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
choice hope parallels peace
Settlements and peace are two parallels that won't meet. I hope their choice will be peace, not settlements.
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Refugees, Jerusalem, borders, Jewish settlements and water are issues reserved to the final-status talks between the two sides and nothing should pre-empt or pre-judge the outcome of the final status talks before they begin.
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.
lack major peace problem process trust
I think we have a major problem in the lack of credibility of the peace process and the trust between the two sides.
ourselves
I see ourselves in the opposition, not in the coalition.
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.
hope opportunity
I hope that the withdrawal will be a day of opportunity ù and also a day of law.
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.
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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.
begin delay disputes efforts maximize peace process trust
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.
mentality start thinking
start thinking in the mentality of a partner.
negotiate thinks
If he thinks that we will go back to negotiate with him over (the U.S.) package, he's mistaken.
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The most important thing is to focus on the substance of the meeting and not the timing.