This is by far the biggest crisis facing the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian economy. It could have profound long-term consequences.
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The Palestinian Authority is facing a supreme test of its credibility.
AMOS GILAD The Palestinian economy is, and will likely continue to be, highly reliant on trade. And yet, trade ...
EDGAR BRONFMAN, SR. The Palestinian Authority has faced a serious financial crisis since the start of the month.
MAHMUD ABBAS I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES Rather than undermining the Palestinian Authority, it is in Israel's interests to strengthen it ...
LEON PANETTA overall Palestinian Authority performance to date has been far from satisfactory.
DAVID WELCH Now the Palestinian Authority has to re-evaluate the decisions from last night and the necessary ste...
NABIL AMR I think this is a report that has some very important lessons for our region and for the world at la...
DANIEL TAUB The Palestinian Authority gets money from the American taxpayer.
RAND PAUL This is an important effort on our part to help rebuild the Palestinian economy and infrastructure.
DAVID WELCH The term 'demilitarized Palestinian state' is an oxymoron.
NAFTALI BENNETT His resignation is going to affect the Palestinian Authority very negatively. He was trusted by the ...
ALI JARBAWI there is tremendous displeasure with the function and dysfunction of the government and the Palestin...
HANAN ASHRAWI Obviously what we will not be doing is taking the place of the Palestinian customs and security offi...
MARC OTTE If at least someone is trying to find jobs for people, then you have ... stability and maybe in the ...
ALI JARBAWI The escalation that has occurred is because (Palestinian Authority President Yasser) Arafat gave a g...
DORE GOLD The Palestinian Authority is ruled by Hamas, an organization committed to vehement anti-Semitism, th...
EHUD OLMERT I recently met with the finance minister of the Palestinian Authority, was very impressed by his gra...
GEORGE BUSH puts the Palestinian Authority into a situation where it may be criticized for whatever it does.
SEAN MCCORMACK Collective punishment for the Palestinians does not help the Palestinian Authority to build the Pale...
ELIAS KUKALI The victory of Hamas is not only based on the corruption of the Palestinian Authority. Hamas has a v...
ISMAIL HANIYEH We have no intention of carrying out a military disengagement, because there is no Palestinian partn...
AVI DICHTER At a time when the Palestinian Authority is trying to maintain calm, this murder intentionally aims ...
MAHMUD ABBAS From now on, ... responsibility for what happens in Gaza falls on the Palestinian Authority.
AVIV KOCHAVI This is an earthquake in Israeli-Palestinian relationships and an internal earthquake in Palestinian...
ADRIEN WING At the moment, everybody keeps the Palestinian people from suffering the consequences from their own...
DAN SCHUEFTAN [Hassan Abdel Rahman, Palestine Liberation Organization representative to the United States, said th...
ABDEL RAHMAN It is also the case that how the Palestinian political process unfolds and evolves is a question for...
SEAN MCCORMACK We stopped the military work to give credibility to the Palestinian Authority, without canceling oth...
ABU ABBAS We seek to assure investors on the Palestinian bourse that we regard it as one of the fundamental ba...
ISMAIL HANIYEH This withdrawal from Gaza should be a real, comprehensive one, from the air, sea and our borders. Th...
ISMAIL HANIEH There is a profound problem in Palestinian society if they elected an organization [that wants the d...
AVI PAZNER This bombing ... is another indication that the Palestinian Authority must take proper steps against...
DAVID BAKER an independent Palestinian state, built by the Palestinian people on all the land of Palestine, whic...
MOHAMMED KHATAMI They can wave any flag they want, but we expect the Palestinian Authority to take full responsibilit...
DAN HAREL Economic support from the rest of the Arab states to the fledgling Palestinian Authority in the West...
EDGAR BRONFMAN, SR. [The Palestinian National Authority, in a statement, accused Israeli forces of committing] another b...
JAMES MILLER The beginning of the Palestinian freedom is also a beginning of reconciliation between the two peopl...
MICHEL SABBAH In my view, Arafat is the only Palestinian in the world that isn't willing to have an independen...
SILVAN SHALOM This is very dangerous and could easily go from bad to worse, ... It is not in the Israeli or Palest...
SAEB EREKAT This is a long-term problem, it's a long-term energy crisis, which has not been addressed by either ...
ELIA GERMANI We call on the Israeli government to stop these measures which are only intended to isolate the Pale...
MAHMUD ABBAS From now on, the responsibility for what happens in the Gaza Strip lies in the hands of the Palestin...
GENERAL AVI KOCHAVI [Earlier, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer reiterated the administration's support for reforming ...
ARI FLEISCHER Agribusiness could provide an opportunity for joint Israeli-Palestinian projects, spurred on by Isra...
EDGAR BRONFMAN, SR. This will only add fuel to the fire. We call on the Israelis to immediately stop these moves and to ...
AHMED QOREI Wrong?
So you are saying, I'm wrong okay then... It's not possible every time to be right, one ...
DEYTH BANGER We have always condemned attacks targeting civilians, whether Palestinian or Israelis. Such attacks ...
SAEB ERAKAT This is a preparation for the declaration of the Palestinian state,
YASSER ARAFAT The Palestinian Authority refuses on an ongoing basis to take the necessary steps to prevent terrori...
