I'm a man of history. My vision is guiding me, my clear vision. It is not by chance that the currents of peace are increasing daily inside Israel. Yasser Arafat More Quotes by Yasser Arafat More Quotes From Yasser Arafat In order to obtain the goal of returning to Palestine, all of us sometimes have to grit our teeth. But it is forbidden that this harm the continued struggle against the Zionist enemy. Cooperation and understanding between the P.L.O. and the rejectionist organizations is what will lead to the speedy retreat of Israel from the occupied territories in the first stage, until the establishment of a Palestinian state with its capital in Jerusalem. Only a state like that can then continue the struggle to remove the enemy from all Palestinian lands. Yasser Arafat israelstruggleorder In order to obtain the goal of returning to Palestine, all of us sometimes have to grit our teeth. Yasser Arafat teethgoalorder I can't let it pass when you say: "You are the weak party." No, I am not the weak party. I am the man who is making the war. I am the man who is making the peace. Yasser Arafat partymenwar It is true that we are under occupation, but we are not the weaker party. We are the military force which Israel failed to defeat. Yasser Arafat partyisraelmilitary Not to forget, you are speaking with General Yasser Arafat. It's true that I am an engineer. But also I am a general. And I am religious. I believe that no one can approach me except God. Yasser Arafat forget-youreligiousbelieve The war of attrition against the Zionist enemy will never cease. Yasser Arafat attritionwarenemy I want to tell Carter and Begin that when the Arabs set off their volcano there will be only Arabs in this part of the world... Our people will continue to fuel the torch of the revolution with rivers of blood until the whole of the occupied homeland is liberated, the whole of the homeland is liberated, not just a part of it. Yasser Arafat volcanoesriversblood Our law is a Jordanian law that we inherited, which applies to both the West Bank and Gaza, and sets the death penalty for those who sell land to Israelis. Yasser Arafat landwestlaw When American administration will find that their interest is to follow up with the international conference and to find peace in this area, they will search not only for me, but for any Palestinian to speak with him. And they will say, "We have five million Arabs in the United States. We can't avoid them." Yasser Arafat administrationunited-statesspeak What Kuwait did to the Palestinian people is worse than what has been done by Israel to Palestinians in the occupied territories. Yasser Arafat kuwaitisraelpeople You are the generation that will reach the sea and hoist the flag of Palestine over Tel Aviv. Yasser Arafat flagsgenerationssea All our moves are based on four general principles: continued use of the rifle, no waiving of historical rights, no peace, and no negotiations... Whatever form of government is established in the territory when the shadow of occupation passes away, whenever I address my fighters and revolutionaries, I shall say: 'Let our rifles be aimed at the beloved land, the land of the homeland, the land of Palestine. Yasser Arafat governmentrightsmoving Whoever thinks of stopping the uprising before it achieves its goals, I will give him ten bullets in the chest. Yasser Arafat uprisinggivingthinking Did you follow what [General Yehoshafat] Harkabi wrote? Formerly of the Israeli military intelligence service. Remember him? Did you follow what he wrote? He said that it was for the sake of the existence of Israel that we have to accept the rights of the Palestinians to have their independent state. Yasser Arafat independentmilitaryrights The Palestinian state is within our grasp. Soon the Palestinian flag will fly on the walls, the minarets and the cathedrals of Jerusalem. Yasser Arafat jerusalemflagswall I swear to God, I will see [the Palestinian state], whether as a martyr or alive. Please, God, give me the honor of becoming a martyr in the fight for Jerusalem. Yasser Arafat swear-to-godfightinggiving Let us be worthy of those who pin their hopes on us. May God bless you with success. Yasser Arafat god-bless-youblessingmay This is my homeland no one can kick me out. Yasser Arafat palestinehomelandmiddle-east Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand. Yasser Arafat brancheshandsfall The goal of our struggle is the end of Israel, and there can be no compromises... Yasser Arafat israelgoalstruggle
