Palestinians:

"Our aim is to set an end to the concept of the Jewish Zionist state, the racist expansionist state. Our aim is to destroy this state and this conception, but not the people. We want a democratic Palestinian state. We will not expel any person who wants to live in this state as a loyal Palestinian, whether he is a Christian, Moslem or Jew".

Yasser Arafat

Interview with "the Arab World"

May 1969

"We are a people who love and believe in peace. However, we have had to carry arms in defence of our land which we lost".

Salah Khalaf

Interview with "Al-Ahram" 3.1.70