“From here, our people begin the march towards establishing an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital”

—  Mahmoud Abbas

Speech at the Gaza City harbour on the occasion of Jewish settler withdrawal (12 August 2005), quoted in BBC News, " Gaza boats mass to mark pullout http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4147354.stm"

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