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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The issue of January elections cannot be isolated from the results today, but we can't say it will be an exact copy.
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The Israelis should be building bridges for the Palestinians for the future of both peoples, for the generations to come, and not to heighten the hate, the fear and the desperation.
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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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This is a real setback for the peace process.
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This is something that Netanyahu has been trying to do for a while, with both the European and American efforts. He has chosen settlement and the destruction of the foundation of the peace accords.
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The way to peace and stability is through an end to occupation,
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This delay wasn't because of disputes or anger, but because we have to maximize our efforts to revive this peace process. We should begin a process of regaining the trust between us. That's what this is about.
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I see ourselves in the opposition, not in the coalition.
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The most important thing is to focus on the substance of the meeting and not the timing.
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so the truth can be determined once and for all.
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I don't think we can classify it legally as an international border now because Gaza is not free of occupation.
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Carving out a so-called buffer zone is tantamount to reoccupying Gaza. We are exerting maximum efforts to restore calm.
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Carving out a so-called buffer zone is tantamount to reoccupying Gaza.