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# Mahmoud Abbas

(1935)   Politician   Palestine

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Mahmoud Abbas is a politician from Palestine, best known for *Through secret channels*.

## Quick Facts About Mahmoud Abbas

Born November 15, 1935

Nationality Palestine

Profession Politician

Notable works Through secret channels

Known for The Other Side: The Secret Relationship Between Nazism and Zionism

Spouse Amina Abbas

## About Mahmoud Abbas

Mahmoud Abbas, also known by the kunya Abu Mazen, is a Palestinian politician who has been serving as the second president of Palestine and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) since 2005. He has also been the fourth chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) since 2004. Abbas is also a member of the Fatah party and was elected the party's chairman in 2009.

## Awards & Honors

Order of Francisco de Miranda Order of Merit National Order of Merit Order of Al-Fakhr Order of Glory and Honor honorary doctorate Order of the Umayyads Order of the Grand Star of Djibouti

Show 13 more awards Juan Pablo Duarte Order of Merit honorary doctor of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations Order of the Distinguished Rule of Izzuddin Medal of Friends of the Algerian Revolution honorary doctor of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia Order of Isa II Order of the State of Palestine Order of the Star of Romania Order of the Republic Order of Zayed Order of Merit of Duarte, Sanchez and Mella Order of Friendship Order of Mubarak the Great

##  Quotes by Mahmoud Abbas

> [We have one authority and one law and everyone has the responsibility to follow that law and that authority.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-abbas/we-have-one-authority-and-one-law-and-everyone-has-the-responsibility/)

[Mahmoud Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-abbas/)

[Authority](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authority/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e4/mahmoud-abbas-18841_authority_we-have-one-authority-and-one-law-and-ev_1713267.jpg)

> [We want the Israelis to leave. They want to leave - so let us let them leave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-abbas/we-want-the-israelis-to-leave-they-want-to-leave-so-let-us-let-them/)

[Mahmoud Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-abbas/)

[Israel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/israel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5e/mahmoud-abbas-18841_israel_we-want-the-israelis-to-leave-they-want_2391164.jpg)

> [We cannot build a viable state with a country that is disintegrating into small pieces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-abbas/we-cannot-build-a-viable-state-with-a-country-that-is-disintegrating/)

[Mahmoud Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-abbas/)

[Country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ef/mahmoud-abbas-18841_country_we-cannot-build-a-viable-state-with-a-co_530284.jpg)

> [If you run from a leaking roof you'll end up with a flood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-abbas/if-you-run-from-a-leaking-roof-you-ll-end-up-with-a-flood/)

[Mahmoud Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-abbas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ad/mahmoud-abbas-18841_ends_if-you-run-from-a-leaking-roof-you-ll-en_3209772.jpg)

> [No state on earth can afford to allow several authorities to co-exist next to one another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-abbas/no-state-on-earth-can-afford-to-allow-several-authorities-to-co-exist/)

[Mahmoud Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-abbas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38c/mahmoud-abbas-18841_authorities_no-state-on-earth-can-afford-to-allow-se_334436.jpg)

> [We cannot build foundations of a state without rule of law.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-abbas/we-cannot-build-foundations-of-a-state-without-rule-of-law/)

[Mahmoud Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-abbas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf3/mahmoud-abbas-18841_foundation_we-cannot-build-foundations-of-a-state-w_2086781.jpg)

> [There is a requirement to ensure the withdrawal takes place in a civilized manner. We will be able to show the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-abbas/there-is-a-requirement-to-ensure-the-withdrawal-takes-place-in-a/)

[Mahmoud Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-abbas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36d/mahmoud-abbas-18841_able_there-is-a-requirement-to-ensure-the-wit_530881.jpg)

> [We have lost a very important religious figure who dedicated his life to peace and justice for all. \[on the death of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-abbas/we-have-lost-a-very-important-religious-figure-who-dedicated-his-life/)

[Mahmoud Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-abbas/)

[Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b35/mahmoud-abbas-18841_death_we-have-lost-a-very-important-religious_2219867.jpg)

> [Let us all pledge to protect this opportunity in order to see that the wish of peace becomes a true and daily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-abbas/let-us-all-pledge-to-protect-this-opportunity-in-order-to-see-that/)

[Mahmoud Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-abbas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43c/mahmoud-abbas-18841_becomes_let-us-all-pledge-to-protect-this-opport_321687.jpg)

> [We would continue our commitments, president and cabinet, to the manner of negotiations as a strategic and political reality, through which we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-abbas/we-would-continue-our-commitments-president-and-cabinet-to-the-manner/)

[Mahmoud Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-abbas/)

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> [The little jihad is over, and now we have the bigger jihad - the bigger battle is achieving security and economic growth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-abbas/the-little-jihad-is-over-and-now-we-have-the-bigger-jihad-the-bigger/)

[Mahmoud Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-abbas/)

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> [Give me until the end of the year and I will be able to control the chaos in Gaza, ... Now that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-abbas/give-me-until-the-end-of-the-year-and-i-will-be-able-to-control-the/)

[Mahmoud Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-abbas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a44/mahmoud-abbas-18841_able_give-me-until-the-end-of-the-year-and-i_1386145.jpg)

> [I simply want tomorrow to be better than today. I want Palestine to be independent and sovereign... Do not let the olive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-abbas/i-simply-want-tomorrow-to-be-better-than-today-i-want-palestine-to-be/)

[Mahmoud Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-abbas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f0/mahmoud-abbas-18841_branches_i-simply-want-tomorrow-to-be-better-than_3236029.jpg)

