“Mr. President, prime ministers, let us have ambitions: ambitions to move beyond the violence and occupation, to the day when two states, Palestine and Israel, can live together side by side in peace and security.” TwoStatesTogetherMovingSidesPresidentViolenceSecurityAmbitionIsraelMinistersPrimeOccupationPrime MinisterPalestinePeace And SecurityPalestine And Israel Author:Abdallah II
“We shall never stop until we can go back home and Israel is destroyed... The goal of our struggle is the end of Israel, and there can be no compromises or mediations... the goal of this violence is the elimination of Zionism from Palestine in all its political, economic and military aspects... We don't want peace, we want victory. Peace for us means Israel's destruction and nothing else.” WantMeanEndsHomePoliticalGoalStruggleViolenceEconomicMilitaryVictoryAspectDestructionIsraelDestroyedCompromisePalestineBack HomeEliminationZionismMediationNo Compromise Author:Yasser Arafat
“Obama repeatedly has condemned Hamas as a terrorist organization that should be isolated until it renounces violence and recognizes Israel.” ShouldViolenceOrganizationIsraelTerroristIsolatedRenounceHamas Author:Aaron Klein
“The violence engulfing the region today has made too many Israelis ready to abandon the hard work of peace. But let’s be clear: the status quo in the West Bank and Gaza is not sustainable.” MadeHardTodayClearViolenceReadyHard WorkReflectionWestIsraelWorthyRegionsAbandonStatus QuoGazaEngulfing Author:Barack Obama
“We are quite convinced, and we say this to the Palestinians, that violence is not going to solve the problem of Israel and the Middle East. We say that to the Israelis. We say it to the Palestinians.” ProblemViolenceMiddleIsraelSolveEastConvincedMiddle EastPalestinian Author:Thabo Mbeki
“It is our responsibility as the stronger party [Israel], as the occupying power, to convince the Palestinians that they can achieve their basic national aims, their just national aspirations, without violence. Unfortunately, the behavior of the Sharon administration, and before this of the Barak administration, has shown the Palestinians the opposite: namely, that they will achieve nothing without violence.” PartyResponsibilityViolenceAchieveBehaviorOppositesStrongerAimIsraelAdministrationAspirationConvincePalestinianSharon Author:Uri Avnery
“Hamas must agree to first recognize Israel, second to end all violence, third to accept past agreements. Try to find a mention of the fact that the United States and Israel reject all three of those. They obviously don't recognize Palestine, they certainly don't withdraw the use of violence or the threat of it - in fact they insist on it - and they don't accept past agreements, including the road map.” TryingFirstsEndsStatesFactsUsePastThreeUnitedAcceptingUnited StatesViolenceThirdsAgreeThreatIncludingIsraelAgreementRejectsMapsPalestineHamasRoad Maps Author:Noam Chomsky