Tag: Saeb Erekat
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat dies of COVID-19 complications
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat died Tuesday of complications related to COVID-19. He was 65 years old.
Erekat was diagnosed with the coronavirus in early October. Having undergone a lung transplant in 2017, he was...
What ‘The Forward’ should acknowledge about Erekat
Editor-in-chief Jodi Rudoren’s recent article in The Forward about Saeb Erekat mentions “a single Israeli protester” and a few members of Knesset who objected to Erekat being treated for COVID-19 at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem.
Yet she...
Senior PLO official Saeb Erekat in critical condition after contracting COVID-19
Palestine Liberation Organization Secretary General Saeb Erekat’s condition has been listed as critical, Jerusalem’s Hadassah Medical Center-Ein Kerem announced on Monday.
Erekat, 65, was diagnosed with COVID-19 some 10 days ago, and evacuated to the Israeli hospital...
Ex-Nazi hunter calls on Barr to block Erekat from entering US for Harvard post
American attorney and ex-Nazi hunter Neal Sher has called on U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr to deny Palestine Liberation Organization Secretary-General Saeb Erekat entry into the United States to mentor students at Harvard University.
In...
Palestinian prime minister: Israeli visit to UAE ‘painful to see’
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh criticized Monday’s historic direct flight between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, saying it was “painful.”
Speaking at the start of the weekly Palestinian Cabinet meeting in Ramallah on Monday, Shtayyeh...
Senior Palestinian official: ‘Our only option is to sever ties with Israel and the...
The Palestinians’ only option now is to “entirely reject” the U.S. peace plan and sever relations with the United States and Israel, according to PLO Secretary General Saeb Erekat.
Speaking during a May 30 interview...
Ramallah to ‘seek clarification’ on Arab stance regarding Israeli sovereignty
PLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat said on Tuesday that Ramallah will “seek clarifications” regarding reports that many of the moderate Arab states will not challenge Israel’s plan to apply its sovereignty in the Jordan Valley...
Palestinians suspend security coordination with CIA
The Palestinians have suspended security coordination with the CIA following an announcement to end to similar cooperation with Israel and the United States in the West Bank, announced Palestine Liberation Organization secretary general Saeb...
Report: Palestinians launch diplomatic offensive to prevent Israeli annexation
PLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat said on Sunday that he was in talks with various international parties about the need to “preserve the two-state solution” in the face of possible annexation by Israel of territory...
Erekat: Israel’s ‘apartheid road’ is the start of its ‘E1 colonial plan’
Israel’s plan to build a road connecting Jerusalem and the E1 area of Judea and Samaria represents the start of Israel’s “colonial” program to “sever the contiguity” of a future Palestinian state, PLO Secretary...