In a speech at the Freedom and Liberty Festival in the presidential
headquarters in Ramallah, Abbas made it clear that the liberation of Gaza will not be completed until there is a complete Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and Jerusalem city, and a Palestinian "viable, contiguous and independent state with Jerusalem as its capital" is established, the official news agency WAFA reported.
He rejected partial and unilateral solutions to the Palestinian conflict with Israel and said there is no alternative to the comprehensive solution.
"The comprehensive solution is the path and not the partial and unilateral solutions," he said.
"The solution should be based on partnership and negotiations and not on unilateralism and dictate."
Abbas rejected "the so-called state with temporary borders. All of us must say no to a state with temporary borders," he insisted.
He also pointed out that no comprehensive settlement could be reached
without "a just and agreed upon solution" for the Palestinian refugees
issue, based on the United Nations Resolution 194 of 1949, and the removal of all the Jewish colonies that Israel built on Palestinian land it occupied in 1967.
Abbas confirmed the Palestinian legislative elections will run on time, on January 25.
"We are not going to comply with outside dictates," he said. "We have
decided who has the right to take part in this election, and no one has control over us," he said.
Agony of Weapons Chaos 'Must Stop'
Commenting on the deteriorating security situation, Abbas said: "We need security as a matter of national interest. We all must preserve security for the sake of our people. So we all should stop this chaos."
Abbas was referring to armed parades like the Hamas rally on Friday, when 19 Palestinians were killed in a blast.
"I greet you today in these moments of sadness and anger that spoiled our happiness and joy over the departure of the settlers and soldiers," he saluted his audience.
"Today, we are required more than ever to end this tragedy that resulted from chaos and military parades in residential areas," he said, adding that he was "dumbfounded, pained and shocked" by the casualties at the rally.
"What happened yesterday is what we always feared would happen, and what we always warned against.
"This continuous agony must stop, the agony of the weapons chaos, of the rallies, all at the expense of law and order in residential areas," he said.
"We must stop parading our weapons and stop using guns among the people," Abbas concluded.
Abed Rabbo: Normalization Linked to Ending Occupation
The Freedom and Liberty Festival was attended by the diplomatic corps,
Israeli Arab Knesset members, the Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei, Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council Rawhi Fattouh, PLO Executive Committee members, cabinet ministers, national and religious figures, and several thousands of Palestinian citizens.
Member of the PLO Executive Committee Yaser Abed Rabbo addressed the
audience on behalf of the organizers of the festival.
"The departure of the (Israeli) occupation from the Gaza Strip is a national achievement for every and each Palestinian," Abed Rabbo said.
However, "this achievement remains incomplete because Gaza will not be free until the larger part of the homeland is liberated, the restrictions on the movement inside the homeland and with the outside world are lifted, and all the prerequisites for sovereignty are met," Abed Rabbo added.
"Gaza should be a prelude to a comprehensive solution that leads to the creation of a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders, and to a just solution of the (Palestinian) refugee question according to the UN Resolution 194," he indicated.
Abed Rabbo stressed the need of the Palestinian people to restore their national unity on the basis of "the popular struggle against the occupation, commitment to the PLO platform," and the Palestinian and the Arab peace initiatives.
He called on the Arab world to adhere to the Arab peace initiative "which linked normalization with the occupation state (Israel) to ending the occupation and the establishment of the state of Palestine."
The Arab peace initiative did not link normalization with Israel "to an incomplete solution and incomplete withdrawal from Gaza, that is accompanied by the colonial expansion in Jerusalem and the West Bank," Abed Rabbo reminded the audience, according to WAFA.
No Mention of the Roadmap or Disarmament
Abbas Rejects Unilateral Solutions, Temporary-border State
Abed Rabbo: Arab Initiative Links 'Normalization' to Ending Occupation 25/09/2005
Palestine Media Center - PMC [Official PA website]
President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday confirmed Palestinian Leadership's
commitment to the PLO political platform, peace and the Arab peace
initiative, and rejected partial and unilateral solutions to the conflict with Israel, including the so-called state with a temporary borders.
