The absence of Sharon would have an impact on the situation in Israel and the peace process would be negatively affected. |
The best we can ever hope for is to win enough votes in the Palestinian parliament, allowing us to have a minister or two in the government so that we can have our say in the way things are run, particularly in matters of importance to us. In short, we want to become in the Palestinian government what the Orthodox Jews are in the Israeli government. |
We are going to choose the candidate who enjoys the widest Palestinian consensus because we want a national unity government. |
When we took part in the elections we honestly expected to win but we did not expect to win by so much. |