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| August 8, 2013
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PA to US official: PA books not perfect, but working on teaching mutual respect

 

Democratic Whip says the US will not want to fund Palestinian schools after PLO representative admits there’s unfair portrayal of Jews in PA curriculum.

By HERB KEINON

 

 

 

No group on earth has been subjected to more discrimination and hate than the Jews, and the US will not fund curriculum in the Palestinian Authority that does not teach tolerance and mutual respect, US Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Maryland) said on Wednesday.

East Jerusalem Classroom

East Jerusalem Classroom – Photo: REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

Hoyer, leading a massive delegation of 36 Democratic US congressman, said this issue was the first one he broached during a meeting Wednesday in Ramallah with PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat.

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| July 1, 2013
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Senior Israeli diplomat: Kerry disappointed in Abbas

 

After failing to renew peace talks U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry departs saying: ‘With a little more work, final status negotiations are within reach’.

Israeli official: Most of Kerry’s pressure is now directed at PA Abbas.

By Mati Tuchfeld, Daniel Siryoti, Yoni Hirsch & Israel Hayom Staff

 

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is disappointed in the conduct of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, a senior Israeli diplomatic official said on Sunday after Kerry departed Israel following his latest attempt to renew Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on Sunday – Photo: Reuters

Before taking off from Ben-Gurion International Airport, Kerry promised to return soon and announced that two of his aides would remain in Israel to work on bridging remaining differences that are preventing the resumption of negotiations.

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| June 19, 2013
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PLO warns US against exerting pressure on Arabs to resume talks unconditionally

 

West Bank leadership calls on US secretary of state Kerry to exert pressure on Israel to “fulfill its obligations” instead of suggesting that the PA drop their demands of pre-conditions just to negotiate.

Erekat deflecting criticism: Israeli gov’t strategy based on “destroying the 2-state solution.”

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH
 

 

The Fatah leadership on Wednesday warned the US Administration against exerting pressure on the Palestinian Authority to resume peace talks with Israel unconditionally.

PA President Abbas and Chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat [file].

PA President Abbas and Chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat – Photo: REUTERS/Tarek Mostafa

The warning came as US Secretary of State John Kerry prepares to return to the region next week to resume his efforts to revive the stalled peace talks between the PA and Israel.PA

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| June 18, 2013
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PA accuses Israel of declaring death of ‘2-state solution’

Responding to Minister Bennett’s claim that 2-state concept reached ‘dead end,’ Erekat deflects blame, says Israel ‘determined to make Kerry’s efforts fail’.

Yesh Atid, Livni also had criticism for Minister Bennett.

By Elior Levy, Moran Azulay

 

 

“Israel has officially declared the death of the two-state solution,” chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said Monday in response to Economy Minister Naftali Bennett’s claim that the two-state solution had reached a “dead end.”

Erekat blamed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for matching such statements in policy, and said the “Israeli government is determined to make (US Secretary of State) Kerry’s efforts fail.” Continue Reading »

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| June 6, 2013
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PA Threatens ‘War Crime’ Charges at ICC if Direct Talks Fail

Decline and Fall of the ‘Peace Process’
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If the State of Israel does not agree to Abbas’ unconditional conditions for non-negotiated negotiations for a Palestinian state, the PA will charge Israel with war crimes at the Hague.

By: Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

 

Senior Palestinian Authority negotiator Saeb Erekat threatened on Tuesday that the Palestinian Authority will carry out its threat to charge Israel with war crimes in the international court if it does not agree to direct talks for establishing a Palestinian Authority independent country based on the PA’s definition of borders.

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He also said that it will be Israel’s fault if Palestinian Authority violence and terror escalates unless Israel agrees to its conditions for talks, which U.S. Continue Reading »

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| May 31, 2013
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Palestinians & US upset by Israel’s housing construction in east Jerusalem

Once again Erekat accuses Israel of sabotaging peace efforts, while maintaining precondition demands to begin talks.

By TOVAH LAZAROFF, KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

 

Israeli officials on Thursday tried to douse a diplomatic fire Channel 10 ignited with its report about two building projects in Jewish neighborhoods of east Jerusalem – of 1,100 units – that have been in the pipeline for years.

Construction in Har Homa Photo: Courtesy

Construction in Har Homa Photo: Courtesy

These east Jerusalem housing units are a real and official destruction of US Secretary of State John Kerry’s efforts to revive the peace process, Chief PLO Negotiator Saeb Erekat said Thursday.

