"Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas rescinded his internationally sanctioned right to return to his hometown of Safad, annexed by Israel in 1948, on Israeli TV Thursday night.
Pressed by Israeli Channel 2 TV about whether the Palestinian Authority
considered towns in the Galilee to be part of Palestine, Abbas struck a deeply
personal note in the Authority's latest efforts to placate Israeli concerns
about Palestinian refugees.
"I want to see Safad. It's my right to see it. But not to live there," said an impassioned Abbas.....
Abu Mazen also touted himself as the protector of Israeli security in the Channel 2 interview, announcing that Israel would not see a third Palestinian armed uprising against its occupation.
"As far as I am here in this office, there will be no third armed intifada. Never. We don't want to use terror. We don't want to use forces. We don't want to use weapons. We want to use diplomacy. We want to use politics. We want to use negotiations. We want to use peaceful resistance. That's it.""
"I want to see Safad. It's my right to see it. But not to live there," said an impassioned Abbas.....
Abu Mazen also touted himself as the protector of Israeli security in the Channel 2 interview, announcing that Israel would not see a third Palestinian armed uprising against its occupation.
"As far as I am here in this office, there will be no third armed intifada. Never. We don't want to use terror. We don't want to use forces. We don't want to use weapons. We want to use diplomacy. We want to use politics. We want to use negotiations. We want to use peaceful resistance. That's it.""
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