Mahmoud Abbas
From L to R: Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir, Libyan Leader Moamer Kadhafi, Arab League Secretary General Amr Mussa, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani pose for a group picture at the opening session at the Arab Summit in Damascus on March 29, 2008. Assad denied meddling in Lebanon as he hosted an Arab summit boycotted by half of the region's leaders, many of whom blame Damascus for the political crisis in Beirut.
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Abu Mazen [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas] is one of the founders of the Palestinian victimhood doctrine and at this stage I do not see him taking one step in our direction
Mahmoud Abbas is one of the founding fathers of the victimizing concept of the Palestinians.
There was a press conference in Oslo, Norway, where I asked President Mahmoud Abbas directly whether he was aware that people were dying in PA and Hamas prisons ... The president replied that he did not know about this. So I told him that he should stop it.More quotes »
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