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Saeb Erekat

Saeb Erakat (Sa'ib Muhammad Salih 'Urayqat. Template:Lang-ar, born 1955) was the chief of the PLO Steering and Monitoring Committee, from which he negotiated with Israel regarding the Oslo Accords from 1995 until his resignation in protest from the Palestinian government, in May 2003. He was quickly reconciled with his party, and was reappointed to the post in September 2003.

Erekat has participated in numerous peace negotiations with Israel, including Camp David meetings in 2000, and negotiations at Taba in 2001. When Mahmoud Abbas was nominated to serve as Prime Minister of the Palestinian Legislative Council in early 2003, Erekat was slated to be part of the new cabinet and was assigned as the Minister of Negotiations, but he soon resigned after he was not included in a delegation to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

Saeb Erekat was born on April 28 1955 in Jerusalem. He is married with twin daughters and two sons. Erekat received a BA and MA in International Relations at San Francisco State University, and he received a doctorate in Peace Studies at the University of Bradford in England. He returned to lecture in Political Science at the An-Najah National University in the West Bank town of Nablus, and also served for 12 years on the editorial board of Palestinian newspaper Al-Quds. Erekat is the author of eight books and numerous research papers on foreign policy, oil and conflict resolution. He also served as secretary general of the Arab Studies Society.

Saeb Erekat is currently part of the Israeli-Fatah negotiations team and is working to add Palestine next to Israel on the map in peace. He sometimes appeared on Western television stations as a representative for Palestinians, though less since Operation Defensive Shield in April 2002. He was accused of exaggerating the number of number of Palestinian deaths during this operation, 500 or more in the Jenin refugee camp alone. The UN report stated there were a total of 497 Palestinians killed between 1 March and 7 May 2002 and in the immediate aftermath". Israeli representatives initially estimated the numbers of Palestinians killed as up to 250, but soon announced there to have been 52 in total with 23 Israeli soldiers killed.

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References

  1. Profile: Saeb Erakat BBC News, 4 Sept 2003, "reappointed as the Palestinians' chief negotiator with Israel, three months after he quit the post."
  2. Q & A with Saeb Erekat Jerusalem Post, 1 February 2005
  3. UN Report, Illegal Israeli actions in Occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, 1st Aug 2002 "A total of 497 Palestinians were killed in ... Palestinian area A from 1 March to 7 May 2002 and in the immediate aftermath". Verified 17th Nov 2007.
  4. Bad Information, the Lesson of Jenin, IDF Capt. Jacob Dallal (res), former Deputy Director of the International Press Office of the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit. Mirrored with permission by Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Committee website.

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