They think that if they continue with their unilateral steps, the Palestinian Authority will surrender and accept the status quo. This is not true.

Gaza was one big prison and is still is, without Israel having any serious security concerns.

[What] I have inherited in the last two months [is] rubble. We don’t have offices, we don’t have communication equipment, we don’t have cars. There is only me and a group of people who are...

No one is happy with the deal but we have to do it.

What took place last night is a national scandal. This is unfortunately not the first time that Palestinian victims are being killed. … We should put an end to this by any means, by force,...

So far we are conducting our work through dialogue. We are trying to convince the armed men to stop their attacks by talking to them. I am trying to do two tasks at the same...

We want to continue implementing the agreement over borders and movement between Gaza and the West Bank, and we hope these measures will be completed by the date on which we agreed, December 15.

By reserving for itself the ability to invade the Gaza Strip and by maintaining control over Palestinian air space, territorial waters, and most importantly its borders, Israel will continue its military rule over the Palestinians,...

We want to protect what we achieved at Camp David, we don’t want to waste those discussions.

This is a new dawn.

The important issue for us is bringing (people) who recognize the Palestinian people’s rights and work on ending the occupation (to the Palestinian territories) and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The prisoners issue will either push the peace process into bigger and better hopes or it will take us back many years,

I believe that Israel should benefit from this cease-fire and should grab this opportunity and should strengthen the cease-fire, because if it didn’t, this means we will go back to the previous cycle of violence...

The Future list is no more and the movement has a single list.

We expected today’s visit to be an optimistic one, but I’m sorry to say that it wasn’t because Israel is still suffocating the Palestinian economy on purpose.

not exceed 450 prisoners.

I think that the agreement will satisfy the majority of the Palestinian people, … At least for now, travelers are not going to see any more Israelis. No Israeli is going to control their lives.

I believe that the cease-fire is fragile, even though the dialogue between the Palestinian political factions lasted for more than two months and it is the first time in nearly 40 years that all the...

This era is the era of unity, and the era that will end any competition or disagreement.

Yasser Arafat is still committed to the peace process, … He has still a tiny, a very tiny hope for the peace process.

From day one, [Israeli Prime Minister Ariel] Sharon’s government put obstacles in front of us and has been trying to destroy the political future of this Cabinet, … The Israeli government is interested in keeping...

There will be no room for the voices of reason. There will be paralysis in the political process for the next 10 years.

It is only the first step to more liberation … tomorrow we liberate all of Palestine,

All the options are open, … Personally, I am not thinking of resigning at all, because it means that I will be running away … but for sure, the Cabinet might consider taking such a...

If synagogues are attacked, this would give Jewish extremists an excuse to attack mosques,

It’s time for you to discover the suffering of being in government.

If it respected religion, Israel would have transferred these synagogues back to its territory.

This is an operational problem that has to be solved, … and an agreement should be reached between President Arafat and the prime minister, because this would be beneficial to the Palestinian Authority and to...

No Palestinian, young or old, would be frightened by these Israeli tactics,

The Palestinian Authority is under siege, imprisoned and ridiculed.

By reserving itself the ability to invade the Gaza Strip and by maintaining control over Palestinian airspace, territorial waters and most importantly its borders, Israel will continue its military rule over Palestinians,

The only solution is elections, not appointments,

Thousands of names of voters and many of the names of candidates were dropped off (registration) lists.

The Israeli strategy has been proven to be a complete failure.

Despite Israeli claims to the contrary, the Gaza Strip will remain occupied Palestinian territory under international law.

All that Israel achieved in the past two-and-a-half years is that it destroyed all the Palestinian security apparatus infrastructure, and I am paying the price of that now,

The most effective means of delivering Israelis their security is by ending the occupation and delivering Palestinians their freedom.