Mahmoud Abbas Until Quotations

Until now, we haven't asked anyone to form the government. We are carrying on contacts with all factions, and of course we will ask the party that won the majority to form the government.

Tomorrow they will start leaving part of the West Bank. It's a beginning of the full withdrawal from all the settlements. We will not close our eyes. We will not rest until they leave from all our land.

We are so happy with this election festival. So far, it's going very well and we hope it will keep going well until the end without any troubles.

Up until now we haven't asked anyone to form a government. But we've negotiated with some of the factions and, of course, we will ask the party that has received the most votes to do so.

We want to do the right job at the right time because we want to act as a state, as a responsible authority. Therefore, we are following up on the subject seriously with our brothers in Egypt. Until we reach agreement, we should be patient.

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon until now has not shown any readiness to sit together with the Palestinians to discuss all the outstanding issues,

This government will continue until the end of the election period,