I helped found Hamas when I was at university in Kuwait. Yasser Arafat More Quotes by Yasser Arafat More Quotes From Yasser Arafat I send my condolences, and the condolences of the Palestinian people to American President Bush and his government and to the American people for this terrible act....We completely condemn this serious operation.... We were completely shocked.... It's unbelievable, unbelievable, unbelievable. Yasser Arafat governmentcondolencespeople It's always convenient for certain people to heap accusations on Israel. Yasser Arafat accusationisraelpeople With hearts that believe in Allah's will and predetermination, we have received the news about the martyrdom of the martyr. . . . Al-Hotary, the son of Palestine, whose noble soul ascended to . . . in order to rest in Allah's Kingdom, together with the Prophets, the men of virtue, and the martyrs. The heroic martyrdom operation . . . who turned his body into bombs . . . the model of manhood and sacrifice for the sake of Allah and the homeland. Yasser Arafat heartbelieveson Confidence alone does not make peace, but acknowledging rights and confidence do. Failure to recognize these rights creates a sense of injustice; it keeps the embers burning under the ashes. Yasser Arafat aloneconfidencefailurepeace Peace, for us, is an asset and in our interest. It is an absolute human asset that allows an individual to freely develop his individuality unbound by any regional, religious, or ethnic fetters. Yasser Arafat ethnicushumanpeace We totally and absolutely renounce all forms of terrorism. Yasser Arafat totallyabsolutelyrenounceterrorism The Arabs are looking forward to developing their region, which the long years of war had prevented from finding its true place in today's world, in an atmosphere of democracy, pluralism, and prosperity. Yasser Arafat democracytodaywarworld We started the peace process on the basis of land for peace and on the basis of U.N. resolution 242 and 338,1 as well as other international decisions on achieving the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people. Yasser Arafat decisionsprocesspeacepeople I call on all the countries of the world, especially the donor countries, to speed up their contributions so that the Palestinian people may overcome their economic and social problems and proceed with reconstruction and the rebuilding of infrastructures. Yasser Arafat problemsspeedpeopleworld I assure you, Ladies and Gentlemen, that we shall discover ourselves in peace more than we have with war and confrontation, as I am sure that the Israelis, in turn shall find themselves in peace more than they have found it in war. Yasser Arafat i-amyouwarpeace How can I shave in the midst of guerrilla warfare? On battlefields, we have no facilities for shaving, and that was why I first grew my beard. Yasser Arafat whyhowshavingbeard The Palestinians, whose national cause guards the gates of Arab-Israeli peace, look forward like their Arab brethren to that comprehensive, just, and lasting peace based on 'land for peace' and compliance with international legitimacy and resolutions. Yasser Arafat forwardlikelookpeace I call on Russia and the United States of America, the cosponsors of the peace conference, to help the peace process take bigger steps by contributing to the process and helping to overcome all obstacles. Yasser Arafat obstaclesprocesspeaceamerica As long as we have decided to coexist in peace, we must do so on a firm basis that will withstand time and for generations. Yasser Arafat willtimepeacelong I would like to congratulate my partners in peace - Mr. Yitzhak Rabin, the Prime Minister of Israel, and Mr. Shimon Peres, the Israeli Foreign Minister - on being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Yasser Arafat beinglikeisraelpeace Though I am not a chief of state, I must work twice as hard as one because I have to both administer a bureaucracy and run a revolution. Yasser Arafat i-amhardrevolutionwork
