The Amman Agreement failed because there was American pressure, and Israeli pressure, on Jordan to deal alone.
Yasser ArafatWhoever thinks of stopping the uprising before it achieves its goals, I will give him ten bullets in the chest.
Yasser ArafatWe 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.
Yasser ArafatSince we cannot defeat Israel in war, we do this in stages. We take any and every territory that we can of Palestine, and establish a sovereignty there, and we use it as a springboard to take more. When the time comes, we can get the Arab nations to join us for the final blow against Israel.
Yasser Arafat