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May 2006 Attala Abu al-Sabah PA Minister of Culture   We will never recognize Israel! And if our people who have placed their trust in us know that we will indeed pursue our plan. So, despite that little dog, Bush, we will never let our people down.Let our people know that we will never recognize Israel,and will never bargain. Nasr Abed al-Rahman Hamas   We will never recognize Israel! Al-Quds (Jerusalem) is ours, as well as Haifa, Beit Shean,Tiberias, Ashkelon, Ramla, Gaza and all of Palestine. Dr. Ahmad Yusuf Political adviser to Ismail Hania   Time is on the side of the Palestinian people, and Israel as a state, Inshallah, will be wiped off the map. 00:00:48 DOWNLOAD PLAY English:

HAMAS A short film showing the true nature of the Hamas. The clip plays sound bites made after the PA elections, showing that the movement’s ultimate goal is to destroy the State of Israel.   DOWNLOAD PLAY English: Español:   00:03:00 47 mb 11 mb

Khaled Mashal - 17 March 2006 "We and the Zionists will meet with destiny. They want a battle with us, then we are the people of battle. They want war, we are the people of war. They want a struggle, we are with the struggle. Until the last moment, and we can endure for a long time. Israel with the help of Allah will be defeated. We will defeat her, with Allah's will. And I say to all the people of Palestine, I swear to Allah, you will return to the homeland. No one will prevent you from doing this. And the factions of Palestinian resistance, on whose behalf I allow myself to speak, will continue to adhere to the pact and will be united in the struggle. And our destiny will be that we will combine the resistance with politics, but the resistance is the basis." 00:00:48 DOWNLOAD PLAY English:

Khaled Mashal - February 2006 "You will be defeated with God's help, Victory day is approaching with God's help...Before Israel dies, it will not escape humiliation and surrender..." 00:02:23 DOWNLOAD PLAY English: 31 January 2004: Kidnapping soldiers is the only way to release prisoners, says Yassin I stress now, as I did before my release from prison in 1997, that there is no solution to the prisoner problem, except for taking captive and exchanging enemy soldiers, because they know nothing but brutality, and will not give us our freedom as a present. He who has our blood on his hands, cannot award us our own freedom. He must pay for his aggression - for arresting our sons - and then give us our freedom.   DOWNLOAD PLAY English:

Usama Hamdan – 24 March 2004 The movements who have the right to retaliate are the Hamas or other Palestinians factions. We think that it is the lawful right of this nation to protect itself and to retaliate if its leaders are being attacked, since we are in the midst of a blessed mission: To rescue the world from the most dangerous criminal terror gang since the world's creation, I mean the Zionist entity government 00:01:48 DOWNLOAD PLAY English:

Muhammad Nazal - 20 March 2004 If this withdrawal will take place, with God's help, it will be seen as the defeat of the Zionist occupation in the Gaza strip and this will be a victory made in heaven to the Palestinian resistance. In our meeting with Mr. Hassan Nassaralla, we emphasized how important it is to continue the Palestinian resistance, as long as the occupation continues and that each idea to disarm the resistance is not acceptable because we must continue our armed struggle as long as the occupation continues. We also emphasized the importance of the national Palestinian unity, especially in light of the Palestinian problem, and the fact that the Palestinian people won't allow any side to sabotage this national unity, and won't allow the outbreak of fraternal war. That completes the essence of the meeting with the secretary-general. What do you think is the role of Egypt and Jordan in the matter of the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza? To us... we don't have a clear picture about the role that Egypt and Jordan will play. In any case, contacts with our brothers the Egyptians are being held even though we are still waiting for the final picture to become clear as a result of the talks Egypt is conducting. As for Jordan, no talks are being held regarding this matter. 00:00:23 DOWNLOAD PLAY English: 24 September 2003: Yassin rejects cease-fire with the Zionist enemy There is no dialogue. Moreover, the cease-fire was not initiated by the defeated, beaten, chased-after nation, but by the powerful nation that has everything. The Zionist enemy was granted a previous cease-fire and continued with its acts of aggression, massacre, destruction and killing. It didn't stop for even one moment. Therefore, discussing cease-fire today, while the enemy's hostility continues, is not an option.   DOWNLOAD PLAY English:

Dr. Al Zahar - 10 September 2003 Initially, when I leave a home, I will enter another, as Sheikh Yaseen had done. Thus, if they adopt the policy of demolishing houses, they will end by demolishing many. For Israel, destruction is norm. In 48, they demolished 450 cities and villages. It is no different today, and they adopt the same policy by demolishing houses and killing children. Consequently, it is our position that neither Sharon's nor Bush's will decide who kills or dies. On the contrary, this is predetermined by the fate of God, the Most Holy and only he can decide.. We believe in this destiny, we will follow the resistance agenda; we will not surrender, cease or retreat even one step. We are only one step far from Independence, God willing. The fire of our guns will never cease until the Palestinian flag , God willing, will flutter on the minarets of Jerusalem's mosques, even if the leaders, women, children died as martyrs. The Resistance agenda is a Sunnah and God called upon all nations to adopt resistance not only the Islamic nation. If this agenda will be maintained, and revived in those ready to offer their most precious possessions, then ultimate victory will soon be ours, God willing. 00:01:24 DOWNLOAD PLAY English:   7 September 2003: Hamas may attack everywhere in Israeli territory, says Yassin We haven't limited the military command, battalions or factions. Response may come anywhere in Israel, exactly as it (Israel) acts against the entire Palestinian territory.   DOWNLOAD PLAY English:

