“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.” MenFeelsLongTwoPainKnownSupportRevolutionKingsSorrowHolyLong TimeCommitmentPalestinian1960sMosquesCustodians 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
“From here [the Gaza withdrawal], our people begin the march towards establishing an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital” PeopleStatesIndependentMarchPalestinianJerusalemGazaWithdrawal Author:Mahmoud Abbas
“Israel reoccupied the cities of the West Bank by a unilateral action, and reestablished the civil and military occupation by a unilateral action, and it is the one that determines whether or not a Palestinian citizen has the right to reside in any part of the Palestinian Territory.” ActionCitiesMilitaryCitizensWestDetermineIsraelOccupationTerritoryPalestinian 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
