The Europeans] fought against these people because of their role in society, which had to do with usury, money, and so on and so forth ...
President of the Palestinian Authority since 2005
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He has held the presidency of the Palestinian Authority since 2005 on a term that expired in 2009. What was meant as a four-year mandate became indefinite extension by council vote, leaving him the internationally recognized leader while his domestic legitimacy remains contested.
Born 15 November 1935, Mahmoud Abbas rose through the ranks of the Palestine Liberation Organization, eventually leading its Negotiations Affairs Department and becoming a key figure in talks toward an Israel–Palestine two-state solution. He served briefly as the Palestinian Authority's first prime minister in 2003 before being elected president in January 2005. Named PLO chairman in 2004 and Fatah party chairman in 2009, he consolidated his position across Palestinian political structures. When his four-year presidential term ended in 2009, he extended it by invoking the PLO constitution, the…
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The Europeans] fought against these people because of their role in society, which had to do with usury, money, and so on and so forth ...
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.
Today we are visitors to the airport, tomorrow we will come here as travellers.
From here, our people begin the march towards establishing an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital
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