Hanan Ashrawi Quotes

We can't allow a group or a handful of armed groups or militias to threaten the holding of elections in a fair and free environment. We can't allow them to hijack the electoral process. - Hanan Ashrawi

We cannot superimpose on any conflict very simple, borrowed and ready-made solutions ... The Americans constructed a simplistic paradigm for our peace process. And they expected everybody to think like Americans, to behave like Americans. - Hanan Ashrawi

We are not interested in a symbolic state, and statehood generally is not a concession from an occupying power. - Hanan Ashrawi

We are not interested in a show of negotiations without substance. - Hanan Ashrawi

We accepted the (U.S.) initiative, trying to be helpful in getting the peace process back on track. We are not willing in any way to renegotiate the initiative ... I think the clock is ticking very fast. - Hanan Ashrawi

This really exposes Barak's real intentions when it comes to peacemaking, that either (Israelis) beat (the Palestinians) into submission in accepting what (Israelis) want, or (Israel) will suspend the peace process and ... pursue a policy which is entirely anti-peace. - Hanan Ashrawi

This is the bottom line as far as all Palestinians are concerned. - Hanan Ashrawi

This is an Israeli occupation army on our land, shooting our children, besieging our cities, using tanks, using fighter helicopters, using every brutal method in order to suppress ... a civilian population on its own land. - Hanan Ashrawi

This is a very serious development. We are witnessing some sort of regression in social norms. Palestine has always been famous for its tolerance, pluralism, amicable relations, lack of discrimination and sectarianism. It is quite alarming that such incidents should take place. - Hanan Ashrawi

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