“The people have said yes to change and reform. The majority of the Palestinians have said yes to the slogan, 'Islam is the solution.' The people also voted in favor of our policy of resistance and against the occupation. Our policy is designed to defend Jerusalem, achieve the right of return for all refugees and the release of our prisoners.” PeopleSaidAchievePolicyReturnSolutionsMajorityIslamFavorsResistanceReleaseReformOccupationPrisonerPalestinianRefugeeSlogansJerusalem Author:Ismail Haniyeh
“This should be a true peace, which leads to the end of occupation and aggression, to the return of refugees to their homes, to the destruction of the dividing wall, and the establishment of a political status for East Jerusalem.” ShouldEndsHomePoliticalWallReturnDestructionEastOccupationEstablishmentAggressionRefugeeJerusalemDividingTrue Peace Author:Khaled Mashal
“Referring to Palestinian refugees: "We must do everything in our power to ensure that they never return.” ReturnPalestinianRefugeeReferringPalestinian Refugees Author:David Ben-Gurion
“The answer is to let Israel say it will recognize a Palestinian state along the 1967 borders, release the prisoners and recognize the rights of the refugees to return to Israel. Hamas will have a position if this occurs.” IfsStatesAnswersRightsPositionReturnIsraelReleaseBordersPrisonerPalestinianRefugeePalestineHamas Author:Ismail Haniyeh
“We often discuss housing refugees, but not how you help return refugees back to their home countries. As a result, in a post-disaster or post-conflict situation, we end up with intractable refugee camps that end up staying for decades.” EndsCountryHelpingHomeResultsSituationReturnConflictDecadesDisasterPostsStayingCampsRefugeeHousingHome CountryRefugee Camps Author:Cameron Sinclair
“I believe that Israel must concede to the Palestinian right of return in principle. Israel must, first of all, assume its responsibility for what happened in 1948, as far as we are to blame - and we are to blame for a great part of it, if not for all - and we must recognize in principle the right of refugees to return.” IfsFirstsBelieveI BelieveResponsibilityPrinciplesHappenedReturnBlameAssumingIsraelPalestinianRefugee Author:Uri Avnery
“It is manifestly idiotic to believe that Israel, with five million Jewish citizens and one million Arab citizens, will concede to the return of four million refugees. It will not happen. We can wish it, we can think it's just, that it's moral - it will not happen. No country commits suicide.” ThinkingBelieveCountryHappensWishMoralMillionsFiveFourReturnCitizensSuicideIsraelCommitRefugeeIdiotic Author:Uri Avnery
“How do we solve the problem by allowing a number of refugees to return to Israel, allowing a number of refugees to return to the Palestinian state, and allowing a number of refugees to settle, with general compensation, where they want to settle? It is not an abstract problem. It involves four million human beings, and more than fifty years of various sorts of misery. But it is not an insolvable problem. It involves some good will, and a readiness to give up historic myths on both sides.” WantGivingYearsHumansStatesProblemSidesHuman BeingsNumbersMillionsFourReturnGiving UpMiseryVariousIsraelSolveMythSettlingAbstractFiftyAllowingPalestinianBoth SidesRefugeeHistoricCompensationGood WillReadiness Author:Uri Avnery