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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.

— Mahmoud Abbas

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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.

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