Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the people of Palestine. We only aim to de-legitimize the settlement activities and the occupation and apartheid and the logic of ruthless force, and we believe that all the countries of the world stand with us in this regard.

We cannot build foundations of a state without rule of law.

From here [the Gaza withdrawal], our people begin the march towards establishing an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital

I can certainly put myself in Israel's shoes. They are humans just like we are. They want peace and security inside their borders.

The little jihad is over, and now we have the bigger jihad - the bigger battle is achieving security and economic growth

If you run from a leaking roof you'll end up with a flood.

The PLO and the Palestinian people adhere to the renouncement of violence and rejection and condemning of terrorism in all its forms, especially State terrorism, and adhere to all agreements signed between the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel.