Israel is being asked to pay by giving up a strategic asset while getting nothing in return.

We are worried about this because it's not a good time to start relations with Israel,

Netanyahu is pressured easily, gets into a panic, and loses his senses, ... to run a country like Israel a leader needs to have reason and judgment and nerves of steel, two traits he does not have.

Even today I am willing to volunteer to do the dirty work for Israel, to kill as many Arabs as necessary, to deport them, to expel and burn them, to have everyone hate us, to pull the rug from underneath the feet of the Diaspora Jews, so that they will be forced to run to us crying. Even if it means blowing up one or two synagogues here and there, I don't care.

Abu Mazen understands that it is impossible to vanquish Israel by means of terrorism.

Israel is a wonderful country. It's a beautiful country. It is ours. But it is a country with 10,000 problems that we have to solve and deal.