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“Sharon, said yesterday that 'Nezarim [Israeli town in Gaza Strip] is [like] Tel Aviv.' Today he says: 'The day is near when we will leave Gaza.' That’s it, it’s lost, Tel Aviv is gone. They are defeated, they have no words left. ... When this process will end, they will become a state with no ability, helpless. They established a state to protect the Jews from death and murder. If death and murder chase them in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Netanya and everywhere among them, then they will say: 'What am I doing here? I founded a state to protect me from death, and if death chases me, I want to flee and go back to Europe and America.'”
[Al Aqsa TV, numerous times daily, March 2007]

Host: "But maybe Hamas is right that it does not want to recognize Israel."

Abbas: "Hamas is not required, Hamas is not required to recognize Israel... It is not required of Hamas, nor of Fatah, nor of the Popular Front to recognize Israel. Okay?"

"The PLO, in 1993, recognized Israel as Israel recognized the PLO. Every person has the right to say 'I do not recognize.' Okay? It's your right. It is the right of every organization. But the government which will be formed, and which will function opposite the Israelis on a daily basis... [every hour and perhaps every second, there will be contact between Palestinian ministers and Israeli ministers. And I ask] how can this government, or these ministers, not recognize their counterparts, and then solve people's problems?" [Abbas then gives an example of 500 million dollars in taxes intended for the Palestinians, but put on hold by Israelis]. "The Palestinian finance minister has to come to an agreement with the Israeli finance minister about the transfer of the money. So how can he make an agreement with him if he does not recognize him?

"So I do not demand of Hamas nor any other to recognize Israel. But from the government that works with Israelis in day to day life, yes."

[Al-Arabiya [Dubai] and Palestinian TV, October 3, 2006]

"The Arab Canaanites established ports on the coast of the Land of Canaan, known today as Palestine. The ports were Acre, Haifa, ... Caesarea, ... Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gaza and Jaffa...

"Palestine was attacked by invaders, but its Arab Canaanite features withstood attempts to change them... [Jaffa] remained Arab in name, because the indigenous remain, while the foreign vanish...

"The doors and windows of the houses ... are watching and expecting the return [of the refugees]...

"It is time for you [Israelis] to be gone. Live wherever you like, but don't live among us. It is time for you to be gone. Die wherever you like, but don't die among us. We have the past here. We have the present, the present and the future... So leave our country, our land, our sea, our wheat, our salt, our wounds. Everything. And leave the memories."
[PATV, December 20, 2005, PATV July 20, 2006, PATV Aug. 26, 2006]

My homeland
My land is very pretty
It has forests, stone houses and a sea
My homeland
My land is very pretty
It has hills, lemon and olive trees
I live in my village
My village in my homeland
My homeland is so pretty
My village is in it
There are Grandma's stories
Mothers songs
The smell of a fig tree
And the aroma of jasmine
There are blue skies
And a light breeze

Do you know what happened in '48?
They took everything
They burned the room
The houses they broke
The forests they destroyed
The village they erased
The names they changed
They changed the names

My homeland, her name is Palestine

I'm Salem from Kfar Kassem
I'm Amad from Nablus
I'm Nur from Jerusalem
I'm Mona from Sha'ab
Omar from Acre
Omar from Haifa
Salwa from Nablus
Ali from Birwa
Wisam from Tira
[PA TV, 1998 - 2006, repeatedly]

The heart of the Arab homeland is Palestine. The homeland remains whole and healthy if Palestine is whole and healthy. If Palestine is sick, then the entire Arab homeland is sick.
[PA TV, 2003 - 2006, repeatedly]

Prisoner A: The soldier asked me, "where are you from? I said, "from Jaffa", so he hit me. He asked me again, "where are you from?" I said, "from Jaffa", so he hit me. I couldn't stand it any more, so I told him, "tell me what to say!" He said, "say you are from Gaza. Jaffa and Haifa are not yours."

Prisoner B: No! Definitely not! Jaffa and Haifa are ours! Jaffa and Haifa are ours!
[PA TV, September 25, 2005]

Mahmoud: In this painting I wanted to emphasize the chains that the occupation puts on our people. I painted this map of Palestine, with the Palestinian flag to say to our people that Palestine is still Palestine, and that the Palestinians deserve it - not the Jews.

