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
agreement call community conclude help implement peace return table
We are embarking on a new era, and we call on the international community to help us return to the negotiating table with the Israelis, to conclude a peace agreement and implement it.
districts election homeland
The parliamentary election will take place in all of the homeland districts on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2006,
rights suffering different
The time has come to end the suffering and the plight of millions of Palestine refugees in the homeland and the Diaspora, to end their displacement and to realize their rights, some of them forced to take refuge more than once in different places of the world.
growth battle littles
The little jihad is over, and now we have the bigger jihad - the bigger battle is achieving security and economic growth
shoes israel boots
I can certainly put myself in Israel's shoes. They are humans just like we are. They want peace and security inside their borders.
law foundation states
We cannot build foundations of a state without rule of law.
kings pain commitment
We feel sorrow and pain over the death of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd. We have known this man for a long time... he showed support and commitment to the Palestinian revolution and to Fatah since the 1960s.
government hatred campaigns
All of this wasn't enough - the Zionist movement led a broad campaign of incitement against the Jews living under Nazi rule to arouse the government's hatred of them, to fuel vengeance against them and to expand the mass extermination.
government law issues
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.
religious justice-for-all important
We have lost a very important religious figure who dedicated his life to peace and justice for all. [on the death of Pope John Paul II
years giving able
Give me until the end of the year and I will be able to control the chaos in Gaza, ... Now that the Israeli pullout is completed, we will be able to better deal with the problem.
running ends flood
If you run from a leaking roof you'll end up with a flood.
independent people withdrawal
From here [the Gaza withdrawal], our people begin the march towards establishing an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital
next earth authority
No state on earth can afford to allow several authorities to co-exist next to one another.