Saeb Erakat
Saeb Erakat
Saeb Muhammad Salih Erekatwas the Palestinian chief of the PLO Steering and Monitoring Committee until 12 February 2011. He negotiated the Oslo Accords with Israel and remained chief negotiator from 1995 until May 2003, when he resigned in protest from the Palestinian government. He later reconciled with the party and was reappointed to the post in September 2003...
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Those who planned the attack in Tel Aviv, which we condemn in the strongest possible terms, had the objective of stopping and undermining the peace process, and they should not win. We should continue the process of negotiation.
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I don't think Sharon had intended by doing this tonight to give the peace process any chance at all. Nothing justifies the targeting and the bombardment of this residential area.
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We have a U.S. administration that's seeking to see the process as crisis management here and there. They're not telling Mr. Netanyahu to stop it.
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If Mr. Sharon is in the government, we all know the peace process will be over,
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I am not going to raise any expectations at this stage. This is going to be a difficult process of rebuilding the trust and confidence between Palestinians and Israelis,
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The least important issue today is my resignation. The real issue is the lives of Palestinians and Israelis, breaking the vicious cycle and reviving the peace process and putting it back on track.
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What Mr. Sharon is doing is saying to the whole world, 'I will win.' But ... he will score victory over what?
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We want to deal as a package. This is the approach, this report cannot be fragmented. And I say again, it cannot be fragmented, no party can be selective.
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We don't want a meeting for the sake of the meeting. We need a meeting with substance.
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We should be prepared for elections and carry out whatever is possible to implement,
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We are still waiting to hear from them.
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We are still at odds over the numbers of the prisoners to be released, ... We are demanding 400 and they will only accept 350.
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Both of them (Katsav and Sharon) confirmed that they were ready to meet Abu Mazen as well without any formal date being finalised.
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urge the U.S. and the Europeans to provide international observers immediately.