26 Quotes by Ghassan Khatib

It seems they are moving toward agreeing on vague formulas,

It's a step in the right direction. The illegal presence of those settlers in a land that belonged to Palestinians was a major cause of the ongoing conflict and confrontations. So correcting this injustice by removing those settlers and bringing back the land to its natural and legal owners is going to contribute, hopefully, to the prospects of peace between the two sides.

It wasn't a difficult issue because we had an interest in demolishing, and they did, too.

In light of their approach, we felt it just didn't make sense to participate in something that gives the impression of coordination and things going very well when in fact they have not been.

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.

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

The holidays will end within three days and an expectation has emerged for a possible resumption of the contacts.

The change in Israel is important and relevant. My understanding is that this new prime minister is very different from Ariel Sharon and this government is different from Sharon's government, and because of that, I am hoping for a change.