We say to the Israeli government that we are a peaceful nation but we want our rights.

We call on the Israeli government to stop these measures which are only intended to isolate the Palestinian Authority.

Any Israeli government must cooperate with us and must not ignore the Palestinian side.

The constitution gives me explicit and definite authority to remove a government from power, but I don't want to use this authority. But everyone should know that by law I have this power in my hands.

when the occasion presents itself.

President Mahmud Abbas on Friday November 11, 2005 laid the foundation stone of the mausoleum of the late president Yasser Arafat,