Yasser Arafat Quotes

Whoever stands by a just cause cannot possibly be called a terrorist.

Palestine is the cement that holds the Arab world together, or it is the explosive that blows it apart.

The Palestinian Rifle is ready and we will aim it if they try to prevent us from praying in Jerusalem.

Even if only one guerilla cub survives the prolonged struggle, I am confident that he will raise the flag of Palestine overJerusalem ... Jerusalem is destined to be the eternal capital of our sovereign, independent Palestinian state under the P.L.O. leadership.

Jerusalem is the capital of the Palestinian state.

Choose your friends carefully. Your enemies will choose you.

This is my homeland no one can kick me out.

It's always convenient for certain people to heap accusations on Israel.

The Palestinian people have no national identity.
I, Yasser Arafat, man of destiny, will give them that identity through conflict with Israel.

This child, who is grasping the stone, facing the tank, is it not the greatest message to the world when that hero becomes a martyr? We are proud of them.

I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.

Jordan recognizes that east Jerusalem is the capital of the Palestinian state and Jordan rejects foreign sovereignty
Israeli sovereignty
over the holy sites

Martyrs, martyrs, martyrs, ... we want a million martyrs to march on Jerusalem.

Palestine is only a stones throw away for a small Palestinian boy or girl.

We shall never stop until we can go back home and Israel is destroyed ... The goal of our struggle is the end of Israel, and there can be no compromises or mediations ... the goal of this violence is the elimination of Zionism from Palestine in all its political, economic and military aspects ... We don't want peace, we want victory. Peace for us means Israel's destruction and nothing else.

You are the generation that will reach the sea and hoist the flag of Palestine over Tel Aviv.

We will make the lives of the infidels hell - millions of martyrs marching on Jerusalem.

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.

Peace cannot be achieved except after the cessation of military escalation and the economic and financial siege.

Let us be worthy of those who pin their hopes on us. May God bless you with success.

Find what strength you have to terrorize your enemy and the enemy of God.

All religious wars are about people arguing over who has the biggest invisible friend.

With hearts that believe in Allah's will and predetermination, we have received the news about the martyrdom of the martyr ... Al-Hotary, the son of Palestine, whose noble soul ascended to ... in order to rest in Allah's Kingdom, together with the Prophets, the men of virtue, and the martyrs. The heroic martyrdom operation ... who turned his body into bombs ... the model of manhood and sacrifice for the sake of Allah and the homeland.

Israel must withdraw from Jerusalem so that it becomes the capital of a state of Palestine.

Anyone who relinquishes a single inch of Jerusalem is neither an Arab nor a Muslim.

We plan to eliminate the state of Israel and establish a purely Palestinian state. We will make life unbearable for Jews by psychological warfare and population explosion. We Palestinians will take over everything, including all of Jerusalem.

We completely condemn this very dangerous attack, and I convey my condolences to the American people, to the American president and to the American administration, not only in my name, but on behalf of the Palestinian people.

In order to obtain the goal of returning to Palestine, all of us sometimes have to grit our teeth.

I send my condolences, and the condolences of the Palestinian people to American President Bush and his government and to the American people for this terrible act ... We completely condemn this serious operation ... We were completely shocked ... It's unbelievable, unbelievable, unbelievable.

All our moves are based on four general principles: continued use of the rifle, no waiving of historical rights, no peace, and no negotiations ... Whatever form of government is established in the territory when the shadow of occupation passes away, whenever I address my fighters and revolutionaries, I shall say: 'Let our rifles be aimed at the beloved land, the land of the homeland, the land of Palestine

I swear to God, I will see [the Palestinian state], whether as a martyr or alive. Please, God, give me the honor of becoming a martyr in the fight for Jerusalem.

What Kuwait did to the Palestinian people is worse than what has been done by Israel to Palestinians in the occupied territories.

Arafat had said that the womb of the Palestinian woman was a "biological weapon," which he could use to create Palestine state by crowding people into the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

I 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.

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

The victory march will continue until the Palestinian flag flies in Jerusalem and in all of Palestine.

We will not bend or fail until the blood of every last Jew from the youngest child to the oldest elder is spilt to redeem our land!