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
peace words
His words are (that) he won't give us anything on Jerusalem, on the (West Bank) settlements, on our refugees. What kind of peace can we make with those words?
agreement honor line time
If we (Israelis and Palestinians) don't honor the time line I don't think we have an agreement any more.
carry committed fully games honestly implement page providing
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.
decided security york
He decided not to go to New York because of the (Israeli) handover of the (Gaza) settlements and the security situation.
agreement ask assistance conference holding negotiate peace permanent road
He will ask for assistance in holding an international conference for peace as preparation to negotiate a permanent agreement in accordance with the road map.
agreement ahead determined difficult effort exert possible task
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.
call define whether
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.
continue land policy stealing wasting
we will continue to see this government's policy of stealing (land) and wasting time.
knows left pick pieces telling
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.
knows left pick pieces telling
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.
artificial breathing life peace
Mr. Ross is breathing artificial life into the peace process.
choice hope parallels peace
Settlements and peace are two parallels that won't meet. I hope their choice will be peace, not settlements.
agreed arafat clinton dialogue israelis mean poison president resolve tear
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.
ourselves
I see ourselves in the opposition, not in the coalition.