Saeb Erekat

A senior member of Fatah's Central Committee has said that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will meet the political leader of Hamas, Khaled Meshaal "to speed up national reconciliation"....

Egypt's Foreign Minister has confirmed that his country supports the Palestinian Authority's conditions for the resumption of negotiations with the Israeli government based on "clear parameters and an end...

The Palestinian team responsible for preparing the UN initiative in September recently obtained an independent legal opinion that reveals a high risk involved with the plan to join the...

The Palestinian Authority's chief negotiator has denied media reports that the PA might delay its bid for United Nations recognition for an independent Palestinian state. According to Saeb Erekat,...

Saeb Erekat, former Palestinian chief negotiator and member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization's Central Committee, has said that in seeking UN recognition of an independent Palestinian state along the...

A leading member of the PLO's executive Committee has said that the Palestinian Authority's plan to go to the United Nations in September is more about seeking UN membership...

A senior member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has blamed the Israeli government for the collapse of the peace process. Saeb Erekat, who, as...

Sources in Palestine say that the Islamic Jihad faction has claimed that the resignation of the Palestinian Authority's Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat's "proves the failure of the negotiations approach...

A senior member of the PLO Executive Committee has said that that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is to start an international tour to garner support for the proposal...

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat has denied meeting Israel's Deputy Prime Minister while on a visit to Washington. He said that the issue of Palestine-Israel negotiations are still off...

The Palestinian Authority's Chief Negotiator, Saeb Erekat, has said that the US Administration has threatened to cut off aid to the PA if the Authority seeks UN recognition as...

A senior member of the executive committee of the PLO has called a statement made by Israel's first Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz an "unfounded red herring". Saeb Erekat...

A senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation's Executive Committee, Dr. Saeb Erekat, has called upon the international community to stop dealing with Israel as if it is a...

Senior PLO committee member Saeb Erekat has called on United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Catherine Ashton to intervene for the...

A three-week long round of meetings in the Jordanian capital, Amman, between the Palestinian and Israeli negotiators; Saeb Erekat and Isaac Molkho, has ended without having led to a...

A member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation has set out his view of the meeting to be held between Israel and the Palestinians in Amman...

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Monday that he does not have any information about an EU plan for moving forward Palestine-Israel negotiations. No plan, he insisted, has...

Chief Palestinian negotiator and member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), Saeb Erekat, on Monday denounced the connection Israel has made between releasing tax revenues...

A leading member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation has accused Canada of violating International law. Senior negotiator Saeb Erekat said that a meeting held by Foreign Minister John Baird...

The London based Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper on Monday quoted its correspondent in Ramallah, Waleed Awad, as saying, "While US president Barak Obama is attempting to end his second term...

The Israeli government has announced plans to hand the Palestinian Authority (PA) 700 firearms ahead of US President, Barack Obama's upcoming visit, Israeli Radio said on Wednesday. The firearms...

A member of the Executive Committee of the PLO, Saeb Erekat, said on Wednesday that the persistent tragedy of the Palestinian people for 65 years is a...

Saeb Erekat, member of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) Executive Committee, stated that the Israeli government "Continues to exercise the settlement policy on the occupied Palestinian territories." During a...

Chief Palestinian negotiator, Saeb Erekat, said on Monday that Israeli settlements are the main obstacle before efforts to revive the peace process, and that the Palestinian Authority is prepared...

Media reports in Israel claim that the government is going to vote on the Palestine prisoner release plan prior to the first round of talks with the Palestinians expected...

Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat has said that he remains optimistic about the second round of peace talks despite the Israeli government's approval of 1,200 new settlement units in the...

According to Maariv newspaper, the Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations resumed yesterday evening despite the killing of three Palestinians in the Qalandiya refugee camp, north of Jerusalem. The paper confirmed that...

PLO official Yasser Abed Rabbo has said that negotiations with the Israelis are "futile". The veteran Executive Committee member told local media that there is no progress in the...

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat threatened on Thursday to suspend negotiations with the Israeli occupation if the latter continued targeting Palestinians and promoting settlement activities. During his visit to...

Israel's illegal occupation of the Jordan Valley is worth $620 million per annum to the national economy. The figure was disclosed by Palestinian Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat, who pointed...

The head of Israel's team of negotiators in the talks with the Palestinian Authority has claimed that the discussions address "all of the important issues". Justice Minister Tzipi Livni...

Palestinian chief negotiator, Saeb Erekat, has said that statements made by Israeli former minister of foreign affairs, Avigdor Lieberman, "constitute a dangerous incitement against the Palestinian Authority's president, Mahmoud...