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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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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If we (Israelis and Palestinians) don't honor the time line I don't think we have an agreement any more.
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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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The most important thing is to focus on the substance of the meeting and not the timing.
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We had in-depth discussions and very serious talks on all issues. There were no results. The differences and obstacles are still there.
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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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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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Since Eve negotiated Adam, I am the most disadvantaged negotiator in history of mankind. I have no army, no navy, no air force, no economy.
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We hope that we can conclude an agreement this year and with that we can have our own state by agreement, ... The decision last night was to recommit ourselves to peace as a strategic option.
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We are really concerned. We hope that competition (to succeed him) will not be at our expense, meaning more settlements, more walls, more incursions, more assassinations, more occupation, more dictates.
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We need the help of the Europeans to train us, to provide us with the technology needed, with the equipment with the machines, and they're going to be our partners in this,
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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 fully committed to carry out all our obligations emanating from this report, providing that we implement honestly and without any games -- the full report, page to page, without being selective.
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we will continue to see this government's policy of stealing (land) and wasting time.