„The Palestinian people do not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity… Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct ‚Palestinian people‘ to oppose Zionism. Yes, the existence of a separate Palestinian identity exists only for tactical reasons.“
Zuheir Mohsen (senior PLO leader, 1977)