Abbas calls for Palestinian State May 16, 2009
On Nakba eve, Abbas calls for a Palestinian state, right of return for refugees
As the Palestinians are marking the Nakba, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas stated that ending the Israeli occupation, establishing a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, and resolving the refugee issue, are minimum conditions to begin to lift the injustice inflicted on the Palestinian people 61 years ago.
In a televised speech marking the 61 anniversary of the Nakba, Abbas said that Israel tried all means to force the Palestinians to surrender and to bury their identity but they remained steadfast.
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