“We seek to assure investors on the Palestinian bourse that we regard it as one of the fundamental bases of the Palestinian national economy. We will afford all the guarantees necessary to protect their investment.”
Ismail Haniyeh
“First of all, no one can bypass the Palestinian people and their choice of their leader.”
Yasser Arafat
“Palestinians who have reached a conclusion that, with terror, they can't achieve anything. And the way [Palestinian leader Yasser] Arafat has led them for years, terror and murder, hasn't brought them anything.”
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
“I'm expecting an almost daily crisis, or a daily debate between the presidency, on one hand, and the Palestinian Cabinet on the other hand.”
Wadia Abu Nasser
“Let's make an arrangement where Israelis can be sure that [Palestinians] live up to all these agreements with regard to fighting terrorism, security and arms and the Palestinian covenant. They'll be surprised how generous we can be.”
Zalman Shoval
“This is going to be a Palestinian process, and I think we have to give the Palestinians some room for the evolution of their political process,”
Condoleezza Rice
