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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I tell you, frankly, we have a historical opportunity that hinges on our good performance. Today there is no room for personal agendas,
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There is a difficult mission ahead -- to build our state, to achieve security for our people, to provide a good life for our people, to give our prisoners freedom, our fugitives a life in dignity, to reach our goal of an independent state,
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If Mr. Sharon is facing internal problems, then I say he cannot solve one problem by creating another, ... It was the correct decision to withdraw from Gaza, and this is a good thing, and he now must continue with the peace process.
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It was a good meeting, ... We discussed the (Gaza) agreement reached yesterday. We discussed the continuation of such meetings.
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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.