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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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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I have dealt with him and I know him well. He has his positions and his views but we will deal with him without any preconceptions.
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We are fully aware that the movement of finance is now globally subject to many inspections. I don't think the world can allow the entry of this type of money.
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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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Today, I'm going to call the designated prime minister, we are going to see the formation of this government.
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I am convinced that we could sign a peace accord in less than a year.
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I am always optimistic, because at the end we will ultimately reach agreement. But I reaffirm we will not accept a partial agreement,
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I am ready to meet him as soon as possible and I hope to sit round the negotiating table immediately.
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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.
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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.