Udai: I painted the map so we will not forget our place on the map.
[PA TV, September 11, 2005]

"Nothing compares to this joy, the oppressed overcomes the oppressor. But our happiness will not be complete only with the return of all of our lands - the [West] Bank, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Jaffa, Haifa, Safed, and other stolen cities."
[Dr. Ismaeil Al-Fara, lecturer at Al-Quds University, and director of the General Union for Disabled Palestinians in Khan Yunis, PA TV, September 2, 2005]

Arab: This land belongs to its owners. Take your tent and go away, you and your friends.

Jew: The Jewish Agency got this land from the Government of Palestine. We have documents from the High Commissioner.

"This land doesn't belong to the filthy Commissioner to give it to you. Take your tent and go away.

Jew: Who is going away? Who is uprooted? Who is leaving?
[PA TV, June 15, 2004]

"We might return to the 1967 borders by diplomacy, but we shall not return to the 1948 borders by diplomacy. No one on this earth recognizes [our right to] the 1948 borders. Therefore, we shall return to the 1967 borders, but it does not mean that we have given up on Jerusalem, and Haifa, Jaffa, Lod, Ramle, Netanya and Tel Aviv. Never... Your father's blood was shed there, at the villages, at Ashqelon, Ashdod, Hirbia [Kibbutz Zikim] and hundreds of villages and towns that demand it from us. [Their blood] shall curse anyone who will concede a grain of earth of those villages. The land of Palestine will demand the Palestinians return as Muhammad returned - as a conqueror."
[PA TV, February 4, 2005]

"On this planet is a land called Palestine. But the forces of oppression are still dividing the world. This is the story of the refugees."

"Many of the Palestinian families still keep the keys to their homes. 'This is the key to our home in Jaffa, this is the key to our home in Haifa, this is the key to our home in Acre.' Ask any boy, 'which city are you from?' He will answer you, from Acre, Haifa, from this village, from that city."

"If you expel us or imprison us with borders, one day we will surely return...
One day we will surely return
If you imprison us with borders, one day we will surely return."

"We shall never forget
One day we will surely return
One day we will surely return"

"The youth do not know Haifa, Jaffa, Acre, the Galilee, the [Galilee] Triangle, or the Negev. They believe that the Palestinian is born with the right of return together with [their] mother's milk."

"A few days ago, I read a book written by an Israeli. He wrote, "The first generation [of refugees] is dying, the second is dying, the third is weakening, the fourth is forgetting.' I want to tell him, I am [from the] fourth generation and I have not forgotten. I have a dream to reach Deir Yassin. Though it is my dream, I can achieve it with my blood, only to return to Deir Yassin."

"One day we will surely return
One day we will surely return
One day we will surely return"
[PA TV, 2004 - 2005, repeatedly]

Dr. Issam Sissalem: "The Jews lived in isolated areas, in ghettos in Poland and in Russia. They were the remains of the Khazars with no connection to our land or its history ... and even those who made this name [i.e. Israel], have no history or connection to this land... At that time, Britain wanted to plant a cancer. It did not occur to them [i.e. the Zionists] that Palestine would be theirs. They wanted any homeland." Dr. Riad Al-Astal: "[In aiding Zionism, Britain's] first aim was to be rid of the Jews, who were known to provoke disputes and disturbances and financial crises in Germany, France and other European states." Sissalem: "The British army had a fighting Jewish regiment. This cancer began with them, [in] this land to which they have no connection."
[PA TV, November 21, 2004]

From Jerusalem to Gaza and Palestinian Nablus
From Beit Khanun to Baka Al-Garbiyah
From Jerusalem to Gaza and Palestinian Nablus
From Beit Khanun to Baka Al-Garbiyah
Ramallah, Al-Bireh, Haifa, Jaffa and Ramle
Ramallah, Al-Bireh, Haifa, Jaffa and Ramle
There is no alternative
Even if they gave us the Garden of Eden
We will live and die
Only that our homeland should return to us
We will live and die
Only that our homeland should return to us
My weapon is the stone
My weapon is the stone and the knife
I swear in my right hand that Palestine will soon be restored
[PA TV, July 7, 2003]

We must expel all Israelis from Palestine. Because Israel, there is nothing called Israel in the whole world. The Israelis [came] from Holland, America, Iran - there are Israelis [from] Arab [countries] and foreign Israelis. They came to take Palestine - that is, Tel Aviv, Jaffa, Haifa, Ramle or Acre. All these cities belong to Palestine. We hope, hope, hope - and I emphasize these things - that the Arab countries and the foreign countries - all the countries of the world - should support the Palestinians and expel the Israelis until we shall live in peace and security.
[PA TV, December 25, 2003. All the cities he mentioned are in pre-1967 Israel - Ed.]

