1.   Arafat said the Palestinians would fight until they obtained statehood.

2.   Ayoush dismissed the complaints, saying the first objective of the Palestinians was be to obtain statehood.

3.   Mitic added that Bosnia could not be party to the genocide convention because it had violated the rights of its ethnic Serb population to obtain independent statehood.

4.   Serbian counsel Miodrag Mitic said Bosnia could not be party to the genocide convention because it had violated the rights of its ethnic Serb population to obtain independent statehood.

5.   The Palestinians argue that Sharon is not serious about peace negotiations, and say their uprising is part of their effort to obtain statehood.

6.   They fear that each new home built in a Jewish settlement will make it increasingly difficult to obtain statehood.