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    Abbas said that he was not setting preconditions for resuming peace talks with Israel, but was only demanding the implementation of the road map plan for peace in the Middle East. "We have accepted the road map and United Nations resolutions and we have fulfilled all our obligations toward the peace process" Abbas declared. "We have made big achievements regarding security and the economy [in the West Bank], while the Israelis haven't done anything." Full Article at Jerusalem Post
    We have accepted the road map and United Nations resolutions and we have fulfilled all our obligations toward the peace process
    Mahmoud Abbas – Mahmoud Abbas SOURCE: Jerusalem Post 3 weeks ago
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Abbas claims Israel doesn't want peace or two-state solution
  1. There is no substitute for President Abbas
    SOURCE: Jerusalem Post 3 weeks ago
  2. The emergence of a Palestinian state will only be the result of consensus and successful negotiations
    SOURCE: Jerusalem Post 3 weeks ago
  3. This authority was created so that it could prepare for the establishment of a Palestinian state ... But after more than 15 years of thorough negotiations with Israel, this state still hasn't been established.
    SOURCE: Jerusalem Post 3 weeks ago
  4. No matter how much they [Israel] try to assault our holy sites and lands, we won't allow them to do so ... Jerusalem will remain the eternal capital of the Palestinian people.
    SOURCE: Jerusalem Post 3 weeks ago
  5. Fayad does not represent the Palestinian people ... His ideas are aimed at covering up for the failure of the so-called peace process.
    SOURCE: Jerusalem Post 3 weeks ago
  6. There's a feeling that the Americans have reached a decision to turn Fayad into the president of the Palestinian Authority ... This has created tensions between the two men.
    SOURCE: Jerusalem Post 3 weeks ago
  7. We have made big achievements regarding security and the economy [in the West Bank], while the Israelis haven't done anything.
    SOURCE: Jerusalem Post 3 weeks ago
  8. A negotiated peace is the only game in town at the moment
    SOURCE: Jerusalem Post 3 weeks ago
  9. I don't know what the Israelis want ... They must start thinking about what needs to be done if they really want peace.
    SOURCE: Jerusalem Post 3 weeks ago

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