We had five days of intensive talks. It’s been tough, it’s been difficult.

I think what we are witnessing here is a Palestinian landmark,

We hope that the Israeli government will take into account that the torpedoing of the peace process, of the collapse of the peace process, will really harm not only the Palestinians, but also the Israelis...

The essential element here is not to waste time. It is also important to revive, in the minds of Palestinians and Israelis, hope in peace.

These type of actions will only will lead to further violence and will hinder the chances for a peace process.

Those who planned the attack in Tel Aviv, which we condemn in the strongest possible terms, had the objective of stopping and undermining the peace process, and they should not win. We should continue the...

These experts will work with our team as of tomorrow afternoon. President Arafat has assigned a team to follow up on all its aspects.

Arafat and the Palestinian Authority are exerting maximum effort in order to have the situation calm.

I believe tomorrow there will be Israeli bombs, Israeli shelling, Israeli shootings, Israeli siege, Israeli settlements, Israeli assassinations, and then the spokespersons will come and say the Palestinians must stop the violence.

I’m really confused after Mr. Sharon’s statement. Is he seeking a pretext for not negotiating, because he said he can’t negotiate with us without having a precondition, and then he said we must come to...

If he wants to see the future generations of Palestinians and Israelis living in peace, what are the forces doing in the West Bank and Gaza?

We have a U.S. administration that’s seeking to see the process as crisis management here and there. They’re not telling Mr. Netanyahu to stop it.

The house was damaged. The extent of the damage is not yet known. It also is not known if anyone was injured inside the house.

The problems of what is happening today is the Israeli occupation, and it’s time to start ending this occupation.

We are still waiting to hear from them.

We are asking the international community to pressure Israel to stop all violations, aggression and settlement activity,

We have to see a day without Palestinian funerals. These attacks against Palestinians … it must end. The government of Israel is dancing according to the rhythm of Israeli settlers and extremists. This must stop...

frank, difficult exchange of views.

I am not going to raise any expectations at this stage. This is going to be a difficult process of rebuilding the trust and confidence between Palestinians and Israelis,

We have left no stone unturned, and we have come a long way. And we, as Palestinians, appreciate very much the efforts that are exerted and were exerted by President Clinton.

Look, I am a Palestinian elected representative from Jericho. If a Palestinian wants to sell his fruit anywhere in the West Bank, he goes to the Israeli civil administration. If a Palestinian sick person wants...

The Syrian track is frozen, the Lebanese track is frozen and the Palestinian track is frozen. That’s the situation now.

The death amongst Palestinian children at the hands of the Israeli army is increasing at an alarming rate and this requires international intervention.

The least important issue today is my resignation. The real issue is the lives of Palestinians and Israelis, breaking the vicious cycle and reviving the peace process and putting it back on track.

This is part of the reform program, an attempt to regain the confidence of the Palestinian people, and to proceed with reform in terms of accountability and transparency. We also hope we will be able...

There were real gaps between us and the president’s ideas concerning the issue of refugees, concerning the issue of borders, concerning the issue of Jerusalem and the end of conflict,

Call it a fence, call it a wall, call it barrier — whatever — I don’t care,

President Bush speaks of a Palestinian state (with) the June 1967 borders. Sharon is repeating what he said a year ago, the old stuff, the broken record of a long-term interim solution, 40 percent of...

in the strongest possible terms.

as a pretext to escalate his campaign against President Arafat and the Palestinian Authority.

We have always condemned attacks targeting civilians, whether Palestinian or Israelis. Such attacks harm Palestinian interests. We call upon all Palestinians to abide by the cessation of violence.

Nothing justifies such crimes,

And maybe and only maybe, the answer to this mess, to these killings fields out there, is not more incursions, not more tanks,

If they want peace, they must know that what is happening in the Gaza Strip must happen in the West Bank and east Jerusalem,

It’s about details of maps, details of roads, about borders, details about refugees, about Jerusalem,

This is a black day for human rights in Israel and Palestine. This is collective punishment just as is demolishing homes.

Sharon and his army control the West Bank, and still these things happen,

President Clinton said he will give the same chance to the Israelis to pose their reservations and qualifications and then he will get in touch with us … We will wait and see what Mr....

There is nothing scheduled for a meeting between President Arafat and Mr. Peres,

I believe what happened tonight is part of a plan, is part of what we are going to see is an escalation hitting towns and hitting the radio station,

We want the U.S. to respect and honor the agreement and release Abu Abbas.

We believe that Sharon … is preparing the ground to escalate the attacks on the Palestinian people and the Palestinian Authority.

Peace and security will not be derived through walls and through incursions and through assassination. It will only be attained through a meaningful peace process that will end the Israeli occupation and establish a Palestinian...

I’d hoped we’d go to the summit having lifted the siege, having stopped the hostilities, having had the international inquiry so we can concentrate on what kind of transition we need between this period and...

I know students who come to my office who are supposed to go to Amman or America in their fifth year or sixth year … , … The Israelis are telling them, ‘You’re not going...

The whole situation is in a very, very critical juncture now. Something needs to happen, in terms of implementation of the road map, and the only party that can do that intervention is the United...

At a time when we are meeting with the international community in order to try to revive hope, to rebuild and reconstruct, the Israeli government seems to undermine these efforts and continues on the path...

The stalemate in the negotiations. the non-implementation of the agreements, the policy of settlement expansion — all joined together spells disaster,

We call upon the [U.N.] Security Council to intervene directly in order to get an immediate cease-fire. This attack should not deter efforts to resume the peace process.

We regret this decision, which will mean a political vacuum and further escalation on the ground, and we do believe that, for the sake of the Middle East people, the international community should have focused...