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PLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat speaks during a press conference in Jericho on Feb. 15, 2017. Photo by Flash90.

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat dies of COVID-19 complications

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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...
PLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat speaks during a press conference in the West Bank city of Jericho on Feb. 15, 2017. Photo by Flash90.

What ‘The Forward’ should acknowledge about Erekat

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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...
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat speaks at a news conference in Ramallah, on Aug. 23. 2010. Photo by Issan Rimawi/Flash90.

Senior PLO official Saeb Erekat in critical condition after contracting COVID-19

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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...
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat at a press conference at the Notre Dam hotel in Jerusalem, on June 25, 2013. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Ex-Nazi hunter calls on Barr to block Erekat from entering US for Harvard post

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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 Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh (right) and P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas at the swearing-in ceremony of the new government at the P.A. headquarters in Ramallah, April 13, 2019. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.

Palestinian prime minister: Israeli visit to UAE ‘painful to see’

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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...
PLO Secretary General Saeb Erekat speaks during a press conference in the West Bank city of Jericho on Feb. 15, 2017. Photo by Flash90.

Senior Palestinian official: ‘Our only option is to sever ties with Israel and the...

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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...
Palestinian chief negotiator and Secretary General of the PLO Saeb Erekat speaks during a press conference in the West Bank city of Jericho on Feb. 15, 2017. Photo by Flash90.

Ramallah to ‘seek clarification’ on Arab stance regarding Israeli sovereignty

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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...
Palestinian chief negotiator and Secretary General of the PLO Saeb Erekat speaks during a press conference in the West Bank city of Jericho on Feb. 15, 2017. Photo by Flash90.

Palestinians suspend security coordination with CIA

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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...
Palestinian official Saeb Erekat speaks at the “Haaretz” and New Israel Fund conference at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City on Dec. 13, 2015. Photo by Amir Levy/Flash90.

Report: Palestinians launch diplomatic offensive to prevent Israeli annexation

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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...
A view of Highway 1, the Ma'aleh Adumim-Jerusalem road, from the West Bank area known as E1, with Jerusalem's Mount Scopus seen on the horizon, on Dec. 10, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Erekat: Israel’s ‘apartheid road’ is the start of its ‘E1 colonial plan’

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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...