Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Saeb Erekat said on Wednesday that the Palestinian leadership will resort to the UN to "punish" Guatemala for its decision to move embassy to Jerusalem.
Erekat told official Palestinian radio station Voice of Palestine that Guatemala's decision is in breach of international law, the UN charter and the 12 UN Security CouncilRead more
The Palestinians will freeze their ties with the US if it follows through on a threat to close the Palestine Liberation Organisation's office in Washington, a senior PLO official warned Saturday.
The surprise American move and Palestinian backlash came as US President Donald Trump seeks bargaining chips in his bid to broker an elusive Israeli-Palestinian peace deal.
Trump has aRead more
The Palestinians will freeze their ties with the US if it follows through on a threat to close the Palestine Liberation Organisation's office in Washington, a senior PLO official warned Saturday.
The organisation's Secretary General Saeb Erekat said in a video on Twitter that it had officially informed the US that if it indeed shuttered the office, "we would putRead more
Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi on Wednesday held a meeting with EU foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri and Saeb Erekat, PLO’s executive committee secretary and chief Palestinian negotiator, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
During the meeting, they discussed efforts to revive Palestinian-Israeli negotiations and stressed on the importance of progressing towards a two-state solution toRead more
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, who is also the Secretary General of Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) Executive committee, on Thursday denied reports that the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) will submit a new peace initiative to solve the Palestinian issue at the Arab summit scheduled to be held in Jordan on March 23-29. .
Erekat stressed in a statement today theRead more
Secretary General of the PLO Executive Committee on Tuesday has strongly condemn the illegitimate closure of the Mapping and Geographic Information Systems Department of the Arab Studies Society and the illegal detention of Khalil Tufakji this morning in Occupied East Jerusalem.
“Mr. Tufakji is a distinguished scholar from Jerusalem and the Director of this academic department within the previously forciblyRead more
Palestinians have expressed shock and anger over an apparent shift in US policy, after a White House official said peace with Israel did not necessarily have to entail a two-state solution.
In its first reaction to the outcome of the Trump-Netanyahu meeting, the Palestinian Authority reiterated its commitment to a two-state solution in accordance with the relevant international covenants, theRead more
The recent statements issued by U.S President Donald Trump over retreatment from insisting on the two-state solution as the only way to resolve the Palestinian issue raised a state of controversy among the Palestinians.
Senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat expressed his fear of what he described as the ghost of apartheid, stressing the need for taking serious measure to saveRead more
Secretary General of the PLO Executive Committee, Dr. Saeb Erekat, today met with speaker of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, Rt. Hon John Bercow, where the former has urged Bercow to work towards justice for the Palestinian people.
“As we have constantly stated, the two-state solution is a Palestinian adoption of an international formula. In fact, itRead more