> [ From here \[the Gaza withdrawal\], our people begin the march towards establishing an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-abbas/from-here-the-gaza-withdrawal-our-people-begin-the-march-towards/)

[Mahmoud Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-abbas/)

[Gaza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gaza/)

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> [Here, I declare that the Palestine Liberation Organization is ready to return immediately to the negotiating table on the basis of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-abbas/here-i-declare-that-the-palestine-liberation-organization-is-ready-to/)

[Mahmoud Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-abbas/)

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> [And also I assert our interest in respecting all our obligations and implementing all our commitments. And will save no effort whatever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-abbas/and-also-i-assert-our-interest-in-respecting-all-our-obligations-and/)

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> [All of this wasn't enough - the Zionist movement led a broad campaign of incitement against the Jews living under Nazi rule…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-abbas/all-of-this-wasn-t-enough-the-zionist-movement-led-a-broad-campaign/)

[Mahmoud Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-abbas/)

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> [Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-abbas/our-efforts-are-not-aimed-at-isolating-israel-or-de-legitimizing-it/)

[Mahmoud Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-abbas/)

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> [We have agreed with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to cease all acts of violence against the Israelis and against the Palestinians wherever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-abbas/we-have-agreed-with-prime-minister-ariel-sharon-to-cease-all-acts-of/)

[Mahmoud Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-abbas/)

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> [ A partnership was established between Hitler's Nazis and the leadership of the Zionist movement... \[the Zionists\] gave permission to every racist in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-abbas/a-partnership-was-established-between-hitler-s-nazis-and-the/)

[Mahmoud Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-abbas/)

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> [The time has come to end the suffering and the plight of millions of Palestine refugees in the homeland and the Diaspora,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-abbas/the-time-has-come-to-end-the-suffering-and-the-plight-of-millions-of/)

[Mahmoud Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-abbas/)

[Diaspora](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/diaspora/)

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> [The PLO and the Palestinian people adhere to the renouncement of violence and rejection and condemning of terrorism in all its forms,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-abbas/the-plo-and-the-palestinian-people-adhere-to-the-renouncement-of/)

[Mahmoud Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-abbas/)

[Agreement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agreement/)

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> [We differ on several issues. And this may include settlement, the release of prisoners, the wall closing institutions in Jerusalem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-abbas/we-differ-on-several-issues-and-this-may-include-settlement-the/)

[Mahmoud Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-abbas/)

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> [It is high time that the Palestinian people restore their freedom and independence. It is high time that the decades, the long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-abbas/it-is-high-time-that-the-palestinian-people-restore-their-freedom-and/)

[Mahmoud Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-abbas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab3/mahmoud-abbas-18841_decades_it-is-high-time-that-the-palestinian-peo_1907432.jpg)

> [I can certainly put myself in Israel's shoes. They are humans just like we are. They want peace and security inside their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-abbas/i-can-certainly-put-myself-in-israel-s-shoes-they-are-humans-just/)

[Mahmoud Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-abbas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2da/mahmoud-abbas-18841_boots_i-can-certainly-put-myself-in-israel-s-s_1500801.jpg)

> [We have accepted the principle of democracy and we are committed to respect the popular verdict and the result of that national…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-abbas/we-have-accepted-the-principle-of-democracy-and-we-are-committed-to/)

[Mahmoud Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-abbas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b6/mahmoud-abbas-18841_accepted_we-have-accepted-the-principle-of-democr_1784348.jpg)

> [We expect President Bush to implement his own vision of a two-state solution, the birth of the Palestinian State and the ending…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-abbas/we-expect-president-bush-to-implement-his-own-vision-of-a-two-state/)

[Mahmoud Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-abbas/)

[Birth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/birth/)

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> [We always have hoped that American diplomacy deploys itself in dialogue and persuasion rather than by ultimatums. That is the path we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-abbas/we-always-have-hoped-that-american-diplomacy-deploys-itself-in/)

[Mahmoud Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-abbas/)

[Afterlife](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/afterlife/)

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> [We need international support so that our people live a life of normality, of dignity, of liberty and freedom. I hope that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-abbas/we-need-international-support-so-that-our-people-live-a-life-of/)

[Mahmoud Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-abbas/)

[Cry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cry/)

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> [I say: The time has come for my courageous and proud people, after decades of displacement and colonial occupation and ceaseless suffering,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-abbas/i-say-the-time-has-come-for-my-courageous-and-proud-people-after/)

[Mahmoud Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-abbas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d8/mahmoud-abbas-18841_after_i-say-the-time-has-come-for-my-courageou_1302829.jpg)

> [We feel sorrow and pain over the death of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd. We have known this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-abbas/we-feel-sorrow-and-pain-over-the-death-of-the-custodian-of-the-two/)

[Mahmoud Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-abbas/)

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> [The core issue here is that the Israeli government refuses to commit to terms of reference for the negotiations that are based…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-abbas/the-core-issue-here-is-that-the-israeli-government-refuses-to-commit/)

[Mahmoud Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-abbas/)

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> [Israel reoccupied the cities of the West Bank by a unilateral action, and reestablished the civil and military occupation by a unilateral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-abbas/israel-reoccupied-the-cities-of-the-west-bank-by-a-unilateral-action/)

[Mahmoud Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-abbas/)

[Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/)

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> [The Zionist movement did not send any assistance, financial or otherwise, for the victims of Nazism and it did not allow any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-abbas/the-zionist-movement-did-not-send-any-assistance-financial-or/)

[Mahmoud Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-abbas/)

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## Mahmoud Abbas by topic

[Israel (18)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/israel/mahmoud-abbas/)

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