Mahmoud Abbas quotes

Mahmoud Abbas is a Palestinian political leader and the President of the Palestinian Authority. A prominent figure in Middle East peace negotiations, he has played a significant role in Palestinian politics for decades. He continues to advocate for a two-state solution and the rights of the Palestinian people. Here are 18 of his quotes:

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. (Mahmoud Abbas)
From here, our people begin the march towards establishing an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital. View 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. View quote
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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. View quote
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We cannot build foundations of a state without rule of law. View quote
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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. View quote
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We have at least 12 security apparatuses that cannot be controlled by anybody. View quote
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Today we are visitors to the airport, tomorrow we will come here as travellers. View quote
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I can certainly put myself in Israel's shoes. They are humans just like we are. They want peace and security inside their borders. View quote
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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. View quote
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We cannot build a viable state with a country that is disintegrating into small pieces. (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. View quote
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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. View quote
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We want the Israelis to leave. They want to leave - so let us let them leave. View quote
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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. View quote
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No state on earth can afford to allow several authorities to co-exist next to one another. View quote
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We have one authority and one law and everyone has the responsibility to follow that law and that authority. View quote
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I say: The time has come for my courageous and proud people, after decades of displacement and colonial occupation and ceaseless suffering, to live like other peoples of the earth, free in a sovereign and independent homeland. View quote
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