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"President Abbas welcomed this initiative that calls to coordinate the efforts to deal with this dangerous epidemic"

"They have become a role model even in their willingness to coordinate with those who are occupying them in order to eradicate this epidemic"

"We must act wisely and fight the occupation through peaceful popular demonstrations."

“Israeli peace activists marked the international day of solidarity with our people”

"We will... act to spread the culture of peace and battle terror in our region and the world"

"The humaneness that composes the Palestinian people’s collective and individual culture was the force that pushed the president of peace, the human president, Mahmoud Abbas"

Al-Ayyam reported that Abbas in a speech to American Harvard students specifically said that he is against violence and “rules out” the use of it. However, this was not part of his televised speech nor of the official PA paper’s report on the speech. The statement against violence might have been...

"We will not choose another path to achieve our right other than negotiations"

Headline: “The [PA] president: We distinguish between America and its current administration, which has brought the peace process to a dead-end” “[PA] President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed a delegation from the [Jewish] American organization J Street, led by Jeremy Ben-Ami, yesterday evening [Oct. 17,...”

Headline: “In joint press statements with the German foreign minister – the [PA] president: We rely on the role of Europe to reach a permanent and just peace in the region” “[PA] President Mahmoud Abbas said: ‘We rely on the German and French role, through the European Union, and together with the...”

Excerpt of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ statement at a joint press conference together with French President Emmanuel Macron on Dec. 22, 2017, in France "[PA President Mahmoud Abbas:] 'As a result of [US] President [Donald] Trump's determination that Jerusalem is the capital of the State of Israel..."

Bakir: “It is unfortunate that some of us insist on mixing religion and politics by politicizing religion and dressing our political-national issue in a headdress and robe”

Headline: "On behalf of the [PA] president – an olive tree was planted in the village of Neve Shalom" "A delegation from the PLO Committee for Contact [with Israeli Society], led by Fatah Central Committee member Rawhi Fattouh, planted an olive tree on behalf of [PA] President Mahmoud Abbas in the..."

Headline: “The [PA] president: [UN] Security Council Resolution 2334 is a clear message that settlement will not lead to peace” “[PA] President Mahmoud Abbas said that the Paris peace conference (i.e., part of the French Peace Initiative) that will be held this month [January 2017] constitutes an...”

Headline: “The Seventh Fatah Movement Conference emphasizes that it is important to complete the national building plan *The [Palestinian] National Council (i.e., the legislative body of the PLO) must convene within three months *It is necessary to act against the rift [between Fatah and Hamas] and...”

Headline: “Haifa is our Haifa, and the Carmel is our Carmel” Excerpt of an op-ed by Muhammad Ali Taha, an Israeli Arab writer “I did not need the confirmation of my grandson, the 15-year-old youth Ali Bin Luay, when he said to me as we watched the trees and homes of our dear city, beautiful and...”

Headline: "Netanyahu calls the [PA] president and thanks him for the participation of the [PA] Civil Defense teams in putting out the fires - Israelis: We are talking in Hebrew mixed with Arabic and fighting [the fires] through a common language" "[PA] President Mahmoud Abbas received a phone call..."

"Secretary-General of the Palestinian [PA] Civil Defense Yusuf Nassar... told [the official PA daily] Al-Hayat Al-Jadida: 'The Palestinian assistance is an ethical act, and it is given in accordance with the global law of civil defense, according to which every country in the world that is dealing..."

Headline: "Nassar: The Palestinian assistance in putting out the fires in Israel is an ethical act, and it is given in accordance with the global law of civil defense" "Secretary-General of the Palestinian [PA] Civil Defense Yusuf Nassar expected that the teams that the State of Palestine sent to..."

Headline: "The State of Palestine provided assistance in putting out the fires that are raging in Israel" "Secretary-General of the [PA] Civil Defense Yusuf Nassar announced that the State of Palestine will provide assistance in putting out the fires that are raging in Israel (i.e., a wave of..."

Headline: “The Prophet’s migration [from Mecca to Medina] – a turning point in the history of mankind” Excerpt of an article in the official PA daily’s weekly religious supplement . “Islamic preacher Sheikh Osama Fakhri Al-Jundi noted that in Medina [at the time of Prophet Muhammad] there were...”

Headline: “The Islamic-Christian Council: Terror is a global ideology that has no religion” “The [PA] Islamic-Christian Council for Jerusalem and the Holy Places said that terror is one of the most severe problems of the current century, alongside the wars and starvation in the world. The council...”

Headline: “The president: We do not sentence people based on political affiliation or ethnicity, but rather on their standpoint in regard to the peace process” “[PA] President Mahmoud Abbas received an American delegation and a delegation of mayors of Israeli towns yesterday [May 31, 2016] at the...”

Headline: "The Gandhi of the Arabs" Excerpt of editorial in Al-Hayat Al-Jadida In meetings and interviews with foreign audiences, Abbas frequently expresses that peace is the only option for the Palestinians. However, as PMW has documented, this is rarely the message PA leaders present to...

Headline: "The president: Israel's agreement to the two-state solution will be the beginning of the political solution" "[PA] President Mahmoud Abbas received a Romanian media delegation yesterday [April 5, 2016] at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah… The president again emphasized his..."