Mahmoud Abbas Quotations | Page 2

We will put the road map on the table and say that we are ready to implement it completely,

This operation led to regrettable clashes and we hope it will not continue so that we may control the situation.

We could reach a point where I cannot perform my duty. Then I will not continue sitting in this place, against and in spite of my convictions.

The most important message is our readiness, our full readiness to work for the internal security, ... We have deployed forces and we have taken a final decision on uniting the security apparatus, and we will continue applying this decision.

The most important step after the withdrawal will be how we protect, rebuild.

realistic, if we work on it from now.

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon until now has not shown any readiness to sit together with the Palestinians to discuss all the outstanding issues,

fire all directors of the security services who failed to fulfill their duties.

We are embarking on a new era, and we call on the international community to help us return to the negotiating table with the Israelis, to conclude a peace agreement and implement it.

Do you think I am happy to work like this? I want to earn some living to feed my children,

destructive policy toward the truce and the peace process.

As for relations and contacts with the Israelis, we are completely certain they are going to resume very rapidly because there are many things we can tackle with the Israelis and which must be discussed,

As for the relations and contacts with Israelis, we are totally certain that they are going to start again very quickly because there are many issues we must take up with the Israelis.

Ending this deterioration requires the commitment of all parties to end violence and cease fire and begin serious implementation of the road map,

first step towards the liberation of the West Bank and Jerusalem.

Why assume that there will be crisis? Let us resort to dialogue. Everything comes through dialogue.

The parliamentary election will take place in all of the homeland districts on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2006,

We believe maximum effort must be exerted by both sides to maintain the truce because it's in everybody's interest,

We are so happy with this election festival.

We are so happy with this election festival. So far, it's going very well and we hope it will keep going well until the end without any troubles.

This exit of the settlers is one of the fruits of your sacrifices. This step is only the first step that will be completed in the West Bank and in Jerusalem. But the step has come as a result of patience and sacrifices of our people, of martyrs, of wounded, of houses destroyed. All of those have brought us the fruit we are celebrating today.

This exit of the settlers is the result of sacrifices of our people, the patience of our people ... and the wisdom of our people.

This government will continue until the end of the election period,

This is a big responsibility that must be studied carefully.

This is sabotage and aimed at sabotaging the elections, not only the elections, but also the security of Palestinians. The culprits must be punished.

If the preparations can be finalized, there is nothing to prevent this meeting.

If there is proof that the bombers came from inside, we will deal, as usual, with the problem and meet our responsibilities fully.

If Mr. Sharon is facing internal problems, then I say he cannot solve one problem by creating another, ... It was the correct decision to withdraw from Gaza, and this is a good thing, and he now must continue with the peace process.

In the end you both live in the same place ... You aren't far apart like the United States and Japan,

If we build this confidence together, that will lead to other important steps,

If we want a successful meeting, we should prepare for it, ... If this is done, then there is no obstacle to holding the meeting.

I hope that they will change their position in future. I try night and day to convince them to adopt my policies, which are moderate. If they do not, they will end up totally isolated, and thus incapable of accomplishing their mission.

I'm giving the facts. They (the monitors) left at 9:20 a.m., and the Israelis came in at 9:30 a.m. How can we explain that?

Any aggression against our foreign guests represents a challenge to the rule of law and we will not permit it.

The Israelis say: 'OK, we'll impose a unilateral solution' - which means that they will postpone, delay the struggle and they will not solve the problem.

I pray to God to help us. The task is not easy, neither for us nor for the new government.

The two leaders will not meet today because negotiators are still engaged in talks to prepare for the meeting. There will be another meeting tonight to try to finalize a joint document.

It was a good meeting, ... We discussed the (Gaza) agreement reached yesterday. We discussed the continuation of such meetings.

a person who has got the will to work for peace.

The bullets that hit your bodies and the wounds that are still in your bodies are signs of honor,

The information I received from Jordan's prime minister and intelligence chief is dangerous and surprising at the same time.

The elections took place in some areas and we will deal with the results of these areas in a positive way, ... As for the areas in which elections did not take place, we will find a proper solution.

and a dangerous obstacle to the achievement of an independent, sovereign state we seek.

The center will facilitate the media in all they need. ... A group of Cabinet ministers and officials will be ready at all times to answer your questions,

The chaos and security lapses create fertile ground for our enemies to hold back our people as they struggle for freedom and independence.

These issues are certainly harming the peace, and anyone who continues with it of course doesn't want peace.

That made sense, but maybe in hindsight it doesn't look so clever.

This place was a taboo for us for the past 38 years, and now we are standing here.

There will be no military solution to this conflict,

You may have not taken into consideration the issue of elections, or some of you may have believed that I am going to delay the elections.

We will not allow the presence of guns. The instructions are clear.

We will not allow the state of lawlessness, the disorder of weapons, taking law into one's hands, kidnapping and attacks on government institutions and state land to continue, ... No one is above the law.

We will not hesitate to get into such a negotiation. The way to peace is to sit together at the negotiation table, not the path of killings and unilateral actions.

We look with great worry on what might happen if (Sharon) is impaired.

We are trying to lead our people to a just peace and to security, and we want to pave the way for the next generations.

We cannot afford to lose more time, for lots of precious time was wasted.

We want to do the right job at the right time because we want to act as a state, as a responsible authority. Therefore, we are following up on the subject seriously with our brothers in Egypt. Until we reach agreement, we should be patient.

According to the agreement, the truce is continuing and it's not linked to a time ... and everyone knows that,

There will be a procedure to present the government to parliament for discussion and approval.

I am optimistic and I expect that we will reach an overall agreement with everybody for a complete cease-fire in all the territories,

I don't want to talk about whether firing these rockets is important or not, but I wanted to talk about the destructive consequences. No one of us could forget last week's tragedy when a father and his son were killed by a rocket.

If I feel that I can't fulfill this program ... then the seat is not my ultimate ambition.

All of us agree elections must be allowed in Jerusalem too. If elections are not allowed there, all the factions agree the elections must be cancelled.

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.

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

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.

The Zionist movement did not send any assistance, financial or otherwise, for the victims of Nazism and it did not allow any other side to provide any kind of aid. The Zionist movement concealed the information that came from within the ghetto walls and concentration camps, news that shed light on what was really happening. If it had to publish anything, it did so by questioning that information and diminishing its importance.

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.

If you run from a leaking roof you'll end up with a flood.

All of this wasn't enough - the Zionist movement led a broad campaign of incitement against the Jews living under Nazi rule to arouse the government's hatred of them, to fuel vengeance against them and to expand the mass extermination.

We have lost a very important religious figure who dedicated his life to peace and justice for all. [on the death of Pope John Paul II

Give me until the end of the year and I will be able to control the chaos in Gaza, ... Now that the Israeli pullout is completed, we will be able to better deal with the problem.

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

We would continue our commitments, president and cabinet, to the manner of negotiations as a strategic and political reality, through which we would pick up the fruits of our struggle and our people's sacrifice.

All the officers, soldiers and security personnel are asked not to abide by these decisions and to consider them null and void.

The constitution gives me clear and definite authority to remove a government from power, but I don't want to use this authority. Everyone should know that by law this power is in my hands.