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Those who call us terrorists wish to prevent world public opinion from discovering the truth about us and from seeing the justice on our faces. They seek to bide the terrorism and tyranny of their acts, and our own posture of self-defence.

— Yasser Arafat Speech to UN General Assembly (1974)

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This child, who is grasping the stone, facing the tank, is it not the greatest message to the world when that hero becomes a martyr? We are proud of them.

Let it collapse, it will be the fault of Israel and the Americans.

I swear to God, I will see [the Palestinian state], whether as a martyr or alive. Please, God, give me the honor of becoming a martyr in the fight for Jerusalem.

What Kuwait did to the Palestinian people is worse than what has been done by Israel to Palestinians in the occupied territories.

This is my homeland; no one can kick me out.

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