
Anybody who asks for democracy to be introduced should respect the results of democracy.

The underlying problem remains the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land and the continuing Israeli assaults against our people.

I know that many in Europe are unhappy with their governments' policies toward the Palestinians.

The increasing mistrust between the Arab-Muslim peoples and the western world is rooted in the conflict in Palestine.

I salute all the nations of the Arab Spring and I salute the heroic people of Syria who are striving for freedom, democracy and reform.

Today three-quarters of the Palestinian people are displaced: there are 5 million Palestinian refugees throughout the world.