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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We will not allow the state of lawlessness, the disorder of weapons, taking law into one's hands, kidnapping and attacks on government institutions and state land to continue, ... No one is above the law.
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We have one law for everyone and no one is above the law. We are not going to tolerate chaos after today.
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We have taken active steps in imposing the rule of law and public order and ban armed demonstrations,
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From today we will not allow armed chaos, the taking of the law into individual hands, or attacks on public property.
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Any aggression against our foreign guests represents a challenge to the rule of law and we will not permit it.
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The constitution gives me clear and definite authority to remove a government from power, but I don't want to use this authority. Everyone should know that by law this power is in my hands.
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The core issue here is that the Israeli government refuses to commit to terms of reference for the negotiations that are based on international law and United Nations resolutions, and that it frantically continues to intensify building of settlements on the territory of the State of Palestine.
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We cannot build foundations of a state without rule of law.
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We look with great worry on what might happen if (Sharon) is impaired.
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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.
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We will not allow the presence of guns. The instructions are clear.
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We are trying to lead our people to a just peace and to security, and we want to pave the way for the next generations.
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The situation along the border is stable and the chaos we saw in the past few days is over,
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There won't be a meeting on October 2, ... We said 'no'. Why? Because if we want a successful meeting, then we should prepare for it.