Tag: Saeb Erekat

Why haven't the PLO and Hamas permitted these three million or so people to turn their tent and shack cities into actual cities? Because if they do, it would mean they have given up the hope of returning to Israel.

The PA said it would file complaints against Israel at the International Criminal Court and U.N. Security Council.

They are seriously concerned over in Ramallah about President Trump's apparent plan to go over their heads to the people and give them what they need: prosperity.

Friedman's trip to the White House confirms many recent reports that the Trump administration is about to present its peace plan soon.

"Dr. Erekat – we have heard your voice for decades and it has not achieved anything close to Palestinian aspirations or anything close to a comprehensive peace agreement."

Even if Mahmoud Abbas recovers and leaves the hospital, it is clear that he is living on borrowed time.

Erekat said that the Palestinian Authority is already in contact with several allies to advance with the necessary diplomatic steps against the "recent illegal moving of the embassies of Paraguay, Guatemala, and the United States, to Jerusalem."

All the top stories in the news from Israel with Josh Hasten, from PLO propagandist spokesman telling US Ambassador to "shut up", to Israel foiling an attempt to smuggle explosive materials into Gaza and more today on Israel Uncensored.

Hamas responded: “This decision will not deter us from continuing the resistance option to expel the occupation."

Erekat said the speech by Pence “has proven that the U.S. administration is part of the problem, rather than the solution.”

"This is the most dangerous decision that any U.S. president has ever taken."

Erekat was condemned in the past for praising the assassin of Israeli Minister Rehavam Zeevi and for paying a condolence visit to the family of a PA Arab who opened fire at an IDF check post.

“His comments. . . should not be read as a way to prejudge the outcome of any negotiations that the U.S. would have with the Israelis and the Palestinians."

The trip is taking place as part of the dissolution of Gaza’s administrative committee, brokered with Hamas by Egypt.

"In recent months there has been a major deterioration in my situation," Erekat said. "I need oxygen and have difficulty walking, and every day I expect two lungs to be implanted."

The US Consulate—rather than the US embassy in Tel Aviv—said the US-run talks are the best way to reach a comprehensive peace agreement.

Erekat suffers from pulmonary fibrosis, diagnosed over a year ago.

Greenblatt joined the Quartet in discussing concerns over the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza and current efforts to resolve the crisis.

Gaza residents talked about peace and the economy in their meeting Wednesday with Greenblatt, and how they see their own situation.

The PA fear that accepting the American ambassador to Israel at the meetings would undermine their independent diplomatic status with the American administration.

"But in order to achieve our state, the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem must be a single territorial unit."

“The time has come to put an end to this absurdity,” Danon said.

A senior PA official said Abbas refuses to meet the US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman because of his well documented support for the settlements, for which Kushner and Greenblatt rebuked the Chairman during their meeting.

Erekat claims Israel is deliberately sabotaging international efforts to revive the peace process and working to annex Judea and Samaria.

Greenblatt called the meeting a 'positive, far-ranging exchange about the current situation.'

Friedman: As Ambassador I will represent this administration's policies not my own; and I will welcome all Americans, of every political view, when they visit Israel.

The PLO equated President Trump's remarks with an outright rejection of the peace process rather than the attempt to formulate a new approach that it was clearly meant to be.

The CIA director was in the Middle East last week shuttling between Riyadh and Ankara prior to his meeting in Ramallah.

PLO leader Saeb Erekat is hoping this time he'll be able to pressure the ICC into investigating Israel's presence in Judea and Samaria.

Claims that Trump administration caved to Arab pressure over the embassy move constitute fake news.