“It is Israel that must recognize Palestine's rights. We cannot believe in empty statements, twiddle our thumbs and watch our children getting killed. Israel must end occupation and aggression, and our actions won't take much longer after that.” BelieveChildrenEndsActionWatchesRightsEmptyOur ChildrenIsraelStatementsOccupationAggressionPalestineOur ActionsThumbs Author:Khaled Mashal
“It would be almost politically suicidal for members of Congress to espouse a balanced position between Israel and Palestine, to suggest that Israel comply with international law or to speak in defense of justice or human rights for Palestinians. If they did so, they couldn't be reelected.” IfsHumansWould BeLawSpeakJusticeRightsPositionMembersInternationalCongressHuman RightsIsraelDefenseBalancedPalestinianPalestineSuicidalInternational Law Author:Jimmy Carter
“His Majesty's Government views with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.” PeopleMayCountryDoneUseHomeGovernmentPoliticalCommunityReligiousViewsRightsObjectsAchievementUnderstoodPrejudiceJewEnjoyedEstablishmentOther CountriesFavourPalestineMajestyEndeavourFacilitateJewish CommunityJewish NationalReligious Rights Author:Arthur Balfour
“All our moves are based on four general principles: continued use of the rifle, no waiving of historical rights, no peace, and no negotiations... Whatever form of government is established in the territory when the shadow of occupation passes away, whenever I address my fighters and revolutionaries, I shall say: 'Let our rifles be aimed at the beloved land, the land of the homeland, the land of Palestine.” UseGovernmentMovingFormPrinciplesFourRightsLandShadowHistoricalFighterBelovedRevolutionaryAddressesOccupationTerritoryNegotiationPalestineHomelandPassing AwayForms Of GovernmentRifles Author:Yasser Arafat
“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
“The Bundists did not wait for the Messiah, nor did they plan to leave for Palestine. They believed that Poland was their country and they fought for a just, socialist Poland, in which each nationality would have its own cultural autonomy, and in which minorities' rights would be guaranteed.” CountryWould BeWaitingRightsPlansMinoritiesSocialistPalestineAutonomyNationalityMessiahPoland Author:Marek Edelman
“Muslim delegates concerned about rights in Palestine could have brought their enthusiasm closer to home by addressing the fate of black Christians being slaughtered and enslaved in the Sudan.” HomeChristianBlackFateRightsConcernedEnthusiasmPalestineDelegatesSudan Author:Jacob T. Schwartz
“I have witnessed firsthand the anguish of this humanitarian tragedy - in Palestine, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, and other conflict and post-conflict zones. The destruction of lives and hopes, the emotional trauma, and the economic, social, and political marginalization of the displaced, the human insecurity, with real and potentially devastating consequences over generations, in ever-widening arenas of conflict. We can and must ensure the human rights of the displaced. That begins by making their voices heard.” HumansRealPoliticalSocialVoiceRightsGenerationsHeardEconomicEmotionalConflictConsequenceDestructionTragedyHuman RightsIraqTraumaHumanitarianPostsZoneInsecuritySyriaAnguishPakistanPalestineArenaMarginalizationEmotional Trauma Author:Queen Noor of Jordan