I am not Mr. Chairman. I am His Excellency, the President of Palestine.

It is true that we are under occupation, but we are not the weaker party. We are the military force which Israel failed to defeat.

Our law is a Jordanian law that we inherited, which applies to both the West Bank and Gaza, and sets the death penalty for those who sell land to Israelis.

[Alexander Haig and Ariel Sharon ] casualties in this war were more than in all the previous Arab - Israeli confrontations. If you remember, it is the only war [in 1982] which hasn't a hero among the Israeli generals.

We said we are ready to establish our independent state in any part from which the Israelis withdraw or which is liberated. Any part. The moment they withdraw from Gaza, I will establish my state there in Gaza.

I had support - I had started it, not to forget.

Whoever thinks of stopping the uprising before it achieves its goals, I will give him ten bullets in the chest.