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PA President Mahmoud Abbas at a news conference in Argentina on Monday.
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Abbas: Palestinians won't launch new intifada, despite frustration
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Palestinians will not launch a new uprising against Israel despite their frustration at the deadlock in U.S.-sponsored peace efforts, President Mahmoud Abbas said on Monday.

Israel has rejected U.S. calls to freeze settlements in the West Bank where Palestinians seek statehood, and Abbas - eyeing the internal challenge from his Islamist Hamas rivals - has refused to yield on this core demand and revive negotiations.

But Abbas made clear that Palestinians do not want to see a repeat of their 2000-2005 intifada, or revolt, which was spearheaded by gunmen and suicide bombers and met a crushing Israeli military response.
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"God forbid that we should come to a new intifada. The Palestinian people are not thinking about launching a new intifada," he told reporters during a visit to Argentina.

"The Palestinian people are only thinking about the road toward peace and negotiations and no other path. We will not go back to an intifada because we have suffered too much."

Hamas beat Abbas' more secular Fatah faction in a 2006 election and, a year later, seized control of the Gaza Strip.

Hamas and Israel fought a war there in December and January that killed more than 1,300 Palestinians. Since then, Hamas has signaled willingness to curb cross-border Palestinian attacks.

Abbas, for his part, holds sway in the occupied West Bank, his administration largely propped up by Israel.

Abbas' visit comes a week after Israeli President Shimon Peres met with President Cristina Fernandez in Buenos Aires and asked her to mediate in the Middle East peace process.

Fernandez and Abbas criticized Israel's announcement last week of plans to build 900 new homes in the settlements. Argentina's president also asked the United States to step up its involvement in the peace process.

"To build peace, besides finding common ground and respect for international law, we need to have the will for peace," Fernandez said. "I think this is a key element and that the United States sincerely can do more than what it's doing now regarding this."

During a visit to Brazil last week, Abbas and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva also condemned the Israeli settlements and demanded the creation of an independent Palestinian state.
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  1.   This is a positive development 23:09  |  Paul Freedman 23/11/09
  2.   Proof that military force defeats Arab terror 23:21  |  Dani 23/11/09
  3.   Uh, Hamas was willing... 23:29  |  KevinB 23/11/09
  4.   No Intifada? The fence is working... 23:41  |  fo realz 23/11/09
  5.   No Intifada 23:54  |  Edifice 23/11/09
  6.   Abbas won`t launch a new intifada 01:58  |  Mark Lincoln 24/11/09
  7.   Abbas is a Shame 02:13  |  Palestinian 24/11/09
  8.   intifada? 02:53  |  TCMSOLS 24/11/09
  9.   two state solution 03:05  |  bronxite10 24/11/09
  10.   At least Abbas is making an effort 03:07  |  censored 24/11/09
  11.   Frustrated that he "can`t" launch 3rd intifada? 05:18  |  David 24/11/09
  12.   To #1 Palestinian, A Question for You 05:49  |  Dallas 24/11/09
  13.   Abbas values his life 06:34  |  Chaim Ben Kahan 24/11/09
  14.   Effort Mr. Censored? Don`t make us laugh 09:49  |  Ki`emli 24/11/09
  15.   Interim quiet versus peace negotiations 11:09  |  Sam 24/11/09
  16.   Violins, maestro 11:18  |  Linichka 24/11/09
  17.   Palestinan Promises 11:44  |  Roi 24/11/09
  18.   It Is True What Others Have Stated, By Abbas` Own Words 16:11  |  Eli 24/11/09
  19.   Perhaps there WILL BE an Intifada 17:26  |  Carl 24/11/09
  20.   It`s true that Abbas falters and vacillates... 18:51  |  Esther 24/11/09
  21.   Esther, a dingbat 19:58  |  SDHD 24/11/09
  22.   What else can you expect, SDHD? 20:20  |  Linichka 24/11/09
  23.   Funny but sad 22:33  |  r cummings 24/11/09
  24.   SDHD? what? 23:23  |  Welshman? 24/11/09
  25.   Fights should be save for courtroom 00:47  |  julie 25/11/09
  26.   "Palestinians" Are Terrorists 02:33  |  sfg 25/11/09
  27.   CENSORED Fatah denied connection to last intifada terror as well 05:18  |  PETER SM 25/11/09
  28.   CENSORED Fatah denied connection to last intifada terror as well 05:18  |  PETER SM 25/11/09
  29.   Linichka from Poland 06:08  |  Maki 25/11/09
  30.   #29, Well said, Maki! 15:31  |  Silvienne 25/11/09
  31.   funny Zionists 22:05  |  Falasteeny 25/11/09
  32.   #14 Ki `emli. misidentified real effort 01:02  |  Ron 27/11/09
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