Yasser Arafat

Peace, for us, is an asset and in our interest. It is an absolute human asset that allows an individual to freely develop his individuality unbound by any regional, religious, or ethnic fetters.

Peace for us means the destruction of Israel. We are preparing for an all-out war, a war which will last for generations.

As long as we have decided to coexist in peace, we must do so on a firm basis that will withstand time and for generations.

I call on all the countries of the world, especially the donor countries, to speed up their contributions so that the Palestinian people may overcome their economic and social problems and proceed with reconstruction and the rebuilding of infrastructures.

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.

Though I am not a chief of state, I must work twice as hard as one because I have to both administer a bureaucracy and run a revolution.