Yasser Arafat Quotes About Palestine
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The victory march will continue until the Palestinian flag flies in Jerusalem and in all of Palestine.
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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.
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You are the generation that will reach the sea and hoist the flag of Palestine over Tel Aviv.
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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.
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We shall never stop until we can go back home and Israel is destroyed... The goal of our struggle is the end of Israel, and there can be no compromises or mediations... the goal of this violence is the elimination of Zionism from Palestine in all its political, economic and military aspects... We don't want peace, we want victory. Peace for us means Israel's destruction and nothing else.
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Palestine is the cement that holds the Arab world together, or it is the explosive that blows it apart.
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Palestine is only a stones throw away for a small Palestinian boy or girl.
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This is my homeland no one can kick me out.
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Even if only one guerilla cub survives the prolonged struggle, I am confident that he will raise the flag of Palestine overJerusalem... Jerusalem is destined to be the eternal capital of our sovereign, independent Palestinian state under the P.L.O. leadership.
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I am not Mr. Chairman. I am His Excellency, the President of Palestine.
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Israel must withdraw from Jerusalem so that it becomes the capital of a state of Palestine.
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Since we cannot defeat Israel in war, we do this in stages. We take any and every territory that we can of Palestine, and establish a sovereignty there, and we use it as a springboard to take more. When the time comes, we can get the Arab nations to join us for the final blow against Israel.
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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.
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In order to obtain the goal of returning to Palestine, all of us sometimes have to grit our teeth.
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Yasser Arafat
- Born: August 24, 1929
- Died: November 11, 2004
- Occupation: Former Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization