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I simply want tomorrow to be better than today. I want Palestine to be independent and sovereign... Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.

Mahmoud Abbas

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Mahmoud Abbas
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: November 15
Chairman Of The Palestine Liberation Organization
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