Talal Abu-Ghazaleh

“He walked out without his money.The lesson to me was clear: hold onto your integrity at all costs. Never compromise on that.”

“I always have believed that we should not call it an Arab-Israeli issue or a Palestinian-Arab dispute or a peace negotiation. I think we should call it what it is: an occupation of Palestine, full stop. This is not a popular position in mixed company.”

“There wasn’t a question of what compromise there should be or what kind of peace process we should engage in. There was only one discussion: How do we remove the colonial power that is occupying ourcountry?”

“But there was no time to rest on my laurels.”

“I believe you can only be lucky if you start out beingvery good”