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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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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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 don't want to meet just for the sake of meeting. We want a well-prepared meeting with an extensive agenda focusing on all the current issues.
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We had five days of intensive talks. It's been tough, it's been difficult.
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will be the biggest blow to President Bush's two-state solution and will sabotage any idea of a road map.
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I was under shock, ... You have to think, 'take it down, then they'll storm the plane, somebody may shoot.'
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We condemn this attack in the strongest possible terms. Every time there is movement toward resumption of negotiations we get these attacks by the Israelis.
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We are having serious, in-depth negotiations. Gaps still do exist on all issues. We are exerting maximum efforts, but at the end of the day, the gaps are still there.
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Where do we go with this vicious cycle?
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Unfortunately we should not expect much out of this summit.