If we want a successful meeting, we should prepare for it, ... If this is done, then there is no obstacle to holding the meeting.

[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.

There is no point at the moment, it would be a useless step that would be destined to start a civil war,

I renew the pledge to continue on the path that he started and exert whatever efforts are needed to raise the flag of Palestine on the walls, the minarets and the churches of Jerusalem.

I renew the pledge to continue on the path that he started and exert whatever efforts are needed to raise the flag of Palestine on the walls, the minarets and the churches of Jerusalem,

I think every Palestinian now has his passport ready in his pocket,