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Abbas Mahmoud Abbas
The protesters, who included relatives and former colleagues of the dead officer, demanded that Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian leader, impose order in Gaza and called for Nasser Youssef, the Palestinian interior minister, to resign. Mr. Abbas said the participation of Hamas in the Jan. 25 parliamentary elections was a tacit recognition of the Palestinian Authority set up under the 1993 Oslo accords, which also propose a two-state solution with a Palestinian state next to Israel. How Mr. Abbas will square such comments with his own views is unclear, unless Hamas decides to limit its role to a representation in the relatively powerless Palestinian legislature. Mr. Abbas has also promised to disarm Hamas after the elections. Mahmoud Abbas, who was the Palestinian leader, impose order in Gaza and called for Nasser Youssef, the Palestinian interior minister, to resign as the protesters, who included relatives and former colleagues of the dead officer demanded. Mr. Abbas, in an interview with Al Jazeera, said the participation of Hamas that parliamentary elections was a tacit recognition of the Palestinian Authority set up under the 1993 Oslo accords, which also propose a two-state solution with a Palestinian state next to Israel. Further Mr. Abbas said that on the basis of the Oslo accords which rule the legislative council and all the agreements that took place afterward between us and the Israelis, and subsequently the roadmap. Mr. Abbas has also promised to disarm Hamas after the elections.