving for the independence and the unity of Palestine, Syria and Iraq...

Haj Amin al-Husseini

There is no comparison between the suicidal terrorism of the desperate and the reasoned terrorism of an overarmed state.

Peace for us means the destruction of Israel. We are preparing for an all-out war, a war which will last for generations… We shall not rest until the day when we return to our home, and until we destroy Israel.

I simply want tomorrow to be better than today. I want Palestine to be independent and sovereign... Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.