Ghassan Khatib Quotations

Palestinians were hoping that the withdrawal would lead to improvements in their movements, but things have been deteriorating.

The problem is that the Israelis were trying to squeeze Yasser Arafat, both at Camp David and here on the ground in spite of the fact that he is trying his utmost to calm the situation.

can understand why Israeli officials are nervous ... because, if this is going to be successful, then the Israelis will be faced from their side with having to fulfill their obligations from the road map.

He is pursuing a unilateral approach, which is not constructive, and he wants peace that is incompatible with our legitimate rights and with international legality,

President Arafat is in control, but President Arafat is not trying and has no interest in stopping the peaceful Palestinian protests against the Israeli occupation. He believes that this is useful because his public is angry and frustrated.

We hear the Israelis announcing in the loudspeakers that nobody is allowed to enter, to leave the compound, or to move between the different buildings on the compound, and anybody who will be seen outside will be shot and dead,

By avoiding dealing with the PA, you are going to impact humanitarian issues.

We believe that the Palestinian leadership should be treated by the Israeli government like they treat other Arab governments.

This place is full of weapons, full of militias, factions, armed groups, everyone now wants a share of the cake ... and this is something that takes time. This is not something that can be solved quickly.

Many of us noticed this accumulation of anger and frustration. In our public opinion polls it was very clear that there is a decline in the level of support to the peace process...