We strongly condemn this continued Israeli escalation that will undermine the cessation of violence.

If he thinks that we will go back to negotiate with him over (the U.S.) package, he's mistaken.

I'm afraid that we will not have a peace process anymore, ... I would say 'God help Palestinians and Israelis' because to have a meaningful peace process means that we would continue where we left off.

We didn't get responses on forming a Palestinian-Israeli joint committee to follow up and observe the operation of distributing ballots, voting and the movement of voters as well as candidates.

Of course, Mrs. Arafat did not mean poison gas, but tear gas. We agreed with President Clinton that the Palestinians and Israelis must resolve their differences through dialogue and negotiations.

I don't think we can classify it legally as an international border now because Gaza is not free of occupation.