Saeb Erekat
Saeb Erekat
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...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth28 April 1955
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Mr. Gilad knows very well that the whole thing was unilateral. We had to pick up the pieces after they left without them even telling us when they were going to leave.
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Mr. Gilad knows very well that the whole thing was unilateral, ... We had to pick up the pieces after they left without them even telling us when they were going to leave.
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Mr. Ross is breathing artificial life into the peace process.
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Of course, Mrs. Arafat did not mean poison gas, but tear gas. We agreed with President Clinton that the Palestinians and Israelis must resolve their differences through dialogue and negotiations.
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must understand that he must choose between settlements and peace. He cannot have both.
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What they are doing in the negotiations and in the preparations for negotiations is to define the limitations on us, ... whether you call us self-governing or you call us a state.
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We have a difficult task ahead of us. We are determined to exert every possible effort to expedite the implementation of the interim agreement on the ground.
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We didn't get responses on forming a Palestinian-Israeli joint committee to follow up and observe the operation of distributing ballots, voting and the movement of voters as well as candidates.
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We asked the US administration to continue with its support and not to enforce collective punishment, which will have disastrous consequences.
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we will continue to see this government's policy of stealing (land) and wasting time.
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It will take much more than one visit by Madeleine Albright to deal with the damages inflicted on the peace process by the government of Mr. Netanyahu.
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They control the water, the sky and the passages. How can you say occupation is over?
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With this (Israeli) government, we do not have trust or confidence. Ross is simply helping make the process survive.
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We are continuing efforts ... to try to resume the peace talks and stabilize the security situation.