The battle for Jerusalem is a battle of life or death, ... There will be no peace, no security, no stability without the return of liberated Jerusalem, the eternal capital for an independent Palestinian state, whether they like it or not.

I have created a Cabinet committed to the rule of law and reform and development, ... a Cabinet that will work for enhanced cooperation with the Palestinian Legislative Council and all political and popular forces in the country.

In order to obtain the goal of returning to Palestine, all of us sometimes have to grit our teeth.

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.

We had met. I had met Shimon Peres in Cairo, in Lisbon before that, before that my colleagues met him in Athens with the participation of the European Union's Javier Solana and we have no objection to meeting him at any time.

to confront and prevent any terror attack against Israeli civilians from any Palestinian side.