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Mahmoud Abbas Quotes

born 1935 Palestine

Mahmoud Abbas (Arabic: محمود عباس) (born November 15, 1935), commonly known as Abu Mazen (ابو مازن), was elected President (Ra'ees) of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) on 9 January 2005 and took office on 15 January 2005.

Palestine

Also known as: Abbas

Random Mahmoud Abbas quote

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The little jihad is over, and now we have the bigger jihad - the bigger battle is achieving security and economic growth.

We have at least 12 security apparatuses that cannot be controlled by anybody.

From here, our people begin the march towards establishing an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital

We always have hoped that American diplomacy deploys itself in dialogue and persuasion rather than by ultimatums. That is the path we want in international relations.

Today we are visitors to the airport, tomorrow we will come here as travellers.

Israeli and Zionist claims continue by saying that Israel made the desert bloom. As if Palestine was a desert and they made the desert bloom [...] These are lies. They continue to lie, like Goebbels, and they continue to lie until people believe their lies.

I simply want tomorrow to be better than today. I want Palestine to be independent and sovereign... Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Mahmoud Abbas (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.