Ashrawi has long been a Holocaust denier.
In the July 2, 1998, edition of the official Palestinian Authority newspaper Al-Hayat Al-Jadeeda, she published an article calling the Holocaust "a deceitful myth, which the Jews have exploited to get sympathy."
In 2001 Ashrawi became a spokeswoman for the Arab League
Hanan Ashrawi- "State sovereignty, in its most basic sense, is being redefined not least by the forces of globalization and international co-operation.."