Abbas Quotes

You never know. I might be wanted. - Mahmoud Abbas

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. - Mahmoud Abbas

You know, I said in the U.N., I said to President Abbas, 'Look, we're in the same city, we're in the same building, for God's sake, the U.N. Let's just sit down and begin to talk peace.' - Benjamin Netanyahu

You either provide me support so that I can be loyal to this trust you have put in me, or you take it back. - Mahmoud Abbas

Yet this climate of peace needs the help of the US and the international community: For without sustained pressure on the Israeli government to sit down and negotiate, Israel will only bolster those within Palestinian society who do not share the majority's desire for peace. - Mahmud Abbas

Working to promote a culture of peace and to reject violence and eliminate its causes. - Mahmud Abbas

With regard to dealing with the Palestinian organizations, this is our affair... We know more and are more capable than others in dealing with our brothers. - Mahmoud Abbas

While we respect [Abbas] and are prepared to deal with him in the same manner we have done, we won't be able to continue the same pattern of relations if he chooses to surrender to the existence of a terrorist organization rather than act to disarm it. - Ehud Olmert

While equipment has become much cheaper and user-friendly in the last decade, the human resources to effectively use video should not be underestimated. - Hakima Abbas