Saeb Erekat

Mahmoud Abbas has urged the European Union to enforce its regulations against Israeli companies based in the illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. The Palestinian president made his...

The two leaders of Palestine's negotiating team, Dr Saeb Erekat and Dr Mohammad Shtayyeh, have submitted their resignations to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, according to Ma'an news agency....

Israel's Minister of Economy Naftali Bennett has said that he is against the establishment of a Palestinian state, or even giving the Palestinians any land. During an interview with...

The Israeli Ministerial Legislative Committee approved on Sunday a bill to annex the Jordan Valley to Israel. The bill was endorsed by a vote of eight to three and...

Chief Palestinian Authority (PA) negotiator Saeb Erekat has criticised Israel's decision to build more than 1,800 new settlement units in East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. Erekat said...

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz has reported that U.S.-Israeli efforts to dilute the text of a resolution recognising Palestine as a non-state member of the UN has failed. President Mahmoud...

A spokesman for the Islamic Resistance Movement has expressed the wish for newly re-elected President Obama to be more "impartial" in the Middle East peace process. Hamas official Sami...

US Secretary of State John Kerry has left the region denying that his shuttle diplomacy has failed. The gap between the Israelis and Palestinians has, he claimed, "narrowed", although...

On Monday, US Secretary of State John Kerry announced the appointment of twice US ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk as the "US Special Envoy to the Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations". The...

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat revealed on Friday that the US president Barack Obama considers the Palestinian Authority's (PA) application to the UN for non-member state as crossing all...

By Senussi Bsaikri George Mitchell's last visit to the region ended without the announcement of any tangible development. This was the case with all his previous visits. On October...

By Zulaikha Abdullah This week marks twenty one years since the November 18, 1988 declaration of a Palestinian state. To coincide with commemorations of this event, and amid increasing...

At a meeting with the chief Palestinian negotiator, Saeb Erekat, on 18 February 2008, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner commended the Palestinian approach on the refugee issue, describing it...

The chief negotiator in the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO), Saeb Erekat, called on PLO president Mahmoud Abbas, to dissolve the organization and throw its keys in the face of...

President Mahmoud Abbas has warned that if all attempts to return to the negotiating table fail then the Palestinian Authority will approach the UN General Assembly seeking recognition as...

On Sunday, Israel's Cabinet voted in favour of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's proposal to release 104 "heavyweight" Palestinian prisoners still languishing in Israeli jails. The goodwill gesture hopes to...

Discussing the points of view that support the resumption of "eternal and at any cost" negotiations we can see that some have called publically on the top decision-maker to...

Statements by chief negotiator Saeb Erekat have revealed the political blunder in Palestine. The man admitted that since the resumption of negotiations in July 2013, Israel has killed 31...