"From here, our people begin the march towards establishing an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital"
— Mahmoud Abbas

January 1, 1970

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Speech at the Gaza City harbour on the occasion of Jewish settler withdrawal (12 August 2005), quoted in BBC News, "Gaza boats mass to mark pullout"