MECCA, December 10, 2008 (WAFA)- President Mahmoud Abbas said, Tuesday, that there will be no Peace without releasing all Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons, and that Israel must put an end to colonizers' aggressions against Palestinian citizens.

In a speech pronounced in Mecca on the occasion of Eid Al-Adha, President Abbas said that, 'Hamas is responsible for Gaza's Muslim pilgrims to Mecca not being able to leave the Strip.' He added that those pilgrims will have the priority in next year's list of pilgrims, in addition to the annual number of pilgrims that can go to perform the Hajj.

The President asserted that the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons must be released, saying that this is one of the fundamental Final Status issues. He stressed that there will be, 'no peace without freedom to all Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons,' adding that the 11,000 prisoners suffering behind Israeli bars must be released, and that a number of them are to be released very soon.

He condemned the Jewish colonizers' continued aggressions against Palestinian citizens and demanded Israel to put an end to these aggressions because the Israeli Government and Army are responsible for the colonizers.