In response, Israeli officials noted that no new approvals had been given for east Jerusalem housing and that the Palestinians understood this.

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| May 28, 2013
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PA chief negotiator Erekat demonstrates Palestinians flimsy grasp of democracy

 

Palestinian officials have repeatedly claimed Netanyahu is the one opposing peace on Arab terms (returning to ’67 lines, releasing prisoners, permitting 5.5 mil Arab ‘refugees’ to return to Israel instead of moving to Palestine).

Apparently, Erekat has failed to grasp that Israel is an actual democracy state, where its leader speaks for those who put him in office.

By Ryan Jones

 

 

At the World Economic Forum in Jordan this week, Israeli President Shimon Peres gushed about the peace process, US Secretary of State John Kerry gushed about the peace process, and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas…well, he used the word peace, though it’s debatable as to what was his end goal. Continue Reading »

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| May 22, 2013
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Amb. Prosor Slams Erekat for Incitement Over ‘Apartheid’ Comments

UN ambassador Prosor, “It is expected from someone who is in charge of negotiating, to educate for peace, and not for incitement,”

By Elad Benari

 

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, sharply reacted on Tuesday to remarks by PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat, who accused Israel of applying a policy of apartheid in Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem.

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor

Erekat told a UN committee in New York on Monday that the Palestinian Authority would hold off on applying to UN agencies, as it is eligible to do since the General Assembly upgraded the PA to the status of non-member observer state, in order to give U.S. Continue Reading »

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| May 21, 2013
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Palestinians withhold formal statehood bid giving talks with Israel last chance

Palestinian bureaucrats have completed all the legal paperwork necessary to gain entry into 63 U.N. agencies, treaties & conventions, but haven’t yet applied for membership, giving the latest U.S. peace effort a ‘chance to succeed’, says Saeb Erekat.

By Daniel Siryoti, Shlomo Cesana, News Agencies & Israel Hayom Staff

 

The Palestinians have done all the legal work necessary to join 63 U.N. agencies, conventions and treaties, but have not yet applied for membership, mainly to give the latest U.S. peace effort a chance to succeed, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said Monday. And on Tuesday, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, who has been tasked with coordinating peace talks with the Palestinians, said the Palestinian Authority was planning to apply as a state to 16 international organizations if peace talks with Israel did not resume by June.

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| February 4, 2013
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Negotiator Erekat refuses to repeat lunacy of peace talks

Palestinian Authority Negotiator Erekat refuses to negotiate unless Israel first halts housing construction and releases convicted prisoners.

“These are not Palestinian pre-conditions” Erekat says of his pre-conditions.

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

The Palestinian Authority reiterated Sunday its refusal to return to the negotiating table unless Israel stopped settlement construction and released Palestinian prisoners.

ErekatIn response to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s call for reviving stalled peace talks with the PA, chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat said that the Palestinians were not setting conditions for returning to the negotiating table.

“These are not Palestinian conditions, but obligations that Israel is required to fulfill,” Erekat said.

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| January 13, 2013
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Erekat defends Hamas’ right to run in Palestinian elections

In interview on Army Radio, chief PLO negotiator says of Palestinian elections, “we use ballots not bullets…everyone has a right to run.”

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“Hamas and Fatah have differences in opinion,” Chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat said Sunday morning, but stressed that “everyone has a right to run.”

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“We are a democracy” he told Army Radio, emphasizing that “whoever wins, wins.” This does not mean that Hamas would be “taking over” the West Bank, however, adding, “We don’t use bullets, we use ballots.”
When probed over whether Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal is expected to run in the Palestinian presidential elections, Erekat said he has not announced a decision.

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| November 1, 2012
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Erekat warns of ‘retaliation’ from US & Israeli after UN bid

Top PLO negotiator says Washington & Jerusalem may take punitive measures in response to Palestinian bid to upgrade to non-member state, says Palestinian Authority need to prepare for reactions to “avoid a state of internal chaos.”

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

The Palestinians must be prepared for the possibility that the US and Israel may impose severe economic restrictions on the Palestinian Authority the day after the UN upgrades the status of a Palestinian state to non-member, Chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat warned Thursday.

“It’s very important to be prepared for Israeli reactions to the upgrading of the Palestinian state’s status so as to avoid a state of internal chaos [in the Palestinian territories],” Erekat said in an report about the implications of the statehood bid.

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