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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Peace and security cannot be guaranteed by the construction of walls, by the erection of checkpoints and the confiscation of land, but rather by the recognition of rights.
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We hope that we can reach a satisfactory solution for us, because it's important to have full freedom for people to come in and out, ... This subject is under serious discussion, but there is no agreement at this time ... We hope that we can reach solutions for all the crossings very soon.
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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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In the end you both live in the same place ... You aren't far apart like the United States and Japan,
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If Mr. Sharon is facing internal problems, then I say he cannot solve one problem by creating another, ... It was the correct decision to withdraw from Gaza, and this is a good thing, and he now must continue with the peace process.
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If the preparations can be finalized, there is nothing to prevent this meeting.
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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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I hope that they will change their position in future. I try night and day to convince them to adopt my policies, which are moderate. If they do not, they will end up totally isolated, and thus incapable of accomplishing their mission.
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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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I don't want to talk about whether firing these rockets is important or not, but I wanted to talk about the destructive consequences. No one of us could forget last week's tragedy when a father and his son were killed by a rocket.
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If I feel that I can't fulfill this program ... then the seat is not my ultimate ambition.
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According to the agreement, the truce is continuing and it's not linked to a time ... and everyone knows that,
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It was a good meeting, ... We discussed the (Gaza) agreement reached yesterday. We discussed the continuation of such meetings.
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Any aggression against our foreign guests represents a challenge to the rule of law and we will not permit it.