Unfortunately, little attention was paid to how Arafat ruled. In fact, some saw the harsh and repressive nature of Arafat's regime as actually bolstering the prospects for peace.
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This is my homeland no one can kick me out.
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Hamas, the opponents of Arafat, the opponents of peace, urged a boycott of the election, and yet there was an 85 percent turnout where Hamas is supposed to be strong. Isn't that really quite incredible?
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The Palestinian Rifle is ready and we will aim it if they try to prevent us from praying in Jerusalem.
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I enter negotiations with Chairman Arafat, the leader of the PLO, the representative of the Palestinian people, with the purpose to have coexistence between our two entities, Israel as a Jewish state and Palestinian state, entity, next to us, living in peace.
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Whoever thinks of stopping the uprising before it achieves its goals, I will give him ten bullets in the chest.
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The victory march will continue until the Palestinian flag flies in Jerusalem and in all of Palestine.
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We will not bend or fail until the blood of every last Jew from the youngest child to the oldest elder is spilt to redeem our land!
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