Saeb Erakat

What we need to do is to see an immediate implementation of the Mitchell recommendations. But above anything else ... we need the Israeli government to join us at the negotiating table.

The solution is in the hands of Dennis Ross. We hope he is coming to save the process.

This is a sad day for the United Nations. I hope the U.S. veto will not be interpreted by Israel as a license to kill Yasser Arafat.

We hope this reform will be helped and encouraged by stopping the attempts at reform that the Israeli occupation constitutes.

The house was damaged. The extent of the damage is not yet known. It also is not known if anyone was injured inside the house.

We discussed the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza which has come about because of the Israeli siege.

will be the biggest blow to President Bush's two-state solution and will sabotage any idea of a road map.

every Palestinian guilty until proven innocent.

urge the U.S. and the Europeans to provide international observers immediately.

Israel must be stopped immediately. This is an all-out war against the Palestinians. We call on the international authorities to interfere immediately.

If Mr. Ross comes today and he leaves like he did the last two times, we'll be facing a disaster.

The problems of what is happening today is the Israeli occupation, and it's time to start ending this occupation.

These experts will work with our team as of tomorrow afternoon. President Arafat has assigned a team to follow up on all its aspects.

I am not going to raise any expectations at this stage. This is going to be a difficult process of rebuilding the trust and confidence between Palestinians and Israelis,

I urge the Israelis to understand that we need to continue talking. I also urge the good office of President Bush to exert every possible effort to resume the contacts.

Aid from Germany, the European Union and other donor countries must continue to finance infrastructure projects in all fields.

I believe tomorrow there will be Israeli bombs, Israeli shelling, Israeli shootings, Israeli siege, Israeli settlements, Israeli assassinations, and then the spokespersons will come and say the Palestinians must stop the violence.

We hold the Israeli government fully responsible. This will lead to more violence and bloodshed.

We have always condemned attacks targeting civilians, whether Palestinian or Israelis. Such attacks harm Palestinian interests. We call upon all Palestinians to abide by the cessation of violence.

What Mr. Sharon is doing is saying to the whole world, 'I will win.' But ... he will score victory over what

The basic ingredient for all the ails that we are witnessing there is the continuation of the Israeli occupation, and this must end, ... President Arafat is determined to exert every possible effort in order to ensure ... the Israeli occupation is finished and peace is made once and all.

We will set as the loyal opposition in parliament.

The fact is Israel is seizing this opportunity now and building this wall in order to confiscate land and to create policies on the ground and to have final negotiations by dictations rather than negotiations.

I don't expect any breakthrough between now and January 20, or for that matter February 6,

And, once again, we reiterate, we don't condone the killings of Israeli civilians -- or Palestinian civilians for that matter.