This exit of the settlers is one of the fruits of your sacrifices. This step is only the first step that will be completed in the West Bank and in Jerusalem. But the step has come as a result of patience and sacrifices of our people, of martyrs, of wounded, of houses destroyed. All of those have brought us the fruit we are celebrating today.
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It is no secret that the Palestinian people have the ambition that these negotiations will enable them to live in their own independent state with the boundaries of June 4, 1967, and with its capital Jerusalem.
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We recognize that Palestinians need help in consolidating security forces and training security forces that would defeat the terrorists that would like to stop the march of freedom.
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This is a terrorist operation in all the meanings of the word, ... If we want to characterize such operations, we would say that they are obstacles to every effort.
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These are days of glory,
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Today we are getting part of the payoff, of your sacrifice, by seeing the last settlers leaving Gaza, ... The credit for the evacuation is for you and for the martyrs who sacrificed themselves and gave their lives for the homeland.
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[Abbas laid the cornerstone for a new Arafat memorial, even as he acknowledged that his predecessor had no wish for a grandiose building.] He had no dreams of having a palace in Palestine but only to have a grave in Jerusalem, ... God willing, he will be buried in Jerusalem.
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Today, I'm going to call the designated prime minister, we are going to see the formation of this government.
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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.
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only with an international agreement because we want to do the right thing at the right time, to behave as a state in a responsible way.
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There is a struggle under way for the hearts and minds of the Palestinian people between the moderates and the fundamentalists,
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We are fully aware that the movement of finance is now globally subject to many inspections. I don't think the world can allow the entry of this type of money.
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We need to look at the West Bank and end the occupation there,
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It was a good meeting,
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Today Gaza, tomorrow Jerusalem.
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lowest level in four years.
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While we are happy the Israelis have left Gaza ... we really have no hope for the future here in the West Bank,
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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 our cry for freedom may be heard.
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I tell you, frankly, we have a historical opportunity that hinges on our good performance. Today there is no room for personal agendas,
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Of course, I am going to ask the majority party to form the government.
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We are watching with great worry at what might happen if he is harmed.
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We cannot build foundations of a state without rule of law.
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We know there are some groups that want to harm us.
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it is against our interests and it only increases the violence in this region.
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for the sake of peace and the future of both peoples and the region.
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I am committed to implementing [the] program on which you elected me a year ago. It is a program based on negotiations and peaceful settlement with Israel.
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