President Mahmoud Abbas [Abu Mazen] is known as the Palestinian politician most dedicated to a peacefully negotiated end to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Abbas has long been considered an exponent of a peaceful solution to the conflict. He advocated negotiations with Israelis and initiated a dialogue with Jewish and pacifist movements in the 1970s.
Abbas succeeded Yasser Arafat as the head of the Palestinian Liberation Organization and in 2005 was elected president of the Palestinian Authority. The fundraiser and scholar, Abbas was a founding member of Fatah, the political party that controls the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO).
(1935 – )
– Mahmoud Abbas Quotes –
We have accepted the principle of democracy and we are committed to respect the popular verdict and the result of that national consultation.
~ Mahmoud Abbas
We want the Israelis to leave. They want to leave – so let us let them leave.
~ Mahmoud Abbas
There is absolutely no substitution for dialogue.
~ Mahmoud Abbas
No state on earth can afford to allow several authorities to co-exist next to one another.
~ Mahmoud Abbas
We expect President Bush to implement his own vision of a two-state solution, the birth of the Palestinian State and the ending of the occupation that started in 1967.
~ Mahmoud Abbas
We need international support so that our people live a life of normality, of dignity, of liberty and freedom. I hope that our cry for freedom may be heard.
~ Mahmoud Abbas
We cannot build foundations of a state without rule of law.
~ Mahmoud Abbas
There is a requirement to ensure the withdrawal takes place in a civilized manner. We will be able to show the world we deserve independence and freedom.
~ Mahmoud Abbas
I can certainly put myself in Israel’s shoes. They are humans just like we are. They want peace and security inside their borders.
~ Mahmoud Abbas
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.
~ Mahmoud Abbas
We have one authority and one law and everyone has the responsibility to follow that law and that authority.
~ Mahmoud Abbas
