Mahmoud Abbas: “You know, Senator, I know exactly what you expect of me. I have to…”

On the recordJanuary 12, 2009

You know, Senator, I know exactly what you expect of me. I have to disarm Hamas. Now you tell me how I'm supposed to do that.

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Mahmoud Abbas

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Abbas expresses the difficulty of disarming Hamas without resources.

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