“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.” WantHandsTodayFallTomorrowIndependentBranchesSovereignPalestineOlivesOlive Branches Author:Mahmoud Abbas
“Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the people of Palestine. We only aim to de-legitimize the settlement activities and the occupation and apartheid and the logic of ruthless force, and we believe that all the countries of the world stand with us in this regard.” PeopleWorldWantBelieveCountryForceCausesEffortActivityGainsLogicRegardAimIsraelOccupationPalestineRuthlessSettlementApartheidLegitimacyCountries Of The World Author:Mahmoud Abbas
“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.” StatesGovernmentLawNationsTermUnitedIssuesBuildingInternationalRefuseCoreCommitResolutionTerritoryPalestinianNegotiationPalestineUnited NationsIsraeliSettlementInternational LawIsraeli Settlements Author:Mahmoud Abbas
“The PLO and the Palestinian people adhere to the renouncement of violence and rejection and condemning of terrorism in all its forms, especially State terrorism, and adhere to all agreements signed between the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel.” PeopleStatesFormViolenceOrganizationIsraelTerrorismLiberationRejectionAgreementPalestinianPalestineCondemning Author:Mahmoud Abbas
“A partnership was established between Hitler's Nazis and the leadership of the Zionist movement... [the Zionists] gave permission to every racist in the world, led by Hitler and the Nazis, to treat Jews as they wish, so long as it guarantees immigration to Palestine.” WorldLongWishMovementTreatsJewIsraelImmigrationGuaranteesRacistPartnershipPermissionNaziPalestineZionist Author:Mahmoud Abbas
“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.” WorldDifferentEndsSufferingRealizingMillionsRightsPalestinianRefugeRefugeePalestineHomelandDifferent PlacePlightDisplacementDiaspora Author:Mahmoud Abbas
