Jeg var imponeret over den rolige og fattede måde, hvorpå han gav udtryk for sine holdninger. Jeg kunne imidlertid godt mærke den spænding, der hang i luften uden for hans kontorer.
It was exactly three weeks ago that I was having talks with President Abbas in Gaza, when I was impressed by the calm determination with which he explained his convictions to me, yet, once outside his official apartments, I could feel the tension in the air.