DAVID BAKER The biggest aggravation in the Arab world, the biggest reason for their anger toward us and the crea...
MARIO CUOMO By failing to protect the holy sites, Mahmoud Abbas' Palestinian Authority have once again missed an...
ABRAHAM COOPER We regret the loss of civilian life, both Israeli and Palestinian, but this attack happened in Tel A...
ABDEL RAHMAN The international community should interfere here. Not only to put pressure on the Palestinian Autho...
BASSEM EID Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas remains committed to the principles of nonviolence, re...
FREDERICK JONES While it is clear that we need to make some adjustments to protect Social Security for the long term...
CARL LEVIN In the Palestinian Authority area unemployment is 30 percent and maybe more. The area needs to grow ...
GORDON BROWN I'm expecting an almost daily crisis, or a daily debate between the presidency, on one hand, and the...
WADIA ABU NASSER AIDS is the biggest challenge, the major disaster facing this country and we would have wished for s...
MANGOSUTHU BUTHELEZI This is the toughest yet, ... He laid everything at his feet. He said Arafat was bringing this upon ...
YASSER ARAFAT The goal of the Palestinian cabinet is to form a national coalition cabinet to serve the interests o...
GHAZI HAMAD This will be an awakening for Palestinians in the New Jersey area. They will have to reconsider thei...
AREF ASSAF There is no real presence of the Palestinian Authority in Gaza, ... The security situation is in a v...
NABIL AMR Palestinian security forces last month foiled 48 attempted attacks against Israeli targets. This is ...
AHMED QOREI The president is pleased and calls now on all parties to live up to their responsibilities for peace...
GORDON JOHNDROE Israel reoccupied the cities of the West Bank by a unilateral action, and reestablished the civil an...
MAHMOUD ABBAS The P.L.O., and later the Palestinian Authority, never truly accepted that Israel, as the national s...
DANNY DANON The challenge is that this drop in satisfaction can have longer-term consequences because it impacts...
LEE PAVACH We condemn this atrocious attack in the strongest possible terms. It has wounded tens of innocent ci...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN Palestinian violence is not a response to the capture of the West Bank and Gaza. Palestinian nationa...
EHUD OLMERT That's it really; it's all love, whichever way you look at it, it's all love. How much you can Get f...
GEORGE HARRISON The issue of releasing Palestinian prisoners is very unpopular in Israel, and if he goes too far, he...
CHEMI SHALEV The only way to go forward is to continue the peace talks, and if we deny Arafat and deny the Palest...
ANNA LINDH The Palestinian Authority cannot hold the stick at both ends: to incite violence, to participate in ...
EHUD BARAK [If Abbas is] going to collect the guns, that means a war without mercy, ... It's impossible to surr...
MAHMOUD ZAHAR In the last 24 hours we have seen a wave of Palestinian terrorist attacks. The attack of this mornin...
AVI PAZNER The destruction of sacred sites in Gaza proves that the Palestinian Authority must never be entruste...
ABRAHAM COOPER Today three-quarters of the Palestinian people are displaced: there are 5 million Palestinian refuge...
ISMAIL HANIYEH The Muslim world is deeply hurt by the campaign of violence initiated against our Palestinian brothe...
AHMET SEZNER The Muslim world is deeply hurt by the campaign of violence initiated against our Palestinian brothe...
AHMET NECDET SEZNER It is high time that the Palestinian people restore their freedom and independence. It is high time ...
MAHMOUD ABBAS I believe that in the long run, separation between Israel and the Palestinians is the best solution ...
YITZHAK RABIN This is a very dangerous act, ... They targeted one of the Palestinian security leaders.
AHMED QUREIA The ultimate goal is to change Syria's behaviour on a variety of issues - on its interference in...
ELLIOTT ABRAMS Without reform and the rule of law, it is impossible to do the work - and that's an issue that is to...
ABDEL SHAFI This software is by far the biggest revenue generator we have.
MADS TOUBRO Combined with the election outcome, which will have a long-term impact on the economy, we could see ...
MASAAKI KANNO It is a deliberate attempt to undermine the new Palestinian Cabinet and prime minister.
SAEB ERAKAT We call upon all American and British citizens to leave Palestinian territories immediately otherwis...
ABU QUSAI It is useless to discuss the situation in Palestine...without the Palestinian representatives.
MIKHAIL MARGELOV Apparently this is the answer of the Palestinian Authority to our gesture of peace, ... and I must t...
AVI PAZNER Suspending the operations of the PLO office is another message from Congress to the Palestinian peop...
HASSAN ASFOUR There is always a good choice and there is always a better choice. There is always the best choice a...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I think Mr. Sharon at this point in time seems to be more generous concerning the establishment of a...
CHEMI SHALEV This is a criminal act, a political assassination and a continued Israeli aggression against the Pal...
SAEB ERAKAT The key is with the Palestinian Authority that must impose law and order ... That is the basis that ...
AMOS GILAD It is clear that as long as Islamic Jihad remains armed, it will have the ability both to kill innoc...
MARK REGEV This is disputed land, not Palestinian, or we claim public ownership.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU After today's suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, President Abbas strongly condemned it and stated that suc...
RIYAD MANSOUR The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Jihadism have nothing to do with each other.
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