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
past standing taboo
This place was a taboo for us for the past 38 years, and now we are standing here.
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There will be no military solution to this conflict,
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There will be a procedure to present the government to parliament for discussion and approval.
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destructive policy toward the truce and the peace process.
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a person who has got the will to work for peace.
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As for the relations and contacts with Israelis, we are totally certain that they are going to start again very quickly because there are many issues we must take up with the Israelis.
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As for relations and contacts with the Israelis, we are completely certain they are going to resume very rapidly because there are many things we can tackle with the Israelis and which must be discussed,
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The bullets that hit your bodies and the wounds that are still in your bodies are signs of honor,
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This is sabotage and aimed at sabotaging the elections, not only the elections, but also the security of Palestinians. The culprits must be punished.
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This government will continue until the end of the election period,
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This exit of the settlers is the result of sacrifices of our people, the patience of our people ... and the wisdom of our people.
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This exit of the settlers is one of the fruits of your sacrifices. This step is only the first step that will be completed in the West Bank and in Jerusalem. But the step has come as a result of patience and sacrifices of our people, of martyrs, of wounded, of houses destroyed. All of those have brought us the fruit we are celebrating today.
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The most important message is our readiness, our full readiness to work for the internal security, ... We have deployed forces and we have taken a final decision on uniting the security apparatus, and we will continue applying this decision.
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Do you think I am happy to work like this? I want to earn some living to feed my children,