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Abbas demands Israel to end occupation, free prisoners
 In his first official campaign speech, Mahmood Abbas, the frontrunner to the January elections, demanded Israel to end its occupation of the Palestinian territories and release all Palestinian prisoners. The PLO chief also said on Saturday that the Gaza pullout plan must be the beginning of more withdrawals and that Israel must end its occupation of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem. "The withdrawal from Gaza must only be a part of other withdrawals which should follow," he said.Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon plans to evacuate all 21 Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip as well as four enclaves in the West Bank by next year. "Israel must pull out of all Palestinian lands occupied in 1967. We must end the occupation," Abbas said to his supporters in the West Bank city of Ramallah. "We cannot compromise on Jerusalem," he added. Posted by: Fred 2004-12-25 |
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