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
anyone asked carrying contacts course form government majority party until won
Until now, we haven't asked anyone to form the government. We are carrying on contacts with all factions, and of course we will ask the party that won the majority to form the government.
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These issues are certainly harming the peace, and anyone who continues with it of course doesn't want peace.
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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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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 are so happy with this election festival. So far, it's going very well and we hope it will keep going well until the end without any troubles.
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We are so happy with this election festival.
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We believe maximum effort must be exerted by both sides to maintain the truce because it's in everybody's interest,
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We cannot afford to lose more time, for lots of precious time was wasted.
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We want to do the right job at the right time because we want to act as a state, as a responsible authority. Therefore, we are following up on the subject seriously with our brothers in Egypt. Until we reach agreement, we should be patient.
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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.