Who imagined that what I said upon my departure from Beirut would become a reality, when I said the volcano and typhoon which started in Beirut will not stop.
Yasser ArafatI am convinced that our people are now on the way to establishing a Palestinian state. The agreement signed in Cairo is the first step in establishing the state, and therefore it should be implemented.
Yasser ArafatWhen I made a big effort in '96 and it is not - I squeezed and I arrested a part of [terroristic groups].
Yasser ArafatIsrael must withdraw from Jerusalem so that it becomes the capital of a state of Palestine.
Yasser ArafatWhen American administration will find that their interest is to follow up with the international conference and to find peace in this area, they will search not only for me, but for any Palestinian to speak with him. And they will say, "We have five million Arabs in the United States. We can't avoid them."
Yasser Arafat