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Quote by Yasser Arafat
Today I have come bearing an olive branch and a freedom-fighter's gun. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.
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The speaker presents two things at once: an olive branch, a familiar sign of peace, and a freedom-fighter’s gun, a sign of armed struggle. The contrast says that the speaker is offering peace without giving up the ability to resist. “Do not let the olive branch fall” is a plea to protect the chance for peace rather than allow conflict to destroy it.
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- United Nations General Assembly, 1974 Official Record
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- Official Statement
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