"We adhere to the platform of the Palestine Liberation Organization, the sole and legitimate representative of our people" Abbas told an audience of several thousand supporters and guests in the West Bank town of Ramallah on Saturday.
In a speech at the Freedom and Liberty Festival in the presidential
headquarters in Ramallah, Abbas made it clear that the liberation of Gaza will not be completed until there is a complete Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and Jerusalem city, and a Palestinian "viable, contiguous and independent state with Jerusalem as its capital" is established, the official news agency WAFA reported.
He rejected partial and unilateral solutions to the Palestinian conflict with Israel and said there is no alternative to the comprehensive solution.
"The comprehensive solution is the path and not the partial and unilateral solutions," he said.
"The solution should be based on partnership and negotiations and not on unilateralism and dictate."
Abbas rejected "the so-called state with temporary borders. All of us must say no to a state with temporary borders," he insisted.
He also pointed out that no comprehensive settlement could be reached
without "a just and agreed upon solution" for the Palestinian refugees
issue, based on the United Nations Resolution 194 of 1949, and the removal of all the Jewish colonies that Israel built on Palestinian land it occupied in 1967.
Abbas confirmed the Palestinian legislative elections will run on time, on January 25.
"We are not going to comply with outside dictates," he said. "We have
decided who has the right to take part in this election, and no one has control over us," he said.
Agony of Weapons Chaos 'Must Stop'
Commenting on the deteriorating security situation, Abbas said: "We need security as a matter of national interest. We all must preserve security for the sake of our people. So we all should stop this chaos."
Abbas was referring to armed parades like the Hamas rally on Friday, when 19 Palestinians were killed in a blast.
"I greet you today in these moments of sadness and anger that spoiled our happiness and joy over the departure of the settlers and soldiers," he saluted his audience.
"Today, we are required more than ever to end this tragedy that resulted from chaos and military parades in residential areas," he said, adding that he was "dumbfounded, pained and shocked" by the casualties at the rally.
"What happened yesterday is what we always feared would happen, and what we always warned against.
"This continuous agony must stop, the agony of the weapons chaos, of the rallies, all at the expense of law and order in residential areas," he said.
"We must stop parading our weapons and stop using guns among the people," Abbas concluded.
Abed Rabbo: Normalization Linked to Ending Occupation
The Freedom and Liberty Festival was attended by the diplomatic corps,
Israeli Arab Knesset members, the Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei, Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council Rawhi Fattouh, PLO Executive Committee members, cabinet ministers, national and religious figures, and several thousands of Palestinian citizens.
Member of the PLO Executive Committee Yaser Abed Rabbo addressed the
audience on behalf of the organizers of the festival.
"The departure of the (Israeli) occupation from the Gaza Strip is a national achievement for every and each Palestinian," Abed Rabbo said.
However, "this achievement remains incomplete because Gaza will not be free until the larger part of the homeland is liberated, the restrictions on the movement inside the homeland and with the outside world are lifted, and all the prerequisites for sovereignty are met," Abed Rabbo added.
"Gaza should be a prelude to a comprehensive solution that leads to the creation of a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders, and to a just solution of the (Palestinian) refugee question according to the UN Resolution 194," he indicated.
Abed Rabbo stressed the need of the Palestinian people to restore their national unity on the basis of "the popular struggle against the occupation, commitment to the PLO platform," and the Palestinian and the Arab peace initiatives.
He called on the Arab world to adhere to the Arab peace initiative "which linked normalization with the occupation state (Israel) to ending the occupation and the establishment of the state of Palestine."
The Arab peace initiative did not link normalization with Israel "to an incomplete solution and incomplete withdrawal from Gaza, that is accompanied by the colonial expansion in Jerusalem and the West Bank," Abed Rabbo reminded the audience, according to WAFA.
Posted by Ted Belman at September 25, 2005 09:11 AM