We are a democratic - we are living in democracy.

The Israelis are mistaken if they think we do not have an alternative to negotiations. By Allah I swear they are wrong. The Palestinian people are prepared to sacrifice the last boy and the last girl so that the Palestinian flag will be flown over the walls, the churches and the mosques of Jerusalem.

I am not receiving orders from Ariel Sharon.

The obstacle is the USA administration. I know there is a strong Israeli lobby in America, no doubt of it.

Jerusalem is the capital of the Palestinian state.

Choose your friends carefully. Your enemies will choose you.

We have absolute support from all our masses inside our occupied territories and even outside our occupied territories. The "War of the Camps" [in Lebanon] is another picture of this strong support of our masses.