Mahmoud Abbas
Mahmoud Abbas
Mahmoud Abbas, also known by the kunya Abu Mazen, is the President of the State of Palestine and Palestinian National Authority. He has been the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organizationsince 11 November 2004 and has been Palestinian president since 15 January 2005. Abbas is a member of the Fatah party...
NationalityPalestinian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 March 1935
CitySafed, Israel
CountryPalestine, State of
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You may have not taken into consideration the issue of elections, or some of you may have believed that I am going to delay the elections.
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The parliamentary election will take place in all of the homeland districts on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2006,
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There are lands in eastern and northern Gaza still under occupation, ... There are differences and agreements over borders.
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What's important is that we go through the election process first united but also...with sportsmanship and a spirit of transparency and fairness so that we can achieve the true democracy that we all want.
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We must all be responsible and guard the land and the property because it will leave the impression on the world that we are cultured and deserve a state,
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We all agree that Jerusalem should be included in the elections. If it is not included, all the factions agree there should be no elections.
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Up until now we haven't asked anyone to form a government. But we've negotiated with some of the factions and, of course, we will ask the party that has received the most votes to do so.
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We will put the road map on the table and say that we are ready to implement it completely,
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This will be a prerequisite to ensure that the withdrawal will take place in a civilized manner, ... We'll be able to show the world that we deserve our independence and our freedom. We have no other choice.
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There have been some mistakes due to the feeling of joy,
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Why assume that there will be crisis? Let us resort to dialogue. Everything comes through dialogue.
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We need to renegotiate the details and get back to the real border,
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While we are happy the Israelis have left Gaza ... we really have no hope for the future here in the West Bank,
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We condemn this action and repeat that the extremist forces are still intent to destroy any efforts toward peace.