Middle East Quotes

An interesting website that contains quotations from various arab political figures over the years. I'll list some of the better ones here:

"You do not represent Palestine as much as we do. Never forget this one point: There is no such thing as a Palestinian People, there is no Palestinian entity, there is only Syria. You are an integral part of the Syrian people, Palestine is an integral part of Syria. Therefore it is we, the Syrian authorities, who are the true representatives of the Palestinian people."
Syrian President Hafez Assad to PLO leader Yassir Arafat.

The boldface in the above is my own emphasis...

And of course, at the bottom of that page, one of my favourite quotes of all time from Golda Meir

"We can forgive the Arabs for killing our children. We cannot forgive them for forcing us to kill their children.... We will only have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us."
- Golda Meir