How joyful the Israelis are these days, … The only winners are our enemies.

We still do have time.

What he needed was a real partner on the Israeli side,

The Palestinian Cabinet welcomes a meeting with Sharon but insists that such a meeting will not take place without the necessary preparation,

There is no crisis.

The Israeli say the road closures are to defend themselves, but it is really just a procedure to make our lives difficult, especially during Ramadan,

the situation is still evolving.

This will only add fuel to the fire. We call on the Israelis to immediately stop these moves and to allow the Palestinian Authority to do its job.

It was a very important meeting. It may be the first of its kind where the government, the legislative council and heads of security forces have met with leaders of national and Islamic movements,

These bombings are used by the Israeli government as an excuse to continue its aggression and collective punishment against the Palestinian people,

We condemn the killing of all civilians,

Overall what was presented to us was not convincing and satisfying to us,

I invite the Israel, the international community, the world to listen carefully, to remember carefully who is the murderer.

May God bring [Arafat] back healthy soon so that he will continue leading this march. We discussed a number of fundamental issues which affect all our people in the West Bank and Gaza.

This is a wrong decision and reflects that Israel is trying to find any excuse to disrupt any serious effort that leads to reviving the peace process and to achieve calm,

We will not accept this, and the world will not accept it.

Who is corrupt and who isn’t corrupt? These are the questions that are being raised, but this is not how corruption is solved.

I said it was a difficult meeting. It was not up to the level of our expectations or the level of the expectations of many Arab and international parties that helped in organizing this meeting...

The first thing we want is a very clear position regarding settlements. We cannot say that there’s a peace process while the land confiscation, settlement activity, settlement expansion are taking place,

There was no discussion on specific issues or narrowing of gaps.

We are looking for a comprehensive agreement, … We don’t want to renegotiate the issues that will be agreed.

have enough time for serious negotiations.

Unfortunately, the period that separates us from today until the elections in Israel is short and won’t allow us to finish the work we have started. We hope we can resume after the election and...

It is a very, very dangerous decision. It is an unwise decision. It will escalate the situation. It will make all efforts … to try to implement the roadmap … impossible, useless.

The French and Palestinian doctors have concluded that there was no known cure for the illness that afflicted the president.

The only thing that matters to us is to have a government in Israel interested in the peace process and capable of signing a settlement with us.

The Palestinian state should be built on the borders of 1967 and the Palestinians will not accept any state less than that.

put us in cages like chickens.

Please protect this land. It is for you and yours to protect.

If there is any violation in the land issue, or any statement that encourages the building of the wall, that it would destroy the peace process and leave nothing for negotiation,

I can say that there are very serious discussions, … All issues that represent the keys of the agreement were in discussions. There are committees, there is a committee for territory and Jerusalem and security...

We call on the international community, the quartet and the American administration to intervene to put a stop to the Israeli escalation,

It won’t help, it won’t work, it will cause a tragedy,

We are committed to fighting against that. We will not accept it and we will continue to fight to end settlements in all Palestinian territories,

I want to see a real cease-fire from both sides within a commitment to stop all kinds of killings of the Palestinians or killing of the Israelis,

Security cannot be achieved through force — through the use of force — but through the creation of the an environment that is helpful to create confidence between the parties,

The president (Mahmud Abbas) has decreed that the legislative council will meet on February 18.

rejection and condemnation of the ugly attack.

It was held under the banner in faithfulness to the leading brother, President Yasser Arafat,

Our people are suffering, our land is being stolen, so we will not meet with Sharon just to give him cover for his actions and give him legitimacy, … We need to ask ourselves what...

Any kind of a military act against Israel … is condemned and not allowed.

All these things do not leave any room for the creation of a viable Palestinian state.

Everyone wants a serious dialogue,

I’m looking — from the Americans, from the Europeans, from the quartet — for real practical support, not by words. I want to change the situation on the ground for the Palestinian people,

We are very pleased to talk to Secretary Powell. [We] discussed the situation about the peace process, how to revise the peace process forward. I think we had very, very constructive talks this afternoon.

There are many questions that need answers.

The security situation is very serious. Chaos, murders, crime and gun-carrying continue.

We are really and seriously concerned about the reports that there will be a statement or promises during a meeting between the Israeli prime minister and the U.S. president,

In principle we welcome the withdrawal … we welcome the evacuation of the settlements.

I want to see that the Israelis will change the way of dealing with President [Yasser] Arafat, the elected president, because I cannot go without his support.