Khaled Mashal No, no one has called. . . Particularly that . . . Definitely, Israel bluntly declares that it targets specifically both the Palestinian Resistance fighters and Arabs in general. Israel assassinated Sheikh Ahmad Yaseen; our idol, God's mercy be upon him. However, when Israel does so, it directly pushes all the resistance factions to the extreme. No one among us said that we target Sharon. The Palestinian resistance stands ready and able. We let the action speak for itself; it speaks out for itself without the need for slogans and threats. However, the basic law says, as long as the enemy is targeting the heads of the resistance, and elders of our nation, it would be our ultimate right to seek out any available Zionist target, whether it was a military, political, or security leadership, whether it's a settlers, a soldier, or any other occupying enemy. We have the ability and all the available support. 00:01:10 DOWNLOAD PLAY English: 4 August 2003: Hamas may return to military activity at any time, says Yassin We may return to military activity at any time, since the enemy has not been adhering to the conditions.   DOWNLOAD PLAY English: 17 August 2002: We will not give up the occupied territories of '48, says Yassin I am the defender the Palestinian people more than anyone else. However, if national consensus requires me to recognize Israel and wave my right for the (territories of) '48, and end the resistance to the burden of occupation - then this must not be national consensus.   DOWNLOAD PLAY English: 11 August 2002: Resistance is not terror, says Yassin Every meeting or conversation we hold with anyone worldwide has two objectives: the first - to maintain the unity of the Palestinian people against the Israeli enemy, using the resistance alternative; the second - to continue protecting ourselves, without our self defense being called 'terrorism'.   DOWNLOAD PLAY English: 7 August 2002: Yassin refuses to surrender his weapon before the end of occupation We surrendered in the past for "Gaza and Jericho first". Will we fall twice into the same trap? Why are they giving us Gaza and Jericho today - what is the cost? Is it even perceivable that I give up my weapon in exchange to termination of the occupation? Why shouldn't the occupation end first?   DOWNLOAD PLAY English:

Dr. Al Zahar - 12 March 2002 . . .I do confirm that every span of Palestinian land which was occupied during the 1967 and 1948 whether it being settlements, cities, or villages I consider them as settlements. The Zionist project is an occupying and settling project. This project took over the Palestinian people and aims to convince the Arabic Nation and the rest of the world of the existence of Israel and the occupied land since 1967 which they call the Territories. All these lands are occupied territories and it is our ultimate right to defend this land, and to establish on it our independent state, even if achieved in stages. But never, will neither of the stages abandon our ultimate right for our entire Palestinian soil. We honestly declare; that the 1948 Occupied Territories are the most appropriate territories to be attacked in order to permanently create the perception that this land has legitimate owners who will never relinquish it no matter how powerful Israel and the Zionist occupation. 00:01:09 DOWNLOAD PLAY English:

Dr. Al Zahar - 6 August 2001 In the name of God. The outline that the Palestinians have unanimously adopted since the start of the late blessed Intifada embraces all the factions, forces, families and all the Palestinian people inside and outside Palestine. This outline depends on two main practicalities: The first is that the ongoing resistance will continue until liberation is achieved and until all of our land could be liberated. The conflict remains fundamental, and we uphold our position of not recognizing Israel anywhere in Palestine. The flag of resistance will be handed to the coming generations and will continue to be upheld. The second pertains to the national inner status to be established in a state of solid foundations that might be witnessed in the coming stages in which the liberation plan will be completed, and will be part of the political changes in the Arabic and Islamic regions. 00:01:45 DOWNLOAD PLAY English:   30 April 2001: Terror attacks are religiously legitimate, says Yassin "Those who fight for Allah kill and get killed", says the holy Koran, without specifying the method. What heroism is superior to that of an individual who sacrifices himself for his country, in attempt to spread fear, defeatism, separation and destruction among enemy lines? Our Muslim clerics should be knowledgeable on this subject.   DOWNLOAD PLAY English: 25 February 2001: Yassin Attacks the USA, saying resistance will endure The USA only wants to stand by the enemy, the murderous criminal. This is why we respond to the USA and its allies with rejection. Resistance, we declare, will continue in all possible ways, until the last drop of Palestinian blood. The Palestinian people will surrender with a white flag.   DOWNLOAD PLAY English: