47 Quotes by Hanan Ashrawi

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

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

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.

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.

We are still in the middle of the competition.

These weren't pre-emptive moves. If we wanted to do that, we would have taken steps on other measures dealing with security or dissolving the parliament.

Rabin had a greater sense of the historical dimension. He was quite willing to take risks which Barak is not willing to take. Barak seems reluctant, begrudging, hesitant in terms of the peace process.

a very cynical and willful manipulation of an extremely volatile situation.

Barak is going to the other extreme, he is giving the settlers too much influence, too much power.