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"Leaders and faction representatives: The Bahrain workshop is a holocaust for the basic Arab principles and the Palestinians’ rights"

Headline: “[PA] President: Our recognition of Israel cannot be for free, and it must implement the agreements that have been signed” “[PA] President Mahmoud Abbas emphasized that ‘Our recognition of the State of Israel cannot be for free, for at the same time there needs to be Israeli recognition...”

“Secretary-General of the PLO Executive Committee [and Fatah Central Committee member] Dr. Saeb Erekat… said in a speech he gave at the Palestinian National Security Summit held in Gaza that … in regard to everything related to the peace process, ‘We are striving for peace and interested in peace,...”

“[PA Minister of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa] Karake called the Israeli bill forbidding the release of prisoners a political injustice on the part of Israel, saying that it reflects the control of the racist, extremist right-wing trend in Israel... Karake noted that the Israeli government has tied its...”

“[Palestinian] Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah participated in the weekly sit-down strike held by the prisoners’ families in front of the Red Cross headquarters in Tulkarem yesterday [May 6, 2014]. Hamdallah asserted that President Mahmoud Abbas will not resume negotiations unless all prisoners are...”

“Dozens of angry citizens demonstrated yesterday evening [March 29, 2014] in front of the gate of the Ofer military camp near Ramallah to protest Israel’s delay in releasing the fourth group of prisoners [arrested] before [the] Oslo [Accords]… [PA] Minister of Prisoners’ Affairs [Issa Karake] said:...”

“On the refugee issue, the President [Mahmoud Abbas] said, according to [Israeli political party Meretz Chairwoman MP Zehava] Galon: ‘The claim that I intend and plan to return five million Palestinian refugees is a joke and nothing more, because I do not want to destroy Israel, and not a single...”

Extract from PA President Mahmoud Abbas’ speech to Israeli students: "On the refugee issue: there has been propaganda maintaining that Mahmoud Abbas wants to return five million refugees to Israel in order to destroy the State of Israel. No such statement was ever made. All we said was, ‘let’s put..."

"Spokesman for PA Chairman Abbas, Nabil Abu Rudeina said that statements made by Minister of Justice and head of the Israeli negotiating team Tzipi Livni should be considered official threats and are unacceptable... He added that Livni's statements make her a party that cannot be negotiated with..."

‎“[PA] Minister of Prisoners’ [Affairs] Issa ‎Karake said that the prisoner issue would ‎be a central part of any agreement with the ‎Israeli side – whether it be a framework ‎agreement, [a document of] principles, or ‎an extension of the negotiations – in a way ‎that will require the inclusion of...”

“Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem for the Christian denominations that follow the Eastern [Orthodox] Calendar – the Greek Orthodox, Assyrians, Copts and Abyssinians – culminated in Midnight Mass led by Greek Orthodox Patriarch of the city, the rest of Palestine and Jordan, Theophilos III. [The...”

Headline: “Erekat: ‘We oppose extending the peace talks’” “Chief [PA] negotiator Saeb Erekat yesterday [Dec. 23, 2013] ruled out any extension of peace talks with Israel beyond the agreed upon nine months. Negotiations are set to end on April 29 [2014]. Erekat told Voice of Palestine radio that ‘we...”

“Member of the PLO Executive Committee and head of the Refugee Department [in the PLO] Zakariya Al-Agha demanded that the international community put an end to the historical injustice caused to the Palestinian people and end the tragedy of the Palestinian refugees who have been living in refugee...”

Excerpt from Abbas’ speech at the World Economic Forum in Jordan: “Palestine has spiritual and religious prominence and also an extraordinary geographic location. This is the land of the three monotheistic religions, the land of peace, to which hundreds of millions of people turn… In a few days, 46...”

Headline: "Al-Agha: [UN] Resolution 194 guarantees the right of return, which will not be ‎harmed or influenced by the establishment of the Palestinian state"‎ ‎"Member of the PLO Executive Committee and head of its department for refugee ‎affairs, Zakariya Al-Agha, emphasized that the right of..."

“The President [Abbas] emphasized that in September the Palestinian leadership will pass a resolution which no-one will have dreamed of, if the available options concerning the peace process fail… President Abbas made it clear that the Arab Peace Initiative is the ideal solution to the Arab-Israeli...”

“Head of the PLO negotiations department, Saeb Erekat… in an exclusive statement to WAFA, while he accompanied President Mahmoud Abbas to Egypt, said: ‘We informed the American administration that it would not obtain a cessation of settlement from Netanyahu, and therefore the Israeli government...”

“During a joint press conference with the Egyptian Foreign Minister... the President [Abbas] said: ‘We spoke about the Palestinians’ options, and we said that these options will proceed one after the other, but the first of them is the renewal of direct negotiations, if Israel will cease all its...”