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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The most important step after the withdrawal will be how we protect, rebuild.
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This place was a taboo for us for the past 38 years, and now we are standing here.
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All the officers, soldiers and security personnel are asked not to abide by these decisions and to consider them null and void.
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As for relations and contacts with the Israelis, we are completely certain they are going to resume very rapidly because there are many things we can tackle with the Israelis and which must be discussed,
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I pray to God to help us. The task is not easy, neither for us nor for the new government.
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It is absolutely unacceptable for the border to be stormed, ... We must resolve this problem in a civilized manner.
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Do you think I am happy to work like this? I want to earn some living to feed my children,
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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.
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As for the relations and contacts with Israelis, we are totally certain that they are going to start again very quickly because there are many issues we must take up with the Israelis.
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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.
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I am optimistic and I expect that we will reach an overall agreement with everybody for a complete cease-fire in all the territories,
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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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It is necessary for everyone to be committed to a calm agreement.
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fully accounted for and used in the way it was intended.