The Palestinian Rifle is ready and we will aim it if they try to prevent us from praying in Jerusalem. – Yasser Arafat
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. – Yasser Arafat
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. – Yasser Arafat
Our law is a Jordanian law that we inherited, which applies to both the West Bank and Gaza, and sets the death penalty for those who sell land to Israelis. – Yasser Arafat
Whoever thinks of stopping the uprising before it achieves its goals, I will give him ten bullets in the chest. – Yasser Arafat
The victory march will continue until the Palestinian flag flies in Jerusalem and in all of Palestine. – Yasser Arafat
In order to obtain the goal of returning to Palestine, all of us sometimes have to grit our teeth. – Yasser Arafat
Palestine is the cement that holds the Arab world together, or it is the explosive that blows it apart. – Yasser Arafat
Peace for us means the destruction of Israel. We are preparing for an all-out war, a war which will last for generations. – Yasser Arafat
