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
deal elections held places positive
Elections have been done in some places, and we deal with that in a positive way. For places which have not held their primaries, we will find a suitable solution.
election expression national obligation reflect results truthful voting
Voting is the right of every citizen. It's a national obligation because the results of the election should reflect a truthful expression of all Palestinians.
believed delay elections issue taken
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.
districts election homeland
The parliamentary election will take place in all of the homeland districts on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2006,
achieve democracy election fairness process spirit true united
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.
agree elections factions included jerusalem
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.
election happy hope until
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.
election elections happy
We are so happy with this election festival.
elections sabotage security
This is sabotage and aimed at sabotaging the elections, not only the elections, but also the security of Palestinians. The culprits must be punished.
continue election government until
This government will continue until the end of the election period,
areas deal elections positive proper results took
The elections took place in some areas and we will deal with the results of these areas in a positive way, ... As for the areas in which elections did not take place, we will find a proper solution.
agree allowed elections factions jerusalem
All of us agree elections must be allowed in Jerusalem too. If elections are not allowed there, all the factions agree the elections must be cancelled.
great happen might worry
We look with great worry on what might happen if (Sharon) is impaired.
hesitate path peace together unilateral
We will not hesitate to get into such a negotiation. The way to peace is to sit together at the negotiation table, not the path of killings and unilateral actions.