Saeb Erekat

We are fully committed to carry out all our obligations emanating from this report, providing that we implement honestly and without any games -- the full report, page to page, without being selective.

We hope that this Sharon's illness will not affect what we had expected of the Israelis.

I don't think we can classify it legally as an international border now because Gaza is not free of occupation.

We had in-depth and serious discussions. There was nothing new today and the gaps remain where they are. We agreed to meet tomorrow.

I hope they will succeed in allowing goods to come into Gaza as of tomorrow to alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.

so the truth can be determined once and for all.

Seeking revenge or violence will only add to the complexities and will harm Palestinian interests.

If the legislative election is postponed, there will be a disaster in the Palestinian territories, where chaos and violence would prevail.

This is very dangerous and could easily go from bad to worse, ... It is not in the Israeli or Palestinian interests for this violence to continue.

I hope Israel is not going to use the fact it has done something right in withdrawing from Gaza in order to do a lot wrong regarding settlement activities, the wall and other matters. I hope they will use this to stay the course and to return to negotiations.

I see ourselves in the opposition, not in the coalition.

I hope that the withdrawal will be a day of opportunity and also a day of law.

We had in-depth discussions and very serious talks on all issues. There were no results. The differences and obstacles are still there.

We want to agree on preparations to resume final-status talks which should commence in the middle of next month.

With this (Israeli) government, we do not have trust or confidence. Ross is simply helping make the process survive.

we will continue to see this government's policy of stealing (land) and wasting time.

Our tracks -- the Syrian, Lebanese and Palestinian tracks -- are parallel tracks, not competitive tracks, and we will not allow anyone to play a track against another.

It's really unfortunate that the only thing that Mr. Netanyahu has decided to stop is the peace process with us.

must understand that he must choose between settlements and peace. He cannot have both.

This is a real setback for the peace process.

We are continuing efforts ... to try to resume the peace talks and stabilize the security situation.

dangerous and harmful to the peace process.

This is something that Netanyahu has been trying to do for a while, with both the European and American efforts. He has chosen settlement and the destruction of the foundation of the peace accords.

The way to peace and stability is through an end to occupation,

I think we have 3,000 more obstacles to peace and we will have, if this program is carried out, 3,000 reasons to undermine President Bush's efforts for a two-state solution.