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Opinion: Were We Palestinians Wrong to Endorse a Non-violent Struggle?

Europe told us only after we Palestinians endorsed non-violence and the 1967 borders would they act on our behalf. We did. Now they refuse to act, because...

Erekat: No one has harmed Christian and Muslim presence in Jerusalem as Israel

Chief Palestinian negotiator and secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Saeb Erekat rejected on Wednesday claims by Israeli Prime...

Saeb Erekat: Ireland must not be complicit in denial of Palestinian rights

when the Seanad debated a motion on January 30th to ban goods produced in Israeli settlements located on occupied territory, many saw this as Ireland fulfilling...

Statement by PLO Secretary General Dr. Saeb Erekat on US decision to move its embassy to Jerusalem

“The US decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and now to move its embassy on the eve of marking 70 years since the Nakba (catastrophe),...

Dr Saeb Erakat’s statement on president Abbas’ address to the Security Council

President Abbas’ address to the Security Council reaffirmed Palestine's commitment to international law, UN resolutions and the two-state solution on...

Forget Trump’s U.S. as the Mideast’s Mediator By Saeb Erekat

A year ago, we in Palestine, like everyone else, did not know what a President Trump would bring. Today, we know: He has taken Israel’s side in the Israeli-Palestinian...

Dr. Saeb Erekat: Netanyahu's Statement Confirms Israel's Commitment to Apartheid

etanyahu's latest statement is a continuation of Israel's policy of dictations, as well as it confirms US complicity with Israeli colonial plans. This...

Chief Palestinian negotiator: 'Trump is burying two-state solution'

Speaking to FRANCE 24’s Middle East correspondent Antoine Mariotti in the West Bank town of Jericho, Saeb Erekat reacted angrily to the Trump administration’s...

Dr. Saeb Erekat, after meeting of the PLO Political Committee today in Ramallah.

For years, the Palestinian leadership has engaged in good faith in numerous meetings and encounters with the US administration and have constantly provided...

Dr. Saeb Erekat : Regarding Possible US Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel: This move will promote international anarchy and disrespect for global institutions and law

Jerusalem is the social, political, cultural, religious and economic heart of Palestine. It is also the heart of billions of believers from the three monotheistic...

Erekat: Palestinians will suspend talks if the United States Administration closes PLO mission

“The United States State Department notified us with an official letter that they cannot certify the continued opening of the PLO Office in Washington...

Erekat accuses Israel of forcible transfer of Palestinian population

Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), accused Israel on Saturday of forcible transfer...