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Palestinians still extend hand for real peace process: Abbas

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IANS Ramallha
Last Updated : Oct 15 2015 | 12:07 AM IST

President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday said the Palestinians are still extending their hands for a real peace process with Israel, based on their "deep belief of co-existence and denouncing violence".

Addressing his countrymen on the occasion of an Islamic holiday coinciding on Thursday, the Palestinian president said the peace process should reach a final agreement that ensures the implementation of the two-state solution and the establishment of the Palestinian state on the lands occupied in 1967 with east Jerusalem as its capital, Xinhua reported.

In a message published by the official Palestinian news agency WAFA, Abbas stressed on the need to have a fair solution to the refugees issue on the basis of the Arab peace initiative and the international legitimacy decisions, as well as releasing all detainees in Israeli jails.

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First Published: Oct 14 2015 | 11:56 PM IST

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