Girl 1: Tell us about the Night Journey and the ascent to Heaven [of Muhammad] and Al-Bourek Wall that the Jews falsely claim as the Wailing Wall and hold ceremonies there."

Sissalem: That's the place where Muhammad went to Heaven and is part of Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Zionist enemy falsely claims that this wall is part of the so-called temple. This is a deceitful lie.

Girl 2: We hear many claims on the part of the Jews that Solomon's Temple is located in Jerusalem, under Al-Aqsa Mosque. Is this true?

Sissalem: This is the biggest lie in history by those liars. As I've already said, the ancient Hebrews were destroyed. Utterly decimated. Actually, they were foreigners in this land. They were primitive Bedouin from the Arabian Desert. This land is ours. Jerusalem, and every one of her stones, are ours. They [i.e. the Jews] are liars. Their allegations are lies and are worthy of scorn and ridicule. The day will come when the foreigners will be kicked out from our land and our people will enjoy their natural rights.
[PA TV, October 8, 2001]

We have a very pretty picture here. It was sent by Muhammad Abu Naji. Thank you, Muhammad, for your letter, and for this beautiful drawing. There is a man, and very beautiful things. A tree and … … Palestine! Palestine! A picture of the map of Palestine with chains around it. And with Allah's will, my dear ones, these chains will be freed one day, and Palestine will remain ours forever.
[PA TV, July 25, 2000]

All the prophets of this land - we are most entitled to them. The land of prophets - we are their heirs. When the [Hebrew] Bible distorts things, they are all legendary tales. We don't argue. We say with confidence and with pride, we are the people of this land, generation after generation. Let the intruders be erased. We are its genuine heirs... They came upon us as a calamity in the 19th century, asserting lies. They remind us of the parasitic worms in the ocean that eat a snail and then live in its shell. We will not let anyone live in our shell.
[PA TV, April 17, 2001]

We are positive that Allah will help us triumph. Our belief is resolute that one day we shall enter Jerusalem as conquerors, and Jaffa as conquerors, to Ramle and to Lod and Harbiye and Beit Jarjar and to all of Palestine as conquerors.
[PA TV, April 12, 2001. All cities mentioned are in pre-1967 Israel - Ed.]

Al-Qidwa: I want to say that this is our Palestine, from Metulla to Rafiah to Aqaba, and from the River [Jordan] to the [Mediterranean] Sea, whether they want [to believe] it or not.

Sissalem: In '46 they acted here and there in order to create this entity [i.e. Israel]. This entity was implanted as a cancer in our land, which is the land of our ancestors and our land and the land of our children after us.
[PA TV, November 29, 2000]

Who is responsible for the loss of Palestine? Who is responsible for the loss of the good and blessed land and renaming it 'Israel' by deceit and falsehood..? They have forgotten Allah's words... 'Be sure [that] we shall drive you out of our land unless you return to our religion. Then their lord informed them, we shall cause the unjust to perish and we will settle you in the land after them…' The Prophet soothes us with many sayings that Palestine shall return, Allah willing, to the days of Yore.
[PA TV, June 8, 2001]

Muslim Palestine is one and cannot be divided. There is no difference between Haifa and Nablus, Lod and Ramallah, Jerusalem and Nazareth or Gaza and Ashkelon. Palestine is Waqf [Islamic trust] land that belongs to Muslims throughout the world and no one has the right to give it up or to forsake [it]. Whoever does this is a traitor to the trust and is nothing but a criminal whose end shall be in hell.
[PA TV, September 8, 2000]

Let us bless our steadfast people in Gaza. Steadfastly facing the Israeli invasion. Crimes and massacres are committed against the Palestinian riesdents standing steadfast against the invaders; standing to defend the homeland and the Arab essence of Jerusalem and Palestine, from the [Jordan] River to the [Mediterranean] Sea; from Nakura [northern Israel] to Rafah [border between Egypt and Gaza Strip]. This is our land, and the dogs must leave it.
[PA TV, October 7, 2002]