Hanan Ashrawi famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

We are the only people on Earth asked to guarantee the security of our occupier...while Israel is the only country that calls for defense from its victims.
-- Hanan Ashrawi

#Country #Israel #People
We cannot rely upon the silenced to tell us they are suffering.
-- Hanan Ashrawi

#Inspirational #Suffering #Rely
Women in politics are more honest and forthright. We are not in it for the ego gratification.
-- Hanan Ashrawi

#Ego #Honest #Politician
Sharon was a strong and charismatic leader who steered the politics toward the right and extremism. Now it is clear that Israel needs a leadership that proceeds strongly toward peace, or else the extremist right will hijack the situation.
-- Hanan Ashrawi

#Strong #Israel #Leader
Control does not come from strong police forces, does not come from oppression and repression, does not come from violating people's rights or giving the security systems undue powers
-- Hanan Ashrawi

#Strong #Rights #People
It looks like we will have a bi-polar reality
-- Hanan Ashrawi

#Reality #Looks
You can't simply redefine Jerusalem. The Palestinian claim is based on legality, on the international recognition that the situation created by the war in '67 is not valid.
-- Hanan Ashrawi

#War #Jerusalem #Recognition
We need to stop Sharon. His lethal policies are drawing blood on both sides. That's why we need a serious intervention -- international troops. And we need to end the occupation if there is to be security for both people.
-- Hanan Ashrawi

#Blood #Drawing #People
It's clear Israel has suspended the peace process, despite the so-called moderation of the Arab world, because it has no interest in peace.
-- Hanan Ashrawi

#Israel #World #Moderation
Beyond the emotionalism and the obvious sense of relief on all sides, I think that there is a recognition that reality may intrude, that perhaps the steps ahead and the days ahead are going to be much more difficult than one expects.
-- Hanan Ashrawi

#Reality #Thinking #Relief
We know what they say, they want all of Palestine (including Israel) and say that negotiations did not work. They talk about wanting reform. That doesn't mean they will do it.
-- Hanan Ashrawi

#Mean #Israel #Reform
There are people starving in the siege, there are children traumatized and terrified. There are men women and children dying. This is a situation that has reached the proportions of a tremendous humanitarian crisis. It is a tragedy and every minute that passes we lose lives and more people are brutalized and traumatized.
-- Hanan Ashrawi

#Children #Men #People
Sharon has subverted the whole process by turning it into something sequential and conditional and, of course, by making himself the interpreter of the road map,
-- Hanan Ashrawi

#Maps #Process #Sharon
It's not just a question of numbers. There will be more women (in parliament) who are conscious of women's rights ... There will also be women who are not committed to equality.
-- Hanan Ashrawi

#Rights #Numbers #Conscious

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