by narkive.com
Permalink”Palestine has never existed… as an autonomous entity. There is no language known as Palestinian. There is no distinct Palestinian culture…. There has never been a land known as Palestine governed by Palestinians…. Palestinians are Arabs, indistinguishable from Jordanians (another recent invention), Syrians, Lebanese, Iraqis, etc…. Keep in mind that the Arabs control 99.9 percent of the Middle East lands. Israel represents one-tenth of one percent of the landmass. But that’s too much for the Arabs. They want it all. And that is ultimately what the fighting in Israel is about today…. No matter how many land concessions the Israelis make, it will never be enough.” – from Myths of the Middle” East”, Joseph Farah, Arab-American editor and journalist, WorldNetDaily.Com, 11 October 2000
“The people are in great need of a ‘myth’ to fill their consciousness and imagination….” – Musa Alami, 1948
“Since 1948 it is we who demanded the return of the refugees… while it is we who made them leave…. We brought disaster upon … Arab refugees, by inviting them and bringing pressure to bear upon them to leave…. We have rendered them dispossessed…. We have accustomed them to begging…. We have participated in lowering their moral and social level…. Then we exploited them in executing crimes of murder, arson, and throwing bombs upon … men, women and children – all this in the service of political purposes….” – Khaled Al-Azm, Syria’s Prime Minister after the 1948 war
“Yes, the existence of a separate Palestinian identity serves only tactical purposes. The founding of a Palestinian state is a new tool in the continuing battle against Israel…” – Zuheir Muhsin, late Military Department head of the PLO and member of its Executive Council (Dutch daily Trouw, March 1977)
“The Oslo accords were a Trojan Horse; the strategic goal is the liberation of Palestine from the [Jordan] river to the [Mediterranean] sea” – Faysal Al-Husseini, Palestinian Authority Minister for Jerusalem Affairs, in his last interview, ‘Al-Arabi’ daily newspaper (Egypt), June 24, 2001
“This is Palestine from the (Jordan) river to the Mediterranean sea, from Rosh Hanikra to Rafah (in Gaza). The gap between Palestinian expectationsand the Israeli conspiracy will inevitably lead to a collision.”- “Our Position” issued by Yasser Arafat’s Fatah faction of the PLO in PA newspaper AL HAYAT AL-JADEEDA, Dec. 19, 1998
“The Land of Muslim Palestine is a single unit which cannot be divided. There is no difference between Haifa and Shechem (Nablus), between Lod and Ramallah, and between Jerusalem and Nazareth . . . the land of Palestine is sacred waqf land for the benefit of all Muslims, east and west. No one has the right to divide it or give up any of it. The liberation of Palestine is obligatory for all the Islamic nations and not only for the Palestinian nation.” – Prayer sermon broadcast live on the PA radio station, April 30, 1999
“According to the Phased Plan, we will establish a Palestinian state on any part of Palestine that the enemy will retreat from. The Palestinian state will be a stage in our prolonged struggle for the liberation of Palestine on all of its territories.” – Abu Iyad, Arafat’ s second-in-command, 1988
“After the Palestinian state wins recognition from most of the nations of the world, as expected, the Israeli presence on Palestinian lands will become illegal and we will fight this with weapons. The battle against the Israeli forces is a right reserved to us.” – Farouk Radoumi, head of the PLO’s diplomatic desk, in PA newspaper, AL HAYAT AL-JADEEDA, October 15, l998
“Since 1948 Arab leaders have approached the Palestine problem in an irresponsible manner…. they have used the Palestine people for selfish political purposes. This is ridiculous and, I could say, even criminal.” – King Hussein of Jordan, 1960
“The nations of western Europe condemned Israel’s position despite their guarantee of her security…. They understood that … their dependence upon sources of energy precluded their allowing themselves to incur Arab wrath.” – Al-Haytham Al-Ayubi, Arab Palestinian military strategist, 1974