“Unless and until something concrete is done about addressing the Israeli-Palestinian issue you won't get a real start on the war against terrorism.”
Bob Hawke
“It is an issue that the Palestinians and the Israelis have worked through before. I would expect that they would work through once again this issue and find a solution that is acceptable to both sides.”
Sean McCormack
“It is an issue that the Palestinians and the Israelis have worked through before.”
“I vow that if I was just an Israeli civilian and I met a Palestinian I would burn him and I would make him suffer before killing him.”
Ariel Sharon
“There are Palestinians who see (Sharon) as someone who did a lot of practical harm to the Palestinian cause. And some people who feel he is the only strongman in Israel who would be able to implement any agreement and enforce it on his own people.”
Nader Said
“President Abbas told the U.S. consul that carrying out collective punishments against the Palestinians, along with the current Israeli military escalation, would certainly lead to a humanitarian crisis on Palestinian territories.”
Saeb Erekat
“A new Israeli and Palestinian political landscape is taking shape.”
Michel Sabbah