(Washington Post) John Ward Anderson and Molly Moore - Mahmoud Abbas, the candidate of Fatah, the dominant Palestinian political party, received 66-70% of the ballots cast, three private exit polls showed. Two hours after the polls closed, Abbas declared victory. Abbas told his supporters: "Difficult and complicated missions face us - to establish a state with security and respect for our citizens, to give our prisoners freedom, to give our fugitives a dignified life, and to reach our goal of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital."
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