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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Today is a day of joy and happiness that our people were deprived of in the past century.
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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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The two leaders will not meet today because negotiators are still engaged in talks to prepare for the meeting. There will be another meeting tonight to try to finalize a joint document.
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Today we are getting part of the payoff of your sacrifice, by seeing the last settlers leaving Gaza. The credit for the evacuation is for you and for the martyrs who sacrificed themselves and gave their lives for the homeland.
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Today we are getting part of the payoff, of your sacrifice, by seeing the last settlers leaving Gaza. The credit for the evacuation is for you and for the martyrs who sacrificed themselves and gave their lives for the homeland.
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Today is the beginning of the fishermen's journey to Jerusalem,
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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 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 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.