“They must move from a psychological state of victimization to a psychological state of accepting responsibility. The Palestinians must leave behind their revolutionary adolescence and demonstrate that they have reached political maturity.” StatesMovingPoliticalBehindsResponsibilityAcceptingPsychologicalMaturityRevolutionaryPalestinianAdolescenceVictimizationAccepting Responsibility Author:Ari Shavit
“So long as our land is occupied it is the right of the Palestinian people and their factions to combine resistance and political activities. Resistance and its arms are directed against the occupation while political activity is part of re-arranging the Palestinian home.” PeopleLongHomePoliticalLandArmsActivityResistanceOccupationPalestinianFactionsArranging Author:Khaled Mashal
“The day will never come when any Palestinian would be arrested because of his political affiliation or because of resisting the occupation. The file of political detention must be closed.” Would BePoliticalOccupationPalestinianFilesArrestedResistingAffiliationDetention Author:Said Seyam
“The Palestinian society is split into two - those who are openly calling for Israel's destruction like Hamas, and those who are not calling openly for Israel's destruction but refuse to confront those who do. And that's the Palestinian authority. I think they're timid, they're afraid to actually stand up to these killers. And I think that they're afraid, maybe for their own sake, for their own political hides, sometimes for their own physical safety. And they don't take that necessary plunge.” TwoSometimesPoliticalCallingDestructionSafetySakeRefuseIsraelKillersSplitsPalestinianPlungeHamas Author:Benjamin Netanyahu