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
hope opportunity
I hope that the withdrawal will be a day of opportunity ù and also a day of law.
afraid continue help left meaningful means peace process
I'm afraid that we will not have a peace process anymore, ... I would say 'God help Palestinians and Israelis' because to have a meaningful peace process means that we would continue where we left off.
border classify free gaza legally
I don't think we can classify it legally as an international border now because Gaza is not free of occupation.
buffer carving efforts maximum restore tantamount zone
Carving out a so-called buffer zone is tantamount to reoccupying Gaza. We are exerting maximum efforts to restore calm.
buffer carving tantamount zone
Carving out a so-called buffer zone is tantamount to reoccupying Gaza.
negotiate thinks
If he thinks that we will go back to negotiate with him over (the U.S.) package, he's mistaken.
decided peace process stop
It's really unfortunate that the only thing that Mr. Netanyahu has decided to stop is the peace process with us.
campaign continuing dictation moves rather smear unilateral
smear campaign aimed at continuing unilateral moves and dictation on the ground, rather than negotiations.
cannot elections exact isolated issue january results
The issue of January elections cannot be isolated from the results today, but we can't say it will be an exact copy.
damages deal government inflicted peace process visit
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.
control occupation sky
They control the water, the sky and the passages. How can you say occupation is over?
french indicate report
The French report did not indicate any of these things,
both bridges building fear future israelis
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.
believe final issues peace reserved status talk
I believe this pre-empts and prejudges issues that are reserved for final status negotiations. Any talk of pre-empting and prejudging is counterproductive to the peace process.