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“It's a step in the right direction. The illegal presence of those settlers in a land that belonged to Palestinians was a major cause of the ongoing conflict and confrontations. So correcting this injustice by removing those settlers and bringing back the land to its natural and legal owners is going to contribute, hopefully, to the prospects of peace between the two sides.”
Ghassan Khatib
“It wasn't a difficult issue because we had an interest in demolishing, and they did, too.”
“Israel must not leave the synagogues behind,”
“We agreed with Israel that they would leave behind assets that we need and not things we say we don't need.”
“In light of their approach, we felt it just didn't make sense to participate in something that gives the impression of coordination and things going very well when in fact they have not been.”
“Israel is working on a unilateral basis. They didn't ask us to do this. Israel is still an occupying force,”
“Security zones should be partly in one state and partly in another, and it should be by agreement, but Israel is working on a unilateral basis,”
“This place is full of weapons, full of militias, factions, armed groups, everyone now wants a share of the cake ... and this is something that takes time. This is not something that can be solved quickly.”
“President Arafat is in control, but President Arafat is not trying and has no interest in stopping the peaceful Palestinian protests against the Israeli occupation. He believes that this is useful because his public is angry and frustrated.”
“We hear the Israelis announcing in the loudspeakers that nobody is allowed to enter, to leave the compound, or to move between the different buildings on the compound, and anybody who will be seen outside will be shot and dead,”
