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Source: http://www.amin.org/eng/uncat/2005/sept/sept13-2.html
Mahmud Abbas' Official Position on the Israeli Disengagement
(AMIN) - PA leader Mahmud Abbas, in an address to the Palestinian people Tuesday, said: "The redeployment of the Israeli occupation army and settlers from the Gaza Strip as a unilateral step does not mean, in any way, that the occupation has come to an end. Gaza’s crossing points with the world, parts of its land, water and air, and the link with the West Bank are still outstanding issues threatening to transform Gaza into a big prison. Gaza is an indispensable part of our occupied land, along with the West Bank and East Jerusalem. This means, to us and to every Palestinian citizen, that the occupation effectively ends when we achieve the objectives of the peace process: the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on all the Palestinian land occupied in 1967 with East Jerusalem as its capital; a just and agreed resolution of the refugee problem according to Resolution 194."