“I also believe that US backing for Israeli policies of expansion of the Israeli state and oppression of the Palestinian people is the major cause of bitter division and violence in the world.” PeopleWorldBelieveStatesCausesViolencePolicyMajorsOppressionBitterDivisionPalestinianExpansionIsraeli Author:Clare Short
“I'm telling Palestinians don't use violence. We're going to use the civilized means of international law to achieve our goals, our independence, our freedom.” MeanUseLawGoalViolenceAchieveIndependenceInternationalCivilizedPalestinianInternational Law Author:Saeb Erekat
“I found that looking at the Israeli/Palestinian conflict from an outside vantage point was actually quite distancing. The history of the conflict, the personalities, the violence, the distrust, and the seeming lack of viable solutions made meaningful involvement feel impossible. What changed that, for me, was changing the vantage point.” FeelsMadeFoundViolenceImpossibleChangedPersonalityConflictSolutionsMeaningfulPalestinianDistrustInvolvementIsraeliSeemingIsraeli Palestinian ConflictVantage Point Author:Jason Alexander
“The Muslim world is deeply hurt by the campaign of violence initiated against our Palestinian brothers.” WorldHurtViolenceBrotherCampaignsPalestinianMuslim WorldDeeply Hurt Author:Ahmet Necdet Sezer
“We would like to see new leaders come forward who would be accountable and responsible, who would succeed in ending the terror and the violence. And it is up to the Palestinian people to judge who those new leaders should be.” PeopleShouldWould BeLeaderViolenceJudgingSucceedResponsibleTerrorPalestinian Author:Colin Powell
“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
“The international community...cannot simply call on Palestinians to abandon violence in the face of Israeli occupation and remain silent when the nonviolent activists are politically repressed. This only reinforces the idea that the use of force reigns supreme and that Palestinians have no choice but to accept hardships at the hands of their Israeli lords.” IdeasUseHandsFacesChoicesForceCommunityAcceptingLordViolenceSilentInternationalSupremeAbandonHardshipActivistOccupationPalestinianReignIsraeliInternational CommunityRepressedUse Of ForceIsraeli Occupation Author:Yousef Munayyer
“Sadly, the same leaders who call on Palestinians to abandon violence have been silent in the face of Israeli repression. By condemning violent Palestinian resistance while remaining silent in the face of Israeli crackdowns and political arrests, they are simply endorsing violence against civilians by one side instead of the other.” Has BeensFacesPoliticalSidesLeaderViolenceSilentViolentResistanceAbandonPalestinianCiviliansIsraeliRepressionCondemningEndorsingRemaining Silent Author:Yousef Munayyer
“What is likely to happen? Either an escalation of violence or an entire change in the whole Middle East theater. It may well happen, and I say this to my Palestinian friends, that the Palestinians have in a certain way missed their hour. They had their moment when the world's public opinion was behind them, and a considerable part of the Israeli public was willing to compromise with them.” WorldWayWellsMayWholeMomentsHappensCertainHoursBehindsOpinionViolenceMiddleWillingTheaterEastCompromiseMiddle EastPalestinianPublic OpinionIsraeliEscalation Author:Amos Oz
“The ingredients for another Palestinian uprising are always there because as long as there is so much violence it is bound to explode. How, I cannot tell. But people will not accept it forever.” PeopleLongAcceptingForeverViolenceBoundsIngredientsPalestinianUprising Author:Amira Hass
“The priorities for the new Palestinian government is the economy. If Hamas cannot pay salaries when they form the government, there will be a collapse. People cannot afford to have that happen; there is nothing for people to fall back on. If people go hungry, there will be chaos - not just instability, but a breakdown. And there will be violence with a spillover effect. This is crucial to understand.” PeopleFallEconomyViolenceChaosPrioritiesHungryPalestinianBreakdownFall BackInstabilityHamas Author:Hanan Ashrawi