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12 december 2004 22:19 |
Hoop op vrede in Palestina
Barghouti die in de Israelische gevangenis zit heeft besloten de kandidatuur van Abbas te steunen en trekt zich terug uit de race naar het presidentschap van Palestina.
Abbas is momenteel ook op bezoek in Koeweit om zich daar te verontschuldigen voor het wangedrag van de Palestijnen die tijdens de 1ste Golfoorlog openlijk de kant van Saddam Hoessein kozen.
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Gaan ze in Palestina nu eindelijk afstappen van de strategie van de "born loser"? Als figuren als Abbas in Palestina de gelegenheid krijgen om iets op te bouwen, dan krijgen de Palestijnen eindelijk perspectief op een normaal leven. Ze zijn dan niet meer de speelbal van mensen als een Arafat en andere oorlogsstokers in het Midden Oosten.
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Citaat:
[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Abbas apologises to Kuwait[/font]
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[font=Arial]Sunday 12 December 2004 3:30 PM GMT[/font]
[size=1] The visit by Mahmud Abbas is aimed at healing a 14-year rift [/size]
PLO Chairman Mahmud Abbas has apologised to Kuwait for the organisation's stand during the 1990 Iraq invasion after he arrived on a landmark visit to the emirate aimed at healing a 14-year rift.
[size=2]"We apologise to Kuwait and the Kuwaiti people for what we did," Abbas said on Sunday when asked to comment on the PLO's position during the invasion. [/size]
[size=2]Abbas spoke at Kuwait airport shortly after landing at the head of a large delegation on the first visit by a Palestinian leader since ties were frozen 14 years ago over the late Yasir Arafat's backing of the invasion by Saddam Hussein's troops. [/size]
[size=2]Abbas, who is running in the 9 January election to succeed Arafat, issued the apology despite the fact that Kuwait dropped its demand for such a gesture on the eve of the visit.
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Citaat:
[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Barguthi quits Palestine presidential race[/font]
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[font=Arial]Sunday 12 December 2004 8:12 PM GMT[/font]
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Jailed intifada leader Marwan al-Barghuti has called off his campaign to become Palestinian president and has thrown his support behind PLO chairman Mahmud Abbas.
[size=2]In a statement read out by his campaign manager Ahmad Ghnaim on Sunday, the [/size][size=2]West Bank Fatah leader said he wanted to act in the [/size][size=2]"national interest" and back Abbas who is the official candidate for [/size][size=2]the dominant Palestinian faction.[/size]
[size=2]"I again stress my support to brother Abu Mazen [Abbas], the [/size][size=2]nominee of the movement who is a dear friend and somebody who [/size][size=2]deserves the position of president.[/size]
[size=2]"I wish him every success in his mission on the road to [/size][size=2]achieving freedom, the return [of refugees], independence, peace and [/size][size=2]national democracy."[/size]
[size=2]Al-Barghuti had been under massive internal and international [/size][size=2]pressure to withdraw from the campaign, after his candidacy [/size][size=2]threatened to split Fatah down the middle and derail[/size][size=2] the US-sponsored [/size][size=2]Middle East peace process[/size][size=2].[/size]
[size=2]The 45-year-old leader was handed five life sentences in June [/size][size=2]for his alleged part in deadly anti-Israeli attacks. Al-Barguthi denies the charges.[/size]
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[/size][size=2] http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exer...09A2B4DEAC.htm
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exer...5F869ACF